Pyramid Napkin Fold

Dress up your Thanksgiving table and amaze your friends with this simple napkin-folding technique! This has been called the Pyramid Fold, although I'm sure it has other names. Start with any cloth napkin. It helps if you use a little starch, just to help it stand up better.


Take a basic napkin and fold it in half diagonally.


Then take one of the sides, and fold it down to the center point.


Then fold down the other side so the napkin has a seam down the middle.


Flip over the napkin with the "open" end away from you.


Fold the bottom point of the diamond (the one closest to you) up to the top point, creating a triangle.


Fold the triangle in half at the seam, creating a smaller triangle.


Place the folded triangle, with the right angle closest to the ceiling, on your plate. The triangle will open a little, so it can stand up.





Ta Da!! One down, twelve to go. Enjoy how pretty it looks now. Before long, you'll be cringing as your uncle wipes his mouth and gets gravy all over your pretty napkin. *Sigh*