This is my recreation of a product I recently saw while scrolling Instagram. After a bit of investigating, I discovered these napkin holders were available from dozens of sellers all over Amazon. The prospect of willingly handing more of my money over to Amazon instantly triggered my "I can make that" reflex. Ten hours and three prototypes later, I had a bootleg napkin holder that looked and worked great!

I had planned to publish this design in time for Easter, but I think these floral napkin holders will be the perfect accompaniment to any springtime table setting.

Printing:

Printing these parts was honestly even easier than I was expecting.

The Pin and Prongs printed just fine using default print settings with no supports at 0.2 mm layer height.
I printed the Stem and Petals with fuzzy skin enabled. I set fuzzy skin point distance to 0.4 mm and fuzzy skin thickness to 0.2 mm. I also set seam position to random.
I printed the Stem and Petals with a 5 mm outer brim and a 0 mm brim separation gap. This really helped stabilize the prints.
I printed the Stem with an additional outer wall to add some strength to the part.
Lastly, I painted a ring of tree supports around the Petals, a bit above where the Petals begin to bulge out from the Stem. This likely wasn't necessary, but it added a bit more stability to the Petals, and the support material was very easy to remove after printing.

Assembly:

Add a small dab of glue under the lip on each side of the head of the Pin.
Slide the narrow end of the Pin between the Prongs and through the hole at the bottom. Pull to make sure the Pin is fully seated. These pieces should resemble a tuning fork when assembled properly.
Now pass the Pin through the hole at the base of the Petals and into the hole at the top of the Stem.
After making sure everything fits, remove the Pin and add some glue to the Stem before reinserting the Pin. Make sure you don't accidentally glue the Petals in place. They'll need to be able to spin freely for the napkin holder to work as intended.
Allow the glue to dry, and your napkin holder is complete. Repeat these steps until you have a whole set.

Using the napkin holder is even easier than printing it. Just fold your napkin into a triangle (I used 5" napkins, but larger napkins will work just fine), place the napkin between the Prongs, and twist the Stem. You can get totally different flower shapes by changing the way you fold your napkin. Do some experimenting to figure out which style you prefer.

If you print this design, please be sure to come back and post a Make, I always love to see them. Thanks so much for your support! If you want to see more of my work, follow me on Instagram @popandsicle.

Flower Napkin Holder (Spring/Easter Tableware)

0.2mm layer, 2 walls, 15% infill