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Prepare a paper copy of each of the faces you want to make.
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To make sure you don't mess up the faces, enlarge or reduce the copies to fit the silicone cups.
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Cut out the black face parts by laying the paper pattern over two sheets of nori seaweed.
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This will give you two pieces of each shape.
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Use small scissors.
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Stick the Step 2 cutouts (except for the gold character's mask) on the sliced Cheddar cheese.
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Use the color copies as a guide to cut around the nori using a dressmaker's pin.
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(The parts are really small, so a pin works better than a toothpick.)
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Use the regular processed sliced cheese for the gold character's mask.
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Stick the second piece of nori seaweed on the back of each piece.
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If you don't put the nori on the back of the cheese, the cheese will get distorted and won't lie flat on the rice faces.
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Cut the mouths out of sliced cheese using a toothpick.
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I did them freehand, but you can use a pattern if you prefer.
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If you are preparing this the day before, stop here.
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Line a deep plate with plastic wrap, put the cut out parts on the plate and cover loosely with more plastic wrap.
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Refrigerate.
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Pack the silicone cups with rice and color each one appropriately.
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I used nori for the black one, thin omelette for the cold one, and wakame and aonori seaweed for the green one.
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The blue one is made with blue colored decofuri, the red one with crabsticks, and the pink one with pink colored sushi flavoring powder.
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You can use pink decofuri instead.
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Form each cup into face shapes.
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I put the decofuri in a cup and use it on the surface of the rice only.
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Secure the face parts to the rice balls with small pieces of uncooked spaghetti or another thin pasta poked through the nori.
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If the pasta won't go through the nori, open a hole first with a toothpick.
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The gold one has another pattern behind it, so make it out of nori and put it on the back.
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Make the eyes out of the red part of a crabstick on the black, yellow, green and blue Kyoryugers, and make green eyes for the pink Kyoryuger using a green vegetable (I used bell pepper).
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Stick the eyes (are they eyes?)
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on the heads.
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If Step 12 is too much work, I think you can just skip it.
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The pink Kyoryuger has a pattern on the face for some reason, so add that with sliced cheese and you're done.
