I didn't really want my five-year-old daughter attacking Hello Kitty with a stick, but it was her call, and that's what she chose.

Hello Kitty's dress is made of crepe paper. The little flower is hand-drawn using a black marker on green card stock, with a pink card stock circle in the middle.

This was the first time I used a punch ball instead of a balloon. Because Hello Kitty's head is oval-shaped and the punch ball is round, I had to kneel on the punch ball to flatten it, and then roll the punch ball forward and wind duct tape around it as I went, to hold it in shape. This is a technique that I have used many times since.