Napkin Dress Tutorial – Perfect for a Shower!
February 26, 2010 by Shelley
Napkin Dress Tutorial
Our sweet friend Jen came up with this idea! She is totally going to hate us, but we love her so much, we are just going to have to share how adorable she is.
(Looks like her husband loves her too)!
These napkin dresses are such a perfect addition to a baby shower or a bridal shower!
Start by taking each side of your napkin and folding it to the center…
Then fold it in half again…
Cut the arms by making a triangle shape cut…
My napkins were too big for small dresses, so I cut off the top part…
Cut a V angle at the top to create the neckline (shoot, I forgot to take a picture of that,…you’ll figure it out)…
Glue on a bow and Tada! Finished. Seriously easy and seriously cute!
Only problem is that people are going to think these are too cute to wipe their mouths with! 
I wanted to try a ‘bridal’ version. Here is what I came up with…
Tell your friends they were super hard to make! You deserve some glory!
Thank you Jen for making these adorable napkins dresses at my girls’ baby shower and for showing us how to make them!
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They are fabulous!
Jen…I love that pic of you and your hubby!
Wow, those are so adorable! Thank you so much for sharing (and of course making me feel very un-talented! just kidding:)) These are very cute and you are very creative!!
You’re right…I want to kill you guys! Not my favorite picture! But, the napkins look cute!
I love the napkins! That was probably the cutest shower I have ever been to. Good job Jen!
oh my goodness! That is so adorable!
These are great. I’m always a fan of easy ideas – I am more likely to start AND finish a project if it is easy. I especially like the trim you chose for the bridal shower version – it adds just the right amount of texture, interest, and elegance. Who would have thought a paper napkin could be elegant? I would never have guessed it could, but you managed to do it. Love it.
Thanks so much for this tutorial. One of my grandsons is going to have a baby, well his wife is, in July and I know what I am going to offer to make for the shower. This is the cutest idea.
Thank you so much for showing an easier way to do this!
I love this!! Thank you so much for sharing.
These are adorable! I am planning a baby shower for a friend of mine, and will be making these! Thanks!! I love this site! I love the picture of Jen also – it is a beautiful picture!
That is darling. What a cute idea you guys!
XOXO
Jen
What a great idea!
Those ARE too cute to wipe mouths with!
this is very cute
totally… totally.. totally… CUTE!! since mom’s birthday party is coming this April, I am going to make them (if I succeed, that is). I don’t care if it’s for babies
hehe.
ps. SO GONNA feature this up on my blog
Oi. Interessante o uso que você fez do guardanapo. Acredito que com guardanapo colorido deve ficar muito interessante também. Obrigada pela dica.
I believe that with napkins printed with flowers or other designs should be very interesting too. Thanks for the tip. ( I am from Brasil)
Hello! I featured this idea as part of a Baby Week ideas roundup. You can check it out here:
http://oopsey-daisy.blogspot.com/2010/06/wednesdays-wowzers-more-baby.html
Thanks for the inspiration!
~Alison
saw this http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/sf/diy/fathers-day-folded-napkin-shirts–119815 and thought of this post immediately!
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Ahhh!!! So cute!! Thanks for sharing that adorable link! Now we have one ‘for him’ AND ‘for her’!
Adorable! Thanks for sharing!
Wow, I should have been following your site a LONG time ago. I have so much catching up to do! I’m going to make these for a shower I’m attending next week. So excited!
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Thanks for sharing this. I made this for my friend’s baby shower last Sunday and everybody loved it, especially the mommy-to-be. You guys rock!
Hi, I came across this tutorial when searching for napkin fold for baby shower. Love it and thanks to you, I did made them for my baby shower tea party. My BFFs love them!
If you don’t mind, I even post similar tutorial on my blog here: http://phattgurll.blogspot.com/2011/05/how-to-make-paper-napkin-dress.html but I did link your site address as reference. Will definitely visit you again…cheers!
Wow! Adorable! Thanks for sharing with us:)
I love the napkins folded like gowns. I want to know if you have any suggestions for communion for girls?
so cute
thank you for this idea…
I was looking for a cute, inexpensive way to help contribute to my friend’s baby shower, and this is perfect! What a creative idea! Thanks
What a sweet idea… thank you for sharing!
What kind of glue?
I am so happy to have stumbled up on this website!!! I just sent a picture to my sister of the paper napkin dress. I am in love. I wanted something different for my baby shower, and this is it (in a good way). Okay back to cutting up paper (I’m trying the craft out while I’m at work and there is no napkins around) Thank you once again!!!