How to Fold a Rose out of a Napkin

The next time you're out at a restaurant with a date, be sure to wow them with this napkin trick. All you need is a paper napkin and a little know-how to make beautiful napkin roses for friends and loved ones.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Paper napkin

1. Unfold a paper napkin, holding it vertically. Fold about two inches from the top of the napkin towards you. On the upper right hand corner of the napkin, hold with your right hand. On the upper left hand corner of the napkin, hold the corner between your pointer and middle fingers.

2. Holding both corners of the napkin, move your right hand counter clockwise, winding the napkin around the two fingers of your left hand. The folded portion of the napkin should continue to face you.

3. Continue to wind the napkin until a couple of inches remain. At the very edge of the fold that is facing you, fold the corner of the edge upwards. Continue winding the napkin.

4. Grip the napkin with your right hand, directly underneath your left fingers. The space above your right hand is the flower and the space below your right hand will be the stem. Begin twisting the stem area of the napkin from the top down. Stop when you are about halfway down the stem.

5. At the center of the stem, pull the unraveling corner of the napkin upward and outward to create the leaf. Continue twisting just beyond the leaf, until the stem is complete.

Resources

• The Origami Club