DIY KPop Demon Hunters Lantern Craft (Step-by-Step Tutorial)

Looking for a fun, creative coloring craft with a KPop twist? This step-by-step guide shows you how to design, color, and assemble your own KPop Demon Hunters paper lantern, featuring Rumi, Zoey, and Mira. It’s perfect for cozy evenings, decorations, themed parties, or a fun creative project at home.

You’ll create glowing lantern panels, then decorate them with your favorite Huntrix characters, and music-inspired designs. Once finished, a battery-powered tealight brings the whole lantern to life with a warm, cozy glow.

⚠️ Adult Supervision Required. This craft includes steps that use scissors, glue, and careful folding, so adult supervision is essential. Some steps should be completed by an adult or with close supervision.

What You Will Need

Blank sheets of card or paper (A4, Letter, or ideally larger)
Pencil and eraser
Optional: Ruler
Scissors (safety scissors for children)
Non-toxic coloring supplies (colored pencils, crayons, or markers)
Tissue paper (for lantern windows)
Non-toxic glue stick
Battery-powered tealight

Safety Notes

Scissors: Use child-safe scissors where possible. Adults should cut out the lantern windows or closely supervise.
Ruler & Folding: Adults may need to help with measuring and folding to keep panels even and secure.
Glue: Always use non-toxic, child-safe glue.
Tissue Paper: Tissue paper is delicate and can tear easily; adults may need to assist with cutting and positioning.
Battery Tealight Only: Never use real candles. Paper lanterns are flammable.
Work Surface: Use a clean, flat surface. A cutting mat is recommended, and sharp tools should be stored safely when not in use.
Display: Once finished, place lanterns away from heat, water, or young children.

DIY KPop Demon Hunters Lantern Step by Step Guide

Step 1: Prepare the lantern strip
Start with one long strip of card or sturdy paper. This strip will become the body of your lantern, so it needs to be long enough to fold into four panels.

Each panel (one side of the lantern) should be at least 10–12 cm wide. This gives enough space inside for a battery-powered tealight to fit comfortably and glow properly.

The height of the strip should be around 15 cm or taller for the best proportions and a nice lantern shape.

Once folded, the strip will form a square lantern with four sides.

💡 Tip: If you don’t have a sheet of paper or card that’s long enough, you can join two smaller pieces together. Simply overlap and glue or tape them securely, making sure the panels stay evenly sized.

A blank rectangular white sheet of card or paper placed horizontally on a textured blue background, shown with no drawings or markings, ready for the first step of the KPop Demon Hunters lantern coloring craft.

Step 2: Add a joining tab and fold
Before you mark out the four main panels, create a small joining tab at one end of the paper strip and fold.

This tab will be used later to attach the first and last panels together, forming the lantern shape.

Make the tab at least 1.5-2 cm wide so there’s enough space to apply glue securely.

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A white sheet of card or paper held horizontally by two hands on a blue background, showing a narrow folded flap along the left edge and the rest of the sheet lying flat.

Step 3: Fold the lantern panels
Now it’s time to create the four window panels.

Lay the card flat and ignore the small tab for now.
Fold the long strip in half, lining up the edges carefully.
Then fold it in half again, creating four equal sections.
When you unfold the card, you should see four evenly sized panels marked by fold lines. These will become the four window sides of your lantern.

Two hands holding a white sheet of card or paper on a blue background, with the left edge folded inward to create a narrow vertical flap along the side.

A white sheet of card or paper folded in half horizontally, held by two hands on a blue background, with a narrow folded flap still visible along the left edge.

A small folded white sheet of card or paper held vertically by two hands on a blue background, showing the paper folded into 4 even panels with a narrow flap visible along the left side.

A white sheet of card or paper unfolded into long horizontal sections, held open by two hands on a blue background, with visible vertical fold lines dividing the paper into 4 evenly spaced panels.

Step 4: Draw the window openings
With the card unfolded, draw the window shapes on each panel.

On each of the four panels, lightly sketch a rectangle in pencil. Make sure all four windows are the same size for a neat, even look.

Leave a border of at least 1.5–2 cm around each window so the lantern stays sturdy.

These penciled rectangles will be cut out next to create the glowing windows.

A long white strip of card or paper laid flat on a blue background, divided into 4 vertical panels with lightly pencilled rectangular window outlines, while two hands hold the paper and a pencil is used to draw the final panel window on the right side.

Step 5: Cut out the windows
Carefully cut out each of the penciled window shapes.

Use scissors or a craft knife to remove the rectangular window areas from all four panels. Take your time so the edges stay neat and even.

⚠️ Safety note: An adult should complete or closely supervise this step, using safety scissors where possible.

A long white strip of card or paper laid flat on a blue background with lightly pencilled rectangular window outlines, as a hand holds red-handled scissors positioned over one panel, ready to cut out the lantern window shapes.

A long white strip of card or paper held horizontally by two hands on a blue background, with four evenly spaced rectangular window openings fully cut out, creating the open panel frame for the lantern craft.

Step 6: Decorate the window borders
Color the border around each window to add decoration and help the panels stand out.

Use markers, crayons, or colored pencils to color the frame around each cut-out window.

This step adds extra detail and makes the lantern look more vibrant once it’s lit up.

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Step 7: Prepare the tissue paper panels
Cut out four pieces of tissue paper, one for each window.

Each piece should be slightly larger than the window opening, covering the entire cut-out area and the colored border around it.

This ensures the tissue paper fully covers the window from the inside with no gaps.

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Step 8: Attach the tissue paper
Turn the lantern strip over so you are working on the back side of the windows. Using non-toxic glue, carefully attach each piece of tissue paper to the inside of the lantern, pressing gently so it sticks flat and covers the window completely.

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A long white strip of card or paper held horizontally on a blue background, showing four lantern panels with purple-colored borders and semi-transparent tissue paper neatly attached behind each window, completing all interior panel sections.

Step 9: Form the lantern shape

Apply glue to the joining tab you created earlier. Carefully bring the first and last panels together, lining up the edges evenly.

Press the glued tab firmly onto the inside of the final panel to secure it in place. Hold for a few seconds until the glue grips, then allow it to dry fully. Your lantern should now be standing in a complete lantern shape.

Hands applying glue to the side flap of a paper lantern, attaching it to the final panel so the strip curves into a complete lantern shape, with tissue-covered windows visible against a blue background.

Two hands pressing the glued end panel of a paper lantern against the final panel, securing the edges together as the lantern shape is formed, with purple-bordered tissue windows visible on a blue background.

Step 10: Create the decorations
Use card or paper to draw KPop Demon Hunters-inspired decorations such as hearts, stars, musical notes, and microphones.

Color them in using markers, crayons, or colored pencils so they stand out against the lantern panels.

Carefully cut out each design, ready to glue onto the lantern.

You can also include extra fun characters like Derpy and Sussie if you’d like to personalise your lantern even more.

A completed paper lantern standing upright, featuring purple-bordered tissue paper panels, with cute colorful cut-out drawings, hearts, stars, and music notes scattered nearby and ready to be glued onto the lantern panels on a blue background.

Step 11: Create the character cut-outs
Now for the fun part! Draw, color, and cut out Rumi, Zoey, and Mira on small pieces of card.

Sketch each character on separate small pieces of card or paper.
Outline the drawings with a marker if needed, then color them in so they’re bold and easy to see on the lantern.
Carefully cut out each character, keeping close to the edges.

These character cut-outs will be glued onto the lantern panels to bring your KPop Demon Hunters lantern to life.

A hand holding a small square paper with a pencil sketch of Rumi from KPop Demon Hunters, while the other hand finishes the drawing with a blue pencil, shown next to a purple-edged paper lantern panel on a blue background, ready to be cut out and glued onto the lantern.

A hand outlining a small square drawing of Rumi from KPop Demon Hunters with a white marker, boldening the pencil sketch to make the character clearer and easier to color, shown on a blue background next to a purple-edged paper lantern panel.

A hand coloring a small cut-out drawing of Rumi from KPop Demon Hunters with markers, filling in her purple hair and blue-and-gold outfit so the character stands out clearly, shown on a blue background beside a paper lantern.

A hand carefully cutting out a colored drawing of Rumi from KPop Demon Hunters with scissors, preparing the character to be attached to a paper lantern panel, shown on a bright blue background.

A small, neatly cut-out illustration of Rumi from KPop Demon Hunters, fully colored and placed on a blue background, ready to be glued onto a paper lantern panel.

Step 12: Prepare the decorations for assembly
Gather all of your finished KPop Demon Hunters decorations and lay them out.

Cut-out, fully colored drawings of Rumi, Zoey, and Mira from KPop Demon Hunters arranged on a blue background, surrounded by hearts, stars, music notes, and microphones, ready to decorate paper lantern panels.

Step 13: Decorate the main panel
Choose how you’d like to arrange the main characters on your lantern.

For the main panel, we recommend sticking Rumi, Zoey, and Mira together to create a standout feature. Alternatively, you can place one character on each panel if you prefer a more spread-out design.

There’s no right or wrong layout, arrange the characters in a way that feels fun and balanced to you.

A decorated paper lantern panel featuring Rumi, Zoey, and Mira from KPop Demon Hunters, with colorful stars and music notes layered on a tissue-backed panel framed in purple.

A decorated KPop Demon Hunters paper lantern panel featuring a pink heart, gray and yellow stars, and a colorful music note on a tissue-backed background framed with purple.

A decorated KPop Demon Hunters paper lantern panel showing a pink heart, purple star, yellow sparkle, and a microphone on a tissue-backed background with a purple frame.

A decorated KPop Demon Hunters lantern panel featuring pink hearts, yellow sparkles, a colorful music note, and a grey star on a soft tissue background with a pink border.

Step 14: Add the light
Make sure the lantern is standing upright and stable. Place a battery-powered tealight into the center of the lantern.

⚠️ Safety Note: Always use battery-powered lights. Never use real candles, as paper lanterns are highly flammable.

A hand placing a battery-powered LED tealight next to a decorated KPop Demon Hunters paper lantern panel featuring Rumi, Zoey, and Mira with stars and music notes.

A top-down view inside a paper KPop Demon Hunters lantern, showing a battery-powered tealight placed in the center, ready to light up.

A completed KPop Demon Hunters paper lantern standing upright in daylight, decorated with colorful drawings of Rumi, Zoey, and Mira, surrounded by stars and music notes.

Step 15: Light it up
Turn off the room lights and switch on the battery-powered tealight.

Watch as Rumi, Zoey, and Mira glow through the tissue paper panels, lighting up the room and bringing your KPop Demon Hunters lantern to life.

A completed KPop Demon Hunters paper lantern front view glowing in a dark room, lit from inside by a battery-powered tealight, with Rumi, Zoey, and Mira softly illuminated against a warm orange background.

A completed KPop Demon Hunters paper lantern side view glowing in a dark room, lit from inside by a battery-powered tealight, with Rumi, Zoey, and Mira softly illuminated against a warm orange background.

We hope you enjoyed making and coloring your lantern! For even more fun, be sure to explore our KPop Demon Hunters coloring pages, free to print or color online.

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