Christmas Napkin Rings

Are you needing the perfect finishing touch to give your Christmas holiday table a special flair? How about making some No-Sew felt Christmas napkin rings?

It would be a delightful way to keep kids and other family and friends busy as they’re waiting for the Christmas meal! This is an easy craft.

Poinsettia Napkin Ring Colors

The only supplies needed are felt and scissors (and my free pattern). No sewing needed, they slip together like magic!

If you want the napkin rings to look like traditional poinsettias, then you will choose the solid colors of red and green felt. If you want them to look like a different type of flower, then you can choose whatever color you’d like plus green.

You could even make the flowers in two tones of a color plus green. The possibilities are endless!

Supplies for a No-Sew Felt Christmas Napkin Ring. Pattern, scissors, pen, napkin and red and green felt.

Free Pattern for No-Sew Felt Christmas Napkin Rings

I’ve created a free template for you that has a pattern for a poinsettia as well as a regular flower. That means you could use these for spring or other times of the year too.

Print off the free pattern that I’ve hand drawn just for you for these no sew felt Christmas napkin rings. You can find it at this link: No-Sew Felt Christmas Napkin Rings Free Pattern.

Print off a copy and cut it out. Be sure to use the outside solid lines for the poinsettia flower napkin ring. The dotted lines are for a flower with more rounded petals like a rose.

Hand tracing around pattern on pieces of felt.

Making Homemade Christmas Napkin Rings

If you would like to watch a full length tutorial video it is found on YouTube at the following link: YouTube No-Sew Felt Christmas Napkin Rings Full Length Tutorial Video.

Cut out the free flower napkin ring pattern

Use that as your pattern and draw around it to make as many of the napkin rings as you will need to set your table.

You may want to cut the pattern out of card stock to make it have a little bit more stability for drawing around.

I would use a ballpoint pen to do the tracing.

You will be cutting one part out of green felt and if you’re making poinsettias, you will be cutting two parts out of red felt.

If you choose to make the flower two tones, you will cut the long piece out of the lighter of your two colors. That will become the ring that goes around the napkin and the center of the flower.

I just purchase felt by the sheet at a local craft store but it can be purchased online as well.

Hand cutting out felt pieces with other cut out pieces near by.

Good scissors are a must

It helps if you have a good pair of scissors to use to cut the felt. Sometimes regular scissors don’t cut felt or fabric very well. That can be so frustrating!

I'm giving you a great Christmas present idea for a crafter by the way- you're welcome!

Cut a center slit in 3 felt pieces-

There are two pieces that have slits in the center. Carefully fold your felt fabric and cut that slit in it after you have cut it out of your felt.

Cut the slit in the bottom piece of petal felt first.

Then lay the second petal piece on top of that and cut the second slit so that the petals of the second top petals piece don’t lie exactly the same direction as the bottom ones.

The petals of the second piece should fall in between the petals of the first piece. So you can see the end of the petals on both pieces. It will look a lot nicer that way.

When you have your pieces cut out, you’ll take one of each of the three pieces and lay them in front of you on the table.

Stack the top petal piece over the lower petal piece so the slits align.

Hand holding measuring cut felt piece to pattern cut out.

Putting the DIY Christmas Napkin Rings together

Take the long piece and use the knobs at the end of it to slide up and through the two slits in the petals. This will hold the napkin ring together and form the ring for the napkin fits through! An amazing minimalist ring construction- ha!

You just repeat that until you are done with all of your napkin rings.

That’s all there is to it!

Finally, roll up your paper napkins, cloth napkins, or linen napkins in a smaller size than the felt napkin ring and slip it through the ring. The napkin will kind of slide open to fit the size of the ring.

Tip: Check the holiday aisle of your favorite stores for pretty holiday napkins in patterns and colors that match the poinsettia napkin rings.

Hand poking finger through the slit cut in layered pieces of felt showing the place to thread the napkin ring.

The Perfect Finishing Touch to your holiday table

These will look nice if you lay them on top of your plates or next to your plates! The perfect Christmas tablescape!

They are a great alternative to wood napkin rings and metal napkin ring s as they add a natural feel. They are keeping napkins in place while providing glamorous accents.

I’m sure hoping that you will attach a picture for me to see what your Christmas table looks like with your no sew felt Christmas napkin rings!

Hand threading napkin ring felt cut out through cut out made in other layered felt pieces.

How about some other ideas for using these napkin rings?

There are lots of ways you could use these napkin rings on your dining table or around your home.

You could staple a poinsettia flower on your place card holders
Add them to your food markers identifying your favorite holiday dishes.
They could also be slipped over a candle holder to add color.
Place them amongst other decorations (like a collection of merry red berries and pine cones) in a centerpiece or on your table runners.
A six-piece set of napkin rings would be a perfect pairing with holiday napkins as a Christmas gift or hostess gift
Place them on your Christmas tree like ornaments
Experiment until you get the right look for your festive design.

I think that I got my idea for this craft from a napkin ring set that Calvin‘s mom made many years ago! I’m not sure, but the design is new in our holiday again this year!

Hand placing rolled up napkin through the felt napkin ring.

Napkin rings for other occasions

Remember, the flower napkin rings could be used other times of the year. You could make them in any color combination.

Flower napkin rings

The rose/flower pattern would be a perfect complement on the table for a tea party! That pattern is included on the same free pattern printout as the poinsettia flower!

Fall napkin rings

If you remember, we also made some no-sew felt fall napkin rings in the shape of leaves. You can find that link here: fall felt napkin rings.

Hand holding completed Christmas napkin ring with rolled up napkin placed inside.

Napkin rings for other occasions? What are your ideas?

Perhaps I’ll make a pattern for a no-sew felt Christmas tree napkin ring next!!

Do you have other suggestions for napkin rings you might want to use in your table setting? I'm always looking for ideas!

Here are a few other Christmas craft gift ideas for family fun:

Make these fun gift ideas you can finish in time for a holiday delivery!

Have a wonderful Christmas dinner and remember, the time together visiting is the most important part of the meal.

Don’t stress over the food and miss out on the blessing of family.

Happy New Year to you all from Nana and Papa .

Enjoy!

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Supplies- No-Sew Felt Christmas Napkin Rings for your holiday table

Felt in red and green for poinsettia napkin rings (or the felt colors of your choice)
Free pattern for No-Sew Felt Flower Napkin Rings (for poinsettia flower or a Rose/flower)
Good scissors
Christmas napkins