How to Entertain, Distract, and Unplug Your Kids by Matthew Jervis

Author:Matthew Jervis
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Published: 2015-07-16T16:00:00+00:00

18. NAPKIN RINGS

Keep Kids Busy for:

30–45 minutes

You Will Need:

• Paper

• Scissors

• Pens, markers

• Glitter

• Craft supplies

Really? Napkin rings? Yep. They’re easy and you can use almost anything to make them. Remember this is about keeping kids and their little hands busy!

We don’t really see too many of these things on the modern dinner table today—at least I haven’t.

What are they used for anyway? Where do they come from? The napkin ring, also called a “serviette” ring (serviette is another word for napkin), was originally used to identify the napkins of a certain household or family in France, as were most things of the culinary ilk, during the 1800s. By the end of the nineteenth century napkin rings made their way across the westernized world and we began to see them on dinner tables in the United States.

Most napkin rings at the time were made of silver or bone, wood, porcelain, or glass among other things, but today you can use almost anything.

This is a fun project for fancy table settings on occasions like Thanksgiving, but why not make it a regular routine in your repertoire of kid-friendly activities?

It’s easy and it beats having to fold and refold your “serviette” every night.

Since the materials could really be anything, you can make this a friendly competition. Who can make the most colorful or the most creative napkin ring? (not biggest!) Competitions are great ways to get the littles onboard and get them involved with a fun activity.

HINT: Direct the kids toward whatever stock of materials you might have a lot of and lying around, such as extra cardboard, construction paper, old newspapers, plastic cups …

WARNING: Remember if they go for the recycling, ask them to rinse and dry anything they might want to use. Nothing sticky is allowed on the dinner table, and that goes for glue. Good luck.

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