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Add the soy sauce to the rice and mix until the color is even.
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Wrap up about half of the rice in plastic wrap to form the head.
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Don't make it too thick.
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Make shallow dents where the eyes and mouth will go.
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Make half-moon rice balls for the ears.
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Make a dent in the middle with your thumb.
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They should look the same.
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Use the remaining rice to make a small, Mickey Mouse-shaped rice ball.
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Check that the shape fits over the rice ball from Step 2.
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Mix the bonito flakes with a bit of soy sauce and coat the rice ball from Step 2 with it.
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Put Step 5 on top of Step 6, wrap in plastic wrap, and lightly press them together.
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Coat Step 3 with the bonito flakes as well.
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Put the head into the bento box.
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Cut out 2 circles from the konbu to make the eyes.
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Make the other facial features from the nori.
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Use a toothpick to apply a bit of mayonnaise to the eyes and it's done.
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The eyes will look even more real if you put a circle of nori on top of the kombu.
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You could make it even easier by just using nori for everything.
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I uploaded an easy version.
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I made an abura-age version.
