Easter will be here before you know it – have you started thinking about Easter crafts yet? If you are hosting Easter brunch, delight your guests with these quick-and-easy folded bunny napkins! At the German blog Love Decorations, Rosy shares the step-by-step instructions; you can use Google Translate to view the page in English if you need a little help, but the photos explain the process pretty well. Use this technique for either paper or cloth napkins! [how to fold bunny napkins]

Project estimate:

•  Napkins, on hand or $1 and up

Total: Free and up!

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Personalized napkins are usually reserved for super fancy events like weddings and proms mostly due to the cost of custom ordering. Did you know that you can make your own printed napkins at home, though!? This is such a simple but genius idea from A Subtle Revelry that I can’t believe I didn’t think of it myself! Now I’m looking for an excuse to have an event with my own custom printed napkins. [how to make custom printed party napkins]

Project estimate:

• Party napkins, $1 and up
• Printer, on hand
• Computer, on hand

Total: $1 and up

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Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays because it brings together my entire (and very large) family for some quality time.  And while the traditional Thanksgiving dinner scene shows a family all sitting around one table, our family is so large that not only do we not all fit at one table, we also don’t fit in one room!  For this reason our holiday meals are served buffet-style.  This also means that we don’t have fancy place settings – but that doesn’t mean we can’t still make everything pretty!  Over at Mom Endeavors I shared my contribution to this year’s festivities, a cute little bucket to hold all of the rolled silverware.  It’ll look so festive sitting next to the plates at the beginning of the spread!  [how to make a decoupaged Thanksgiving silverware holder]

Project estimate:

• Metal bucket, $1
• Silk leaves, $1
• Letter stickers, on hand or $1 and up
• Mod Podge, on hand
• Silverware, on hand or $1
• Napkins, on hand or $1
• Curling ribbon, on hand

Total:  $2 and up

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Every holiday season I check out the pretty paper napkins at the dollar store that are printed with all kinds of festive patterns. Have you ever wondered what you could do with them? As Colleen from Just Paint It! demonstrates, they are perfect for decoupage! Her formula of cheap napkins + cheap pumpkins yielded results that are glam and super fun. And now you have an excellent excuse to buy a cute package of napkins next time they catch your eye! [how to make napkin covered pumpkins]

Project estimate:

• Pumpkin, $1
• Napkins, $1 and up
• Paint, on hand
• Mod Podge, on hand

Total: $2 and up

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Paper napkins come in so many fun colors and designs that they just beg to be used as craft supplies.  Have a package of them you’re longing to use but don’t know what to do?  We love this idea from Lizbeth at Just Dip It In Chocolate!  She used napkins with a picnic tablecloth print to make this fun picnic wreath – but you could use napkins with different patterns or colors to make this project work for just about any occasion.  [how to  make a paper napkin picnic wreath]

Project estimate:

• Grapevine wreath, $1
• Napkins, on hand or $1
• Embellishments (optional), on hand or $1 and up

Total:  $1 and up

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While fancy linens add an air of sophistication to even the most laid-back party…  Who really wants to wash chocolate cake and fruit punch out of them after the guests go home?  Jennifer at Passion for Parties came up with a table decor idea that is easy and inexpensive enough that you won’t feel bad getting it dirty or tossing it in the trash at the end of the day; she made an elegant table runner out of paper napkins!  [how to make a paper napkin table runner]

Project estimate:

• Paper napkins, on hand or $1 and up
• Scotch tape, on hand
• Double-sided tape, on hand or $1 and up
• Ribbon, on hand or $1 and up

Total:  Free and up

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I love novelty napkins.  The only problem I have with them?  They are usually too pretty or fun for me to want to destroy them by wiping my fingers!  Cathie Filian came across some awesome skull napkins and, rather than using them to catch crumbs, she decided to highlight the design by crafting with them instead!  With a little Mod Podge action she secured them to a glass plate, making a fun and eye-catching piece that is perfect for serving up holiday treats.  With the variety of novelty napkins available, you can tweak this project for nearly any occasion!  [how to make a Halloween skull plate]

Project estimate:

• Plate, $1
• Napkins, $1 and up
• Book pages, on hand
• Mod Podge, on hand

Total:  $2 and up

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Dress up your plain battery-operated candles with a pretty designer treatment. Over at Crafting Rebellion, The Rebel Crafter decoupaged some pretty Vera Bradley paper napkins to inexpensive dollar store candles – and these candles are flameless, so you can use them forever. [how to make designer decoupaged candles]

As of the writing of this post, paper napkins at Vera Bradley are less than $5 a package, which will make at least 20 candles! This would be a great bridal shower favor. Of course, you can scour the paper goods section at your local dollar store (or even Target), and find cool napkins for $1 and up.

Project Estimate:

• Battery-operated candle, $1
• Paper napkins, $1 and up
• Mod Podge, on hand

Total: $2 and up

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Two-Layer Crepe Paper Streamers: $2

I absolutely adore this idea from Heidi at My Paper Crane. She sewed two strands of crepe paper streamers together and they gathered into ruffly wonder-streamers. I think this would be knock-out at any kind of party from Cinco de Mayo to birthdays to showers of any sort. I love how Heidi used multiple colors of streamers – so pretty and colorful! Get the lowdown on her technique for making these streamers at My Paper Crane.

Napkin Dress: $2

Learn how to make these adorable napkins that look like little dresses – great idea for baby or wedding showers. Get the tutorial at How Does She?

Dessert Tray: $2

Here’s an idea a lot of my readers love and have done really well: a dessert stand. You can make a permanent stand, like Tara in the ATL did with
E6000 glue, or you can use a hot glue gun to make temporary stands for parties (but you can remove the glue later to return the dishes back to their original state–great for your grandma’s antique dishes). Check out Tara’s project here.

Cupcake Tree: $10 or less (depending on what you have on hand)

Sarah at I Blame Mom made this big cupcake tree with cake decorating cardboards, cake risers, wrapping paper and ribbon, but you could do it with stuff from your recycling bin and the dollar store. Get her tutorial here.

Paper Doily Tablecloth: $2 and up

I love this quick idea: tape a bunch of paper doilies together to make a pretty tablecloth. The dollar store always has a lot of doilies on hand in the wedding section or the kitchen section (and sometimes the seasonal sections, depending on the time of year). Info found over at Apartment Therapy.

Rolled Paper Flowers: $1 and up

Aren’t these paper flowers charming? They’d be so pretty as table decorations at a party. Hmm, wouldn’t ribbon versions be so pretty as a brooch? Get the info at Talk Crafty To Me.

Mexican Paper Flowers: $1 and up

And for another kind of paper flower, check out these Mexican-style paper flowers by Charcoal Designs.

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