Hello Kitty Lantern

It happened. The Hello Kitty craze has hit our house. My daughter just turned four and it seems to have happened overnight! You see, before this, my daughter was all about Mickey and Minnie. Well, she still does love anything Disney, but her discovery of Hello Kitty has changed everything. She recently told me that she wanted her Minnie decals removed from her walls and replaced with Hello Kitty. So, we got to work! She’s got a fun Hello Kitty bedding set and now we’ve moved onto her bedroom decor. This glowing Hello Kitty lantern is probably the easiest craft I’ve done in awhile. I have to admit, I was super impressed with how perfect it turned out and I can’t wait to show you how easy it is!

For the Hello Kitty lantern, you will need:

• a 14 inch white paper lantern (just like THIS one)
• White, yellow, and black craft foam (found HERE or at your craft store)
• Black pipe cleaners
• Red card stock paper

To make the Hello Kitty lantern:

• Cut out rounded triangles with a base that forms to the shape of the paper lantern (seen below). I eyeballed it and it doesn’t have to be perfect. Cut out a yellow oval nose and 2 black oval eyes. Hot glue the ears, nose, and eyes onto the paper lantern.
• Hot glue the black pipe cleaners onto each side of the lantern for whiskers. I cut the middle whisker on each side down a little, but that’s optional.

• Click on this bow printable (I found on google), drag the image to your desktop, and  print it onto your red card stock. I had to cut a piece of scrapbook paper down to a 8 1/2″ x 11″ beforehand.

• Cut out the red bow and hot glue it to the paper lantern. If your bow is not standing straight up, simply roll a piece of red paper up behind it, and secure it with some hot glue (to prop the bow up into place). That is optional though:)

I used fishing line to hang this lantern, but you can get creative with whatever you have. You don’t have to use a glowing lantern, but if you do, simply put some batteries inside and watch it glow at night! It is SO cute!