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For the head, make a large slightly elliptical rice ball, followed by 2 small round ones for the ears.
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Cook the pasta in a frying pan.
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Cover the rice balls in nori seaweed.
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To smooth out the straight edges of seaweed that are poking out, insert some cuts in a circle around the edge and wrap them under the rice, overlapping some sections of the nori.
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Wrap everything in cling film to let the nori seaweed soften into the rice.
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Cut out one large circle of cheese and 6 smaller circles of cheese of the same size to make the ears, eyes and cheeks.
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Cut out 2 circles of the same size from the imitation crab to create the cheeks.
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For the eyebrows, if you use a bit of cheese where there is an edge left behind from cutting out a circle you should get a nice curve.
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Cut the pupils, nose and mouth out of nori seaweed.
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Fix Kumamon's ears in place with the pasta.
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Arrange the facial features on the face and you're done.
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When you fix the kanikama in place for the cheeks you'll instantly recognise Kumamon.
