How to Make a Hello Kitty Ornament

 Carolyn J. Braden • 3 Minute Read 

How to Make a Hello Kitty Ornament

I love Hello Kitty and blinging things up and when I bought a huge bag of clear ornaments and some Hello Kitty heads, I got super inspired. You can swirl paint inside the ornaments, you can add tinsel inside them, you can add dried flowers inside them, and you can bling them up!

Due to traveling for another hurricane evacuation for Hurricane Milton, I knew adding some Hello Kitty heads and rhinestones to an ornament would be a perfect car craft to keep my brain calm during this crazy time. Read on to learn how to make DIY Hello Kitty ornaments.

Car Crafting

I wrote an article (see many of my car crafts with a supply list and my car crafting methods in this article here) in the summer of 2024 with all the easy car crafts I created while visiting a neighborhood we will move to.

I choose easy crafts that most anyone could do. For this project we had to travel to Miami to get out of Milton’s way. I always travel with a tray lined with drawer liner. I made a Hello Kitty claw clip in the car too and you can see it here.

My travel craft setup:

• Plastic Fast Food Serving Trays (I use these for so many crafting projects and my husband loves them for taking food out to the grill)

• Gorilla Grip Premium Drawer and Shelf Liner (I use this in my kitchen on shelves, in drawers and more)

The cutest Hello Kitty ornament

Adding some bling to plain ornaments seemed like the perfect car craft idea. I grabbed some of my car crafting kit and set to work. I love crafting ornaments around the holidays and have created quite a few. I buy many of my craft supplies currently from Temu (see my discount link below) because they have some of the lowest prices. Their craft supply quality is great too.

More Ornament Tutorials + Inspiration

Here are some of my other ornament tutorials here on my website:

• 2 Ingredient Cinnamon Applesauce Ornaments

• How to Make a Beachy Cricut Ornament

• Tulle Christmas Wreath Ornament

 See my easy holiday rhinestone and pearl ornament below or via my YouTube channel @carolynjbraden:

Hello Kitty Ornament Supplies with Links to Buy + Discount Code

If you buy any of your craft supplies from Temu like I do (their prices are great and so is the quality!) use code afe55197 for 30% off or use my link here (discount is for new app users only). Temu is an official Sanrio brand seller (Sanrio is the brand that makes Hello Kitty things), so feel confident in knowing the Hello Kitty supplies are from the official brand.

See my 1-minute video tutorial for this craft below or via my YouTube channel @carolynjbraden:

• Clear Fillable Ornaments (mine were 2.36 inches and I got them on Amazon, but Walmart has them and Temu does too)

• Hello Kitty resin heads (I got mine here on Temu, but you can find them on Amazon too)

• Jelly Rhinestones kit

• Hello Kitty Ribbon (I got mine at Hobby Lobby, but Temu has similar ribbon here)

• Raffia ribbon (Amazon)

• Wax pencil

• Liquid Fusion glue

• Rhinestone trays in various sizes for holding the charms, rhinestones while crafting

• Small towel to lay projects on as needed

• Pointy cotton swabs for wiping away excess glue

• Optional: Dual temp hot glue gun

This cute Hello Kitty ornament can be displayed all year!

Hello Kitty Ornament Instructions

For this project I first glued on some Hello Kitty heads using a small dot of the glue and my fingers.

Then I simply added more glue to the ornament and used my wax pencil (I had to use my fingers for some) to pick up the rhinestones (I used all iridescent rhinestones) and added them one at a time around the Hello Kitty heads until it was completely filled.

For all rhinestone projects, be sure to add a thin layer of glue and if any oozes out, you can use a cotton swab to wipe the excess away.

I worked around the top of the ornament first, and by the time I was ready for the bottom, the glue had cured enough for me to flip it over gently and work on the other side.

Hello Kitty Ornament

When I got home (Milton caused us some damage and flooded our pool again…which also happened during Hurricane Ian and Hurricane Helene, but overall, our pillar house that stands high off the ground has held up!), I heated up my glue gun, tied a bow with the Hello Kitty ribbon along with some pink and orange raffia ribbon and glued it to the top of the ornament.  I trimmed it with my scissors as needed and sealed the ends with a lighter

I tied on some Hello Kitty ribbon so it could be hung on a tree. I always give my crafts 24 hours to fully dry before using them fully.

If you loved this article, then we know you’ll love this one too: How to Make Rhinestone and Pearl Holiday Ornaments

Carolyn J. (C.J.) Braden is the owner of Carolyn’s Blooming Creations is a regular contributor and editor for CBC. She has been featured in numerous media publications such as InStyle Magazine, on HGTV, on Bustle.com, and more. She is the author of the books Georgia McMasters in Amethyst Lake Cemetery, How To Be Yourself: 3 Ways To Help You Being You, and the illustrator for the children’s book Bridging Connections. She is a former classroom teacher that now dedicates her life to educating others on how to live their most healthy, creative and happy life. Learn more about her visiting our About Us page.