Home Sweet Home USA Napkin Shelf Sitter

Craft and decorate your home for Memorial Day and the 4th of July with this DIY Patriotic USA Napkin Shelf sitter that fits perfectly on a tiered tray. This Home Sweet Home napkin with the American flag USA is the perfect size to decoupage onto a Dollar Tree box frame. I love America!

DIY patriotic Tiered Tray Shelf sitter with a Home Sweet Home american flag USA napkin decoupaged onto a small Dollar Tree box frame with crackle underneath and blue star scrapbook paper around the outer edges.

I have a confession. My name is Amanda and I am addicted to napkins.

So much so, that I started a Big Pack of Craftkins, napkins for crafting club!

The Big Pack of Craftkins is my quarterly variety pack of 18 individual adorable napkins sent straight to your door, so that you never have to waste your money on entire packs of napkins for crafting again. 🤯

Don’t worry if you don’t have the exact napkin I am using in this project, use what you have and if you need some help then get on the waitlist for my napkin subscription. I also sell super cute pre-bundled one time packs in my shop HERE!

I titled this one “Shelf Sitter”, but it’s actually the perfect size for a Tiered Tray so I threw this bad boy on my Patriotic Tiered Tray right on the bottom tier!

The completed project staged on the bottom of a patriotic 3 tiered tray.

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Supplies Needed to Make a USA Napkin Shelf Sitter

Cocktail napkin with United States shape painted as an American flag with the words "Home Sweet Home" written across the bottom in script font..

Dollar Tree Box Frame
Home Sweet Home USA napkin (Get on the waitlist for the next round of napkins HERE or get napkins from my shop HERE)
Blue and white star scrapbook paper
Antique Wax
White acrylic paint
Mod Podge
Elmers School Glue (You can use Mod Podge instead)
Foam Brush

How to Make a USA Napkin Shelf Sitter

I made this crackle napkin shelf sitter on video. So you can WATCH the tutorial by clicking below.

Watch the video HERE

This USA Napkin Shelf Sitter looks so cool with the crackle effect UNDER the napkin! I have an entire tutorial on exactly how to do this crackle technique and you can read and watch the video HERE.

So the first thing you are going to do is that crackle on the front of your frame. In a nutshell, you paint a dark colored base coat then dry it completely. Then, put a layer of Mod Podge OR Elmers school glue (I like to use a foam brush to apply). While the glue is still wet, paint a nice thick coat of the white acrylic paint over the top.

Just glide the brush gently over the glue being careful not to work it into the glue. Dry completely, and as it dries, watch the magic happen! It will begin to crackle right before your eyes.

Close up of the box frame showing the crackle underneath the napkin decoupaged to the background.

After you have the background all crackled, you will just decoupage your napkin to it like normal. Just Mod Podge it right to the crackle paint, and then it will LOOK as if the napkin itself is crackled just like you see below.

Sand off the excess napkin with your gator sander or sanding block.

Side view of the project showing the blue and white star scrapbook paper around the outer edges.

Now, trace the shape of the 3 outer edges onto the blue star scrapbook paper and cut them out (you don’t need to do the bottom, but you can if you want). Then Mod Podge those to the outer edges and sand off the excess paper.

The completed project showing the side with the blue and white star scrapbook paper on the edges, staged on the bottom tier of a tiered tray.

The last thing you do is grunge up the edges and corners with Kilz Dark or Waverly Antique Wax to give it an old distressed vibe, which I love.

How darn cute does it look on the bottom tier of my Patriotic Tiered Tray!? I made 15 crafts for this tray during my LIVE Patriotic Extravaganza and you can see all of them HERE if you need some inspo!

The completed USA napkin craft on the bottom of a tiered tray with patriotic mini crafts all around it, patriotic mini flip flops, firecrackers and mini pillow.

Are you going to make a USA Napkin Shelf Sitter? If you do, I’d love to see it! Pop on over to our free Craftspiration Facebook group, and join in on the fun by posting a pic of your Tiered Trays, DIY’s and crafts. I just love to see all your creative and crafty creations.

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