substantially square napkin 12 formed of an absorbent material such as cotton linen or paper pulp which may be utilized for cleaning purposes during the course of a meal the napkin 12 may be of any desired shape but is preferably substantially square in shape and includes a pair of orthogonally oriented fold lines 14 extending through a center thereof as illustrated in fig3 which permit the napkin 12 to be folded into the compact configuration illustrated in fig2 by this structure the napkin 12 may be unfolded and positioned across the lap or other area of an individual during a dining procedure whereby crumbs and the like are captured thereon referring now to fig4 through 6 it can be shown that the attachable dinner napkin 10 further comprises an adhesive attaching means 16 for securing the napkin 12 to the clothing of an individual to this end the adhesive attaching means 16 includes a removable backing 18 which can be peeled away from the remainder of the adhesive attaching means 16 to expose an adhesive 20 positioned therebeneath removal of the backing 18 is facilitated by a backing pull tap 22 which extends outwardly from the main portion of the backing.