The art of napkin folding is a unique art which came into existence many centuries ago. People in the past also made use of these napkins. Some of them even knew the art of napkin folding. It included fan folding, heart folding, folding in shapes of many flowers and animals. The trend still continued to the current time and can be found in many of the famous establishments and events. The fan folding was the most common and it is still in use today because of its simple technique of folding. However, heart folding gained the significance later on. Due to increased trend of throwing grand reception parties for wedding, marriage anniversaries use of heart folding became more popular.

Whole world celebrates Valentine’s Day with their life partner or loved ones. On that day the restaurants and hotels are decorated beautifully. One can find that tables are decorated with heart folding. Heart folding makes all occasions or parties full of love and romance. Along with the romantic occasions this heart folding can even be used for the small get together too. The very first thing is to make a note of the materials required to create the heart folding. These are cloth napkins, paper towels, paper napkins, iron, ironing board and flat surface. Below is given the simple process to explain the steps involved in the making of heart folding:

• Take a napkin and fold it in half. One can take paper towel or paper napkin. One can iron if using cloth napkin but if the person is using paper napkin then the main thing to be kept in notice is to iron along the crease.

• Again fold the napkin in half as was done in the first fold. It will look like a long thin napkin.

• Then to get a heart folding fold the right hand side to the vertical side and similarly repeat the process to the left side.

• Then turn the napkin and a pocket of triangle shape will be formed.

• Take the tops of the both side of the sections and fold them and then release.

• Then a crease would be formed which has to be folded on both corners. Fold the right and the left corners of the crease. Both corners will look like a small triangle.

• Repeat the same process with the second part.

• Then turn the napkin. One will see the shape of napkin would be similar to heart.

The process of heart folding hardly takes ten minutes. Learn the above procedure of heart folding by heart as it is going to provide many appreciations and compliments. Use the iron according to the convenience as it will give a firm look. Further this will also make the heart folding to retain the shape as it is. One can use more imaginations and innovative ideas. They can be like slipping a romantic note in the center of the heart folding. Try the idea of heart folding for the occasion of Valentine’s Day or a dinner with the loved one to make the person feel more special. Moreover, the art of heart folding shows the active nature and innovative mind of a person.