Ring Around the Picnic

crayola supplies

• Markers

household supplies

• recycled gift wrap or paper towel roll

Why

Jazz up your summer picnic table! Create these quick and easy napkin rings with cardboard rolls and Crayola® Washable Markers.

Steps

1. 1. Any picnic is a special event when you make your own decorations! Here's an easy way to make napkin rings for a summer picnic.
2. 2. Choose any design you like. Draw your designs on recycled cardboard rolls with Crayola Washable Markers. Use lots of pretty colors!
3. 3. If you know how to draw a square, you can make a checkerboard pattern. Here's how. Draw lines from the roll's top to its bottom.
4. 4. Then draw lines crossing those lines going around the roll. That makes squares.
5. 5. Color in every other square in one row. On the next row, color in the square above the blank one. Continue following this pattern. This will fill in your checkerboard.
6. 6. Insert a Hallmark® napkin into one end. What a festive picnic!

When & Where

"The grownups cut rolls into small pieces. We had enough napkin rings for everyone."
- Cynthia G., mom of 4- and 5-year-olds.

"We torn open and flattened the rings for a mini game of checkers."
- Duran M., dad of 5-, and 7-year-olds.

Interesting Info

The word picnic comes from French words meaning a party to which everyone brings food.

Safety Guidelines

Recycled Cardboard Tubes—Use paper towel tubes, gift-wrap tubes, or long cardboard tubes that can be cut to any length. Health professionals caution against using recycled toilet paper tubes for arts & crafts projects because of the potential fecal contamination.

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