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Shape a rice ball for the head.
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Form into a shape!
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If you have a picture the same size as your desired rice ball, put the rice ball on top as reference.
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Make the ribbon.
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In order to make it stiff, use a spaghetti strand.
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Lightly toast it in a toaster oven to make it crispy.
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Cut a little bit off of the end of the ham.
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You will use this part later as the knot of the ribbon.
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Fold the ham up like an accordion and pinch the middle with your fingers.
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Take the end that you cut off earlier and wrap it around where you had pinched in the middle.
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Secure it with the noodle.
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Put the rice ball you made in Step 1 into the bento box, then arrange the ribbon on top of the head.
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Fill the rest of the bento box with your side dishes.
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It looks real nice if the ribbon is sitting on top of the food.
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Close the lid on the bento box and wait a while.
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Make the face parts.
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Clover -> snow snap peas.
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Black lines, eyes, and ears -> nori seaweed.
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Hair -> egg crepe.
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Cheeks -> ham.
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Use a small amount of mayonnaise to paste the face parts onto the rice.
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Stick the black parts and the four leaf clover on the ribbon.
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Add the cheeks and the swirl on her forehead.
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For the eye sparkles, you can cut out a circle from the nori, or use some white food.
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This time, I used some kamaboko cut out with a straw and attached it with mayonnaise.
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And it's done!
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This time, just the eyes were made out of kombu, but you can also use nori!
