green napkin ring

“Spring is nature’s way of saying, ‘let’s party!'” . . . Robin Williams

All your guests will agree when they see these Mother and Baby Bird napkin rings, sitting on your table. These welcoming little birds have a cute, cheerful and comforting style about them. The song they sing is Happy Spring!

MATERIALS NEEDED

  • PVC (plastic pipe)
  • Coarse file or sandpaper
  • Green moss
  • Raffia
  • Mini artificial flowers
  • Mini Mama and baby birds
  • Glue gun
  • Tacky white glue
  • Toothpicks

HERE’S HOW

  • Cut PVC pipe to size that you want (mine is 2″ wide)
  • Using a coarse file or sandpaper, sand both sides of edges until smooth to touch
  • Using a glue gun, glue moss to the inside and outside of ring until completely covered
  • Wrap raffia around and through ring, over moss, creating a crisscross design when possible
  • Glue birds on top
  • Glue artificial flowers in a scattered design on the rest of the ring