Lotus flower made from a napkin

We had the most beautiful closing ceremony at our training in Vietnam this week.  

It looked something like this:

The lights you see are lotus flowers made from paper napkins with a tea light in the center (on a plate).

Lighting the tea lights before the ceremony.

I am slightly obsessed with these - the image and ambiance it created was almost magical.

At the end of the ceremony, all of the participants said one word to represent their feelings, and added their lotuses to the center of the circle.

How to make them - it is SOOO easy!

1. Lay a paper napkin out flat on a table.
2. Fold each of the corners in to the center of the napkin and press down.
3. Fold each of the new corners in to the center of the napkin and press down
4. Flip the napkin over.
5. Fold each of the new corners in to the center of the napkin and press down.
6. (the only tricky part) Reach underneath one corner of the napkin and pull up the flap.  Pull it up over the corner of napkin, pressing down slightly about an inch away from the corner at the same time.  You don't want to pull it completely over the corner, just enough to create a 'petal'.  Kind of hard to explain but the idea is to create one of the petals of the lotus.
7. Repeat this for each corner.  
8. Repeat this for each corner.
9. Repeat this for each corner.
10. Once you have four petals, reach under again and pull up one of the remaining flaps to create petals in between the corners.
11. Repeat for all of the remaining flaps.
12. You can fill with candy, or add a tea light to make them glow! (Just make sure to put a plate underneath in case the napkin lights on fire.  None of ours did even though the participants were waving them around, but I admit I was a little sweaty about it the whole time.)