How-To

Bunny Fold for Napkins

Easter-rabbit-shaped napkins are a festive detail for the holiday table, and they only require a few simple folds. Well-starched crisp cotton or linen will transform into the sturdiest bunnies. Fold napkins the day before your meal so your "warren" is full when guests arrive.

Tools and Materials

  • Cotton or linen napkins, starched

Bunny Fold for Napkins How-To

1. Fold starched napkin into thirds to form a rectangle. (If you're using a square napkin, you'll need to fold in half, and then fold in half again to get a long rectangular shape.)

2. Crease in half to create a center line for reference; fold top corners down along this line.

3. Fold up from bottom corners along dotted lines.

4. Bring left and right edges together on center line.

5. Flip upside down and over. Turn up bottom point.

6. To fasten: Fold left and right corners back; tuck one corner into the pocket of the other. Pull out bunny ears first; open up base.

Reviews (9)

  • hilnew
    30 Mar, 2013

    Instructions are VERY confusing, esp as you have to go through image 1-7 at top to see diagrams. Even so, I recall they're quite confusing. I am copying and pasting the diagram images into a word doc; they don't print.

  • LittleMissCraft
    30 Mar, 2013

    Great idea for transforming a normal napkin into something very special! In addition to the rabbit napkins, I think the table would look extra special with rabbit origami as placecards!

  • NantucketMermaid
    30 Mar, 2013

    My son whipped these up for our Easter table. He found the diagrams by clicking on the little arrows under the picture.
    Made us all smile!

  • devonw
    30 Mar, 2013

    If you scroll through the photos, there are detailed diagrams for each step. Happy Easter!

  • Irishgogirl
    30 Mar, 2013

    Martha, I'm a little disappointed with your staff that they couldn't come up with better diagrams of how to fold a napkin into bunny fold

  • llynx
    29 Mar, 2013

    it's very easy to make and will look lovely on my Easter table. but i did go on youtube for visual instructions :)

  • cheesecakediva07
    28 Mar, 2013

    To difficult

  • Kerry K
    28 Mar, 2013

    Click on the picture of the folded napkin above. There are seven pictures associated with it, including the folding diagram with the dotted lines.

  • This-llw8
    26 Mar, 2013

    reguarding bunny fold napkins....the picture is inspiring, but the instructions are confusing to me as step 3 indicates that I must fold my napkin along a dotted line....my napkins do not come with dotted lines. Is there supposed to be a folding diagram with these instructions?