Fold a napkin in half diagonally, and press; press all folds as you go. Open napkin. Fold in the top two sides to meet at center crease. To make the turkey's breast and head, shape a folded piece of aluminum foil into a triangle; fit it into napkin as shown. The height of the foil triangle should allow for a bend at the bottom to keep napkin upright (about 3/4 length of napkin measured diagonally between opposite corners). This elegantly simple fold looks appropriate at either an informal meal or a formal one.

Fold napkin over foil.

Fold napkin sides in again, folding foil and linen. Tuck in bottom point to make a straight horizontal line.

Fold napkin in half.

Curve napkin point into a head, with open edges in back (if napkin has a colored border, the head will appear to have a beak).

Open bottom part of napkin, leaving head folded. Bend napkin and foil so turkey head sits upright on a plate.

To make a fantail, fold a second napkin almost in half so one portion is about an inch longer than the other.

Accordion-fold into 1-inch pleats.

Grasp folded napkin in the center; fold into a fan. Open one side of fan; use doubled-sided tape to bind the two ends of center pleat. To make a double fan, fold and pleat another napkin so it is taller than the first fan. Place one or both napkins behind turkey head and breast.