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DIY Turkey Napkin Rings

October 11, 2013

This is one turkey you won’t want to eat.  We’re making turkey napkin rings for Thanksgiving using basic craft supplies.  In fact I’m repurposing old curtain rings into napkin rings for this project.  It’s easy and simple, you’ll want a whole flock.
repurposed curtain rings into napkin rings

A DIY tutorial to make turkey napkin rings using curtain hardware. Add texture and a touch of charm to your Thanksgiving table with this turkey.

I had taken down some old curtains the previous owner left up and had a ton of curtain rings.  These wooden curtain rings make great napkin rings for your Thanksgiving table place settings.
napkin rings for Thanksgiving

Details

The feathers are made from raffia and add tons of texture.  And the turkey head is a small styrofoam ball wrapped in light brown tissue.  Then I added short black straight pins for eyes, an orange card stock beak and tiny red pom poms for the snood.
turkey napkin ring with paper beak
When we moved into our new home I took down the existing curtain rods and rings in the family room and saved them in my stockpile of weird parts.  Who knew they would make perfect turkey napkin rings?
before and after curtain ring repurpose
These napkin rings add tons of dimension and make a fun addition to your Thanksgiving table setting.
diy turkey napkin rings

Below are the step by step instructions to make turkey napkin rings.  Use what you have on hand and make it easy and inexpensive.

Supplies:

  • curtain rings
  • raffia
  • small styrofoam balls
  • brown tissue paper
  • hot glue gun & hot glue sticks
  • short black straight pins
  • orange cardstock
  • tiny red pom poms
raffia bunch
Step 1:  Start with a wooden or brown curtain ring.  Cut 10 pieces of raffia about 12″ long.
bunch of raffia with loop end
Step 2: Fold the raffia pieces in half and keep fold behind and above the napkin ring.
how to tie raffia bunch
Step 3:  Pull the loose ends of raffia through the folded loop end in the middle of the ring.
raffia on curtain ring for turkey feathers
Use the hook on the ring as your center point (covering it with the raffia) and pull tight.  Don’t worry about the length of the raffia, you can trim it later once all the pieces have been added.
knot raffia bunch in place on ring
Step 4:  Add two more raffia groups on either side of center.  To keep the pieces from shifting add a dab of hot glue on the napkin rings (under the raffia knot).
bunches of raffia wrapped onto curtain ring

Turkey Head:

wrap brown tissue around styrofoam ball
Step 5: To make the turkey head take a small piece of light brown tissue paper and cover the styrofoam ball.
hot glue wrapped styrofoam ball onto raffia
Step 6: Hot glue the turkey head at center in front of raffia feathers.  Now trim the raffia into an arched shape.
black map pin for the eyeballs
Step 7:  Add short black straight pins for eyes and hot glue a triangle piece of orange cardstock for the beak.  Finally add tiny red pom poms down one side of the beak for the snood.

Thanks for joining me for this turkey napkin rings project.  Please leave any questions in the comments below and be sure to follow me on social media for sneak peeks, tools and project inspiration:

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diy turkey napkin rings

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  1. Cassie @ Primitive & Proper says

    October 11, 2013 at 11:16 AM

    so cute and i think the kids could do this!

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  2. Kim Wilson says

    October 11, 2013 at 3:07 PM

    These are absolutely adorable! You are so creative Jamie! Pinned them!

    Reply
  3. Cheryl says

    November 3, 2013 at 2:47 PM

    So creative! So cute! So inspiring!

    Reply
  4. Rebecca S says

    October 12, 2014 at 1:31 AM

    Hello! These are adorable and I will be making them for Thanksgiving this year! Do you, by any chance, know how big (or small) your curtain rings were? I got 1 1/4in (the only wooden ones I could find) but they look a little big for a napkin ring. Again these are adorable and you are so creative!! Thanks for the great tutorial.

    Thanks again,
    -R

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