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DIY Christmas Napkin Rings with a Cricut

Grab your Cricut machine and make these deer napkin rings for your holiday table!
15 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Author Angie Holden

What You Will Need

  • Cricut Explore Air 2 or any other Cricut machine
  • Cutting mat
  • Deer ring cut file
  • Thin chipboard or Kraftboard
  • Decoupage and glitter OR google eyes and red pom pom (depending on what version you are making)

Instructions

How to Design in Cricut Design Space

  • Open the file. You will see the flat napkin ring ready to cut. It should be about 7 3/4".
  • Click make it to start cutting your project and choose how many of the napkin rings that you want to cut. The software will do all of the work for you and determine the proper location for all of the images that you are going to cut.
  • Set your dial to custom. Chipboard is not available on the standard settings. Choose chipboard in Design Space from the pull-down menu. There are TONS  of custom materials in that menu or you can even customize your own material if you find something that they don't have listed.

Cutting Paper Napkin Rings

  • Load your mat and cut your napkin rings. I like putting this material on a standard grip mat.
  • Remove the cut pieces from the mat. You can make the napkin ring by forming the piece into a circle and putting the slits in the paper together.

How to Decorate DIY Christmas Napkin Rings

  • Now you can decorate these deer napkin rings two ways. The first is for a whimsical table or for the kids' table. Grab some google eyes and a pom pom.
  • Use hot glue to secure them into place. Then just slip the napkin ring on any napkin and add it to your table. You can use another glue if you would like the kids to help with this project.
  • For a more elegant look, grab your decoupage and glitter. Any decoupage finish will work for this.
  • Paint the decoupage with a paintbrush onto just the antler portion of the napkin ring. Then sprinkle with glitter and dust off any excess. Allow this to dry completely.
  • You may want to add a second coat of decoupage over the top to keep the glitter from shedding on your table. Allow to dry completely before adding to your napkins.