Here it comes! Super cute origami Hello Kitty tutorial! As a beloved cartoon character, Hello Kitty has captured the hearts of many people, especially children and girls. This tutorial will guide you through making a Hello Kitty figure wearing a cute little skirt. The process is divided into seven parts: the face, body, clothes, hat, decorative star for the hat, bow hair accessories, and a bow tie.
For color matching, we primarily use red and green to create a Hello Kitty design that captures the Christmas spirit. You can select different colors based on your preferences, maybe the classic pink.
If you are new to origami, start here from our beginner guide to know the basics and how to read the step-by-step instructions.
- Folding time: 50 minutes
- Paper: 7.5×7.5 cm / 1. 10×10cm / 2. 5.5×2.5cm / 1. 3×3cm / 1. 5*2.5cm / 3
- Difficulty: Advanced
Material
One piece of 7.5×7.5cm green paper for Hello Kitty’s clothing.
2 pieces of 10×10cm white paper for Hello Kitty’s body and face.
One piece of 5.5×2.5cm green paper is used to make Hello Kitty’s hat.
One piece of 3×3cm yellow paper is used to make a decorative star.
3 pieces of 5*2.5cm red paper are used to make an origami bow and an origami bow tie.
Step by Step Instructions
Origami Hello Kitty Clothing
Step 1
Take out the piece of 7.5×7.5cm green paper, place it with the desired display color side down to begin folding, fold it in half vertically, and unfold it.
Fold it in half horizontally, leaving a short crease indicated by the black dotted line, and unfold it.
Step 2
Fold the bottom edge to align with the short horizontal crease, leaving a crease, and unfold it.
Step 3
Fold the top edge to align with the crease you made in the previous step, leaving a crease, and unfold it.
Step 4
Fold the top edge to align with the middle short horizontal crease, leaving a short crease, and unfold it.
Step 5
Fold the bottom edge to align with the crease you made in the previous step, leaving a short crease indicated by the black dotted line, and unfold it.
Step 6
Turn over the paper from left to right.
Step 7
Fold the crease indicated by the red dotted line to align with the first short crease from the bottom marked by the black line.
Fold the crease indicated by the red dotted line to align with the first short crease from the top marked by the black line.
Step 8
Turn over the paper from left to right. Fold the top left and right points along the black dotted lines separately, then fold up the two bottom points, and finally, turn over the paper.
Origami Hello Kitty Body
Step 1
Place the paper with the desired display color side down, fold it in half horizontally, and unfold it.
Fold it in half vertically, leaving a crease, and unfold it.
Step 2
Fold it in half diagonally, leaving a crease, and unfold it.
Fold the paper in half diagonally from the opposite side, making a crease, and then unfold it.
Step 3
Fold both the left and right edges to align with the middle vertical crease.
Step 4
Fold both the top and bottom edges to align with the middle horizontal crease, and unfold them.
Step 5
Fold the bottom right point along the black dotted line connecting two red spots, crease it well, and unfold it.
Similarly, fold the bottom left point along the black dotted line connecting two red spots, crease it well, and unfold it.
Step 6
Open the top opening and press down on the top edge; all the required creases already exist.
Repeat this: open the bottom opening and fold up the bottom edge.
Step 7
Fold down the flap on the bottom left and bottom right side.
Step 8
Fold down the top edge along the black dotted line. Then, fold the left part toward the right side along the black dotted line, repeat this for the right side.
[Divide the left and right sections of the top edge into four equal parts. The two black dotted lines are the vertical extensions of two dividing points.]
Step 9
Fold down the two flaps you just folded to the sides along the dotted line connecting the two red dots.
Step 10
Fold up two points on the bottom side and tuck the left and right flaps between the layers. Fold up the two corners on the middle of the bottom edge diagonally.
Turn over the paper from left to right.
Origami Hello Kitty Face
Step 1
Take out the 10×10cm paper, place it with the desired display color side down to begin folding, fold it in half horizontally, and unfold it.
Fold it in half vertically and unfold it.
Step 2
Fold it in half diagonally from bottom right to top left, leaving a crease, and unfold it.
Fold it in half diagonally from bottom left to top right, leaving a crease, and unfold it.
Step 3
Fold both left and right edges to align with the middle vertical crease.
Step 4
Fold both the top and bottom edges to align with the middle horizontal crease, crease them well, and unfold them.
Step 5
Fold the bottom right point along the black dotted line connecting two red spots, crease it well, and unfold it.
Similarly, fold the bottom left point along the black dotted line connecting two red spots, crease it well, and unfold it.
Step 6
Open the top opening and press down on the top edge; all the required creases already exist.
Step 7
Fold down the top left and right points diagonally along the black dotted line connecting two red spots.
Step 8
Fold up these two flaps along the black dotted lines.
Step 9
Fold down the triangle on the left and right sides.
Step 10
Fold them up again, then fold the left and right points toward the center.
Step 11
Fold the lower left and right corners towards the center along the black dotted lines.
Step 12
Fold up the bottom edge, then fold down the top edge of this folded layer.
Step 13
Turn the paper over and draw on the eyes, nose, and beard.
Origami Hello Kitty Hat
Step 1
Take out the piece of 5.5×2.5cm green paper, place it with the desired display color side down to begin folding, fold it in half vertically, and unfold it.
Then, fold the left and right edges to align with the middle vertical crease. Fold the top right and left points along the dotted lines connecting two red spots.
Step 2
Flip the paper over, that’s the hat.
Origami Hello Kitty Star
Step 1
Place the 3×3cm paper with the desired display color side up to begin folding. Fold and unfold it in half horizontally, then vertically.
Step 2
Turn over the paper.
Step 3
Fold and unfold it in half diagonally from both directions.
Step 4
Mountain fold the left and right creases, then press the midpoints of the left, right, and top edges to meet the midpoint of the bottom edge.
Step 5
Fold the right edge of the top layer to align with the vertical crease, then turn over the paper and fold the right edge of the top layer on this side to align with the vertical crease.
Step 6
Rotate the paper 90 degrees from back to front, pull the left and right points to the sides, and flatten the top and bottom flaps, as the third picture shows. Finally, rotate it 90 degrees from front to back.
Step 7
Fold the right flap to the left side along the crease indicated by the dotted line, and fold it back to the right side for a short section.
Repeat this for the left side. Fold the left flap to the right side along the crease indicated by the dotted line, and fold it back to the left side for a short section.
Step 8
Flip the paper from left to right.
Origami Hello Kitty Bow Tie
Step 1
Place the 5×2.5cm paper with the desired display color side down to begin folding. Fold it in half horizontally, leaving a crease, and unfold it. Then, fold the top and bottom edges to align with this crease, and finally, fold this paper in half vertically from left to right.
Step 2
Fold the top and bottom right points diagonally along the black dotted line, crease them well, and unfold them.
Step 3
Unfold the top layer to the right side, push the midpoint of the top and bottom edges and fold the left edge to align with the right edge.
Step 4
Fold the left edge of the top layer to the right side along the white dotted line. Flip the paper from front to back, and fold the left edge to align with the right edge.
Step 5
Fold the top left and bottom left corners of the top layer diagonally along the black dotted line, turn the paper over from front to back, and repeat the previous steps.
Step 6
Rotate the paper 90 degrees from right to left, then push down the left and right flaps and flatten the middle part to complete the bow tie.
Origami Hello Kitty Tie
Step 1
First, make another origami bow using another 5×2.5cm piece of paper according to the steps above.
Turn over this bow from left to right, and fold the left and right edges a little. Then, turn over it back.
Step 2
Take another 5×2.5cm piece of paper, fold it in half horizontally, leaving a crease, and unfold it.
Fold both the top and bottom edges to align with the horizontal crease, then fold the paper in half vertically, leaving a crease, and unfold it.
Fold down the left and right sections of the top edge, then fold down the top point.
Step 3
Glue these two models.
Combine Origami Hello Kitty
Step 1
Apply glue on the body part and then glue the clothing on.
Step 2
Open the bottom opening of the hat and snap it onto the tip at the top of the face part.
Step 3
Turn over these two models.
Step 4
Apply glue on the top triangle area of the clothing part, then tuck the bottom flap of the face part into the pocket of the clothing part, glue them well, and turn it over.
Step 5
Glue the star on the top of the hat.
Step 6
Glue the bow and tie on.
Step 7
Paint its skirt with your favorite pattern.
As a cartoon animal, the unicorn is also deeply loved by people. It symbolizes good luck. Let’s fold a cute origami unicorn! There is also an origami Pikachu, which is an adorable anime character and a beautiful childhood memory for us.
Origami Unicorn
Origami Pikachu
What’s Next
That’s your lovely origami hello kitty, now you can explore our other origami anime instructions. Happy folding!
