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Vinyl Placemats and Informal Table Settings

When teaching children how to set an informal table setting, it’s a good idea to use vinyl placemats. Vinyl placemats are sturdy, durable, and best of all, easy to clean. When children are learning proper manners and table settings, they should feel comfortable with using vinyl placemats. Informal table settings involve more utensils than a casual setting, yet less utensils than a formal setting. To set an informal table setting, you might want to consider also using a vinyl tablecloth.

Informal table settings include several additional plates and utensils as opposed to casual settings. A casual table setting consists of a napkin, dinner fork, plate, knife, teaspoon, and glass. When setting the informal table you will begin by placing a folded napkin to the far left of the placemat. You can choose to use cloth napkins that are generally smaller than dinner napkins, which are about twenty-four inches and square. Make sure the napkin is folded with the seam of the fold facing outward, to the left.

Next to the napkin will be a salad fork, followed by the larger sized dinner fork. Since you have included a salad fork, you will place the smaller sized, salad plate above the salad fork. A small butter knife rests on the top of the salad plate. Make sure that the serrated edge of the knife faces in toward the plate. Now you will place the dinner plate next to the dinner fork. Directly above the dinner plate is the dessert spoon and the dessert fork. The fork rests horizontally, above the dinner plate with the tines facing the right. Place the dessertspoon directly above the dessert fork, with the spoon facing left. The dinner knife is placed on the right side of the dinner plate, with the serrated edge facing left. A soupspoon is placed on the right side of the knife. Directly above the knife is a goblet, and directly above the soupspoon is a wine glass. Vinyl placemats are an excellent choice for children who are learning the art of table setting.