Hello Kitty Paper Lantern

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  Step 1

  Find a nice basic Hello Kitty head image online and open it up in Word, or any image editing program. Resize the Hello Kitty image so that the face details fit the size of your lantern.

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  Step 2

  Gently open up your paper lantern and insert the metal support. Be careful when inserting the support. Shoving it in too quick could bend the metal, or rip your lantern.

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  Step 3

  Cut out the pieces like this and set them aside. You'll want to play around with the arrangement of the face pieces before you glue them on the lantern.

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  Step 4

  Bend the ears and create a soft crease right across the middle of the bow. This will allow them to pop up and create a nifty 3D effect.

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  Step 5

  Using white paper glue, glue on the Hello Kitty face pieces like so. For a glossy effect you can cover the face pieces with a thin layer of decoupage. Let dry and your done. Too cute right? ;)

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Sunny_Bunny · Corpus Christi, Texas, US 12th September 2012

too cute

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rainbowmacabre · Woodbury, Tennessee, US · 3 projects 7th May 2012

Totally cute! When I can find a paper lantern I will be trying this. :3

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Feisty Fidget · 6 projects 29th December 2011

Beautiful! I am a big Kitty fan and so will definitely be making these!

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Tala S. · 1 project 29th June 2011

Its beautifully cute.

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KellBellBlue · Sonoma, California, US · 15 projects 10th December 2010

Oh my heavens, my friend would love this, and it looks pretty quick and easy to make! I might have to try this out for her.

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Kirky · Sparta, Tennessee, US · 16 projects 26th May 2010

ah! my mom is gonna love this!

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ShannonJade · 1 project 23rd May 2010

i love <3 think i may have to make soon (:

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cupcake gangster · 64 projects 21st May 2010

awesome! they had paper lanterns on sale at the christmas tree shop too! ty

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Andrea4YA · 5 projects 20th May 2010

Thanks so much for all your kind comments everyone! I just wanted to let you know that I purchased my paper lanterns from the Paper Lantern Store. http://www.paperlanternstore.com/whropala.html The lantern I used was the 3.5" white round lantern.

I imagine you could do all kinds of characters this way, my friend made a Jack Skellington that came out really good. Unfortunately I don't have a picture.

Anyways I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's version, please post if you can!

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C.T. · New York, New York, US · 5 projects 20th May 2010

that is so genius ^_^

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