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Kawaii countdown widget

By the WidgetCraft team · Updated

A kawaii countdown widget counts the days left until a date you choose. Cute, round and cheerful with pinks, creams and tiny faces. This page gives the exact colors, type settings and layers, with a preview drawn from the same values.

Kawaii countdown widget design preview: Cute, round and cheerful with pinks, creams and tiny faces.
Design preview drawn from the recipe below. Example values are shown; your widget uses live data.

What a kawaii countdown widget shows

A countdown widget keeps one date in view: a trip, a birthday, an exam or a launch. The number of days is the hero, the event name gives it meaning and a bar shows how far along you are.

WidgetCraft's countdown layer works from the phone's clock, so it is free, needs no permission and works offline. You pick the target date in the layer's details.

How the kawaii style shapes it

Kawaii widgets are deliberately cute: very round shapes, pink and cream colors, small hearts or stars and friendly rounded type. Simple shapes with two dots and a curve become faces.

Kawaii countdown widget recipe

LayerSettings
Canvas360 × 180, background #FFF4F7, corner radius 34, soft shadow radius 12 at low opacity
Layoutstacked: label, number and event name, center aligned
Textlabel "Days until", size 12, color #B08A97
Countdowndays remaining, Nunito, size 76, color #5B3A45
Textevent name, size 20, color #5B3A45
Progressa thick 12-point bar with rounded ends, 200 wide, progress #FF8FB1
Ornamenttwo small hearts in the top right (one pink, one yellow) and a soft yellow dot in the bottom right
FontNunito (import the font file), or the built-in Sans
Home screen size4 × 2 cells

Kawaii color palette

How to make a kawaii countdown widget in WidgetCraft

  1. Create a widget and open Canvas. Set the size to 360 × 180, the background to #FFF4F7 and the corner radius to 34.
  2. Tap Add and choose Countdown. Pick your target date and show days only.
  3. Set the font to Nunito, the size to 76 and the color to #5B3A45.
  4. Add a Text label "Days until" at size 12 in #B08A97, and a second Text layer for the event name at size 20.
  5. Add a Progress layer as a thick 12-point bar with rounded ends in #FF8FB1 to show how much of the wait has passed.
  6. Add the kawaii ornament with Shape layers and move them below the other layers in Layers: two small hearts in the top right (one pink, one yellow) and a soft yellow dot in the bottom right.
  7. Tap Save, then Add to home screen and resize the widget on your launcher if needed.

Everything in this recipe works in the free version.

Tips for kawaii countdown widgets

Questions about the kawaii countdown widget

What size is a kawaii countdown widget?

It is designed for 4 × 2 home screen cells on a 360 × 180 canvas. You can resize it on the launcher and the design scales in proportion.

Which colors does it use?

Milk (#FFF4F7) for the background, Cocoa (#5B3A45) for the main text, Dusty rose (#B08A97) for labels and Strawberry (#FF8FB1) as the accent.

Is it free to make?

Yes. Countdown widgets use free features in WidgetCraft, and the kawaii styling is free too.

What else is this style called?

People also search for cute countdown widget, cute aesthetic countdown widget, adorable countdown widget. They describe the same look as this kawaii countdown widget.

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