How to Make Napkin Holders for a Baby Shower

Baby-themed napkin holders

Make a baby shower special with adorable baby-themed napkin holders. Whether it's for a boy or a girl, a variety of pastel colors, printed fabrics or textured papers will add to the festive decor of the party. Napkin holders can be all the same, or a range of imaginative and creative designs, enhanced with embellishments.

Things You'll Need

• Card stock paper
• Fabric (printed, gingham, or plain)
• Scissors
• Hot glue gun and glue sticks
• Ruler
• Embellishments

Instructions

1. Cut card stock paper into strips 2- by 5 1/2-inches. Cut fabric into strips 3- by 6-inches.

2. Apply a line of hot glue down the center of a strip of card stock. Press a fabric strip, right side up, on top of the card stock strip and glue so that 1/2-inch of fabric overlaps along the strip of card stock, and matched evenly to the ends.

3. Flip the card stock strip over so that the wrong side is up. Apply hot glue along one edge of the strip lengthwise and press the overlapping 1/2-inch of fabric on top of the glue and press down to secure all along the edge. Do the same with the other side of the card stock strip.

4. Flip the card stock strip over, ride side up. Apply embellishments with a hot glue gun to decorate (see illustrations). For example, apply a thin strip of hot glue down the center from one end to the other. Press on a contrasting ribbon, and a narrower strip of contrasting rick rack ribbon on top of that, secured with hot glue. Attach baby-themed fabric images, pastel plastic buttons or other three-dimensional decoration.

5. Close the ends of the napkin holder with hot glue, overlapping 1/2-inch of one end over the other end. Let dry.

Tips & Warnings

• Baby-themed decorative paper can be used instead of fabric.