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How to Fold a Napkin Like a Boat

Last Updated: August 24, 2024

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When it comes to dinner, or festive events, most of the focus goes to the food, and the event itself. However, the little touches can add a sense of lightheartedness and joy to the moment. A great way to provide this is to create folded napkin boats. They are really easy to do, and can be done in no time. They are also great for first time origami students who want some initial practice at folding.

Quickest Way to Fold a Napkin Boat

• Lay a square napkin on a flat surface and fold it downward in half.
• Fold the top right corner downward (toward the center of the napkin), then fold the new bottom right corner all the way to the bottom left corner of the napkin.
• Fold the top left corner down to the bottom right corner, leaving about 1/2 inch of fabric at the bottom of the napkin. Lift this fabric upward to form a flap for base of the boat.

Preparing to Fold Your Napkin

• Paper napkins are great for birthday parties, while cotton and linen napkins allow for a more professional look (hotels, restaurants, etc.).

• Another great option is to cut your napkin to a square size. However, you want to make sure to not leave any frayed edges when you do so. This is better for paper napkins, rather than nice family napkins used for holiday dinners.

Folding Your Napkin Into a Wind-Drawn Sailboat

Creating a Flat and Stable Sailboat

Constructing a Party Style Napkin Sailboat

• After you have folded, open the napkin back up. You should have 4 sections. Cut off one of the outside sections and you are ready to begin.

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• When making folds, use a paperweight, or other small, but heavy objects. These will create a more crisp, clean crease. Thanks Helpful 0 Not Helpful 1
• Experiment with colors and materials. You can use outrageous colors like hot pink, or neon green. You can also create these sailboats by using paper instead of napkins. Thanks Helpful 0 Not Helpful 0

• Be careful of paper cuts if you are working with sharp edged paper. Thanks Helpful 0 Not Helpful 1
• Always use scissors appropriately. Make sure you place the scissors in a safe place when you are finished with them. Thanks Helpful 0 Not Helpful 0

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     Sailboats are a festive and classic nautical party addition. We can make sailboats from one color of napkins or in a combination of 2 colors, both will be cute and impressive. This is an inexpensive way to make decor for a Nautical-themed party. Use solid colored napkins to make boats and you can even use leftover napkins for other party themes . Check out these easy techniques on how to make boats out of paper napkins.

5 Nautical Sailboat Techniques:

• Boat Napkin Fold.
• Easiest Sailboat Paper Napkin Fold.
• Ship Napkin Fold.
• Sailboat Paper Napkin Fold (adds dimension to the table, the photo above)
• Yacht Paper Napkin Folding.

For these paper napkin folds techniques, you need luncheons 13″ X 13″ paper napkins and cocktail paper napkins 10″ x 10″.

1. Boat Paper Napkin Folding Technique

       This technique I call a ship paper napkin fold. The reason it is larger from all boats on the page. In the photo above you see the ship on an 11″ diameter plate. It will be great on large plates or we can place it next to the plate with utensils on the table. The best nautical cutlery holder napkin fold. The ship napkin fold is great to place utensils in because large enough for any size of utensil, plastic, or silverware.

    This ship boat napkin folding with silverware inside works for any size of silverware as you can see in the photo, it fits very well. How I made 2 colors ship from a napkin, I explain at the bottom of the technique.

One 13″ X 13″ paper napkin

• Fold the top of an unfolded napkin in two.

2. Fold the corner on the top of the napkin. Repeat the same on the other side and it will be the top of the ship.

3. Fold the bottom of the napkin.

4. Turn the napkin around. Fold the corners of the napkin.

5. Turn around and the ship is ready to decorate a nautical theme party table!

Ship Paper Napkin Fold Tip

The ship napkin fold will be interesting if we use 2 colors of napkins. I used white and blue napkins folded the same way. Place the white ship inside the blue ship and as a result, you see the ship with a white top and blue bottom napkin folding. Two colors ship more interesting visually, in my opinion.

2. Easiest Sailboat Paper Napkin Fold

     The sailboat paper napkin folding technique is the easiest technique on the page! I call it the origami sailboat technique because found the technique on one of the origami websites. We can use one napkin and it will be one color boat or we can use 2 colors napkins or make a sail in one color and the boat’s body (the bottom) another color. I used a 13″ X 13″ paper napkin but we can use beverage napkins as well to make this sailboat, the boat will be slightly smaller but looks better on the 9-inch paper plate.

Sailsboat Napkin Fold Steps:

• Unfold napkin.

2. Fold the napkin in two diagonally.

3. Fold the napkin in two again as a book.

4. Fold the bottom of the napkin horizontally. Corner N2 is placed higher than corner N1 for more resembles a sailboat.

In the photo below larger sailboat is from a napkin size 13″ X 13″ and the smaller beverage napkin is 10″ X 10″.

3. Ship Paper Napkin Folding

       This boat paper napkin folding reminds me pirate ship with 2 sails, so I call this technique ship napkin fold. I used a 13″ X 13″ paper napkin to make this sailboat. The technique has a few more steps than others but the result is impressive and worth it!

Ship Napkin Fold Steps:

2. Fold the top and bottom as I show in the photo.

3. Bring together the left side and right side by holding the corners from the left and right sides. Then fold together point A+B and C+D

4. At this point we can choose, we leave the sails the same size both or slightly different. If you like the same size sails skip the next step.

5. One of the sails I fold in partially and now each sail has a different length.

6. Turn around and fold the bottom.

This is one of my favorite nautical napkin folding techniques. So Impressive!

4. Sailboat Paper Napkin Fold

      This is a super easy sailboat paper napkin fold. Just two simple steps and the sailboat is ready to decorate any Nautical party table. I like this sailboat napkin fold for simplicity. We need just 2 steps to make this sailboat from a paper napkin. It is 3 dimensions paper napkin fold and gives the table elevation and an impressive look. If you look for simplicity, check out this Nautical napkin folding technique from 13″ X 13″ napkin.

Sailboat Napkin Fold Steps:

• Fold the napkin in two.

2. Roll the napkin as I show in the photo. We fold the napkin in four but without crease. It should have the shape of a cone.

3. Make a pleat by folding the bottom towards the top.

4. For a more realistic look the front is better made slightly taller than the back.

It will be great in any color of a napkin. The color depends on your theme. It can be colorful or just blue for the sailor party theme, boat theme, or other nautical theme party tables.

5. Yacht Paper Napkin Folding

       This boat paper napkin folding reminds me small yacht with 2 sails, so I call this technique yacht napkin fold. I used a 13″ X 13″ paper napkin to make this sailboat. One color or two colors easy design nautical napkin folding technique in just a few steps. 

Yacht Napkin Fold Steps:

• Fold the napkin in two as I show in the photo.

2. Fold in two vertically.

3. Fold the top layer of the napkin in half.

3. Fold the bottom towards the top and our yacht is ready.

4. We can make two colored boats with this technique if we use 2 colors napkins. I fold the same way 2 color boats. Then I fold the yellow napkin’s corners behind and I have a triangle. I placed the triangle inside the blue napkin and have in two colors boat and on the bottom we can’t see the yellow napkin. Of course, we can make it easy and place one inside the other.

6. How To Make Easy Sailboat From 5 inch Square Paper Napkin

       This paper napkin folding in the shape of a sailboat is fun and so easy to make. I am using a beverage or cocktail paper napkin 5″ x 5″ to make the boat. We can make from the boat a name place card if we use a solid color napkin. We can make a sailboat napkin fold in 2 easy steps. Check out this easy technique!

• Fold the napkin in half.

2. Fold the left top corner towards the bottom. Do the same with the left side.

3. Fold the bottom halfway toward the top of the triangle. The boat is ready to decorate the plate or table. It is a great nautical paper napkin folding technique for a party.

Cute and nice idea to decorate the plate with the boat from a napkin for a party or just to bring a smile to your guests!

Experiment with different folding techniques, and colors of napkins. Make your unique sailboats.

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Welcome to Napkin Folding Guide. Here’s the classic Sail Napkin Fold. This fold works best with a stiff napkin. This fold is simple to make and makes a lovely display on your dinner table.

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A Complete and Easy Guide on Felucca Sailboat Napkin Folding

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Learn how to make a sailboat napkin fold in just 7 steps! Presentation counts when serving your next meal, and nothing shows your guests how much you care about a beautiful table like a well-folded napkin. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to fold a napkin into a sailboat shape in just minutes. Inspired by the beauty and aesthetic of the Egyptian Felucca boat,  these napkins will add a nice touch to your table settings! Our simple instructions for folding the napkin are suitable for both paper napkins and cloth napkins. This folding technique would go great in simple dinners and luncheons and children’s parties!

Create the triangular sail of the Felucca sailboat

Lay a square piece of table napkin on a flat surface

Fold the table napkin in half by folding the top edge to the bottom edge.

Bring the right corner to the bottom middle part of the table napkin.

Now bring the bottom right corner of the napkin to the bottom left corner.

Fold the square shaped napkin in half by bringing the bottom right corner to the top left corner. We have now made the triangular sail of the Felucca sailboat napkin.

Shape the boat of the felucca napkin

Orientate the position of the napkin like the image above. We will make the actual boat at the bottom edge of this table napkin.

Peel a part of the the topmost layer of the bottom corner diagonally to the top.

Do the same on the bottom layer as well. To make it stand on a plate, bring the right and left corners inwards to the middle. This will form a cone.

The sailboat napkin inspired by the Egyptian Felucca boat is done!

• Is the sailboat napkin not standing up? It may be due to its stiffness. Use a thick, stiff piece of cloth or paper napkins instead! You can also starch the cloth napkin by making your own mix of starch and water. Spray it evenly on a flat surface, then iron it with an ironing board. You can also get ready-made starch spray from the store or make your own by mixing equal parts starch and water in a bowl. Then evenly coat the napkin with the mixture on a flat surface until it dries entirely, being careful not to get any of it onto your hands before drying
• It is always a plus if you can present your guests with a table napkin that has been ironed first. Not only will it look nice, guests will feel like they're coming to the right place when they see this option.

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