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Divide the rice into two portions.
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2
Leave the rice for Korilakkuma white, and mix the rice for Rilakkuma with mentsuyu or furikake to color it brown.
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Wrap both portions in plastic wrap to form oval shaped balls.
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Cut an oval out of the ham using a cutter, and slice off each end into a natural curve.
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Place the ham on top of the white rice ball so that it is well balanced.
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Make some small cuts around the edge of the ham so that it's easier to wrap around the rice balls.
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Wrap the ham and rice in plastic, and press together.
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Cut the nori seaweed in the same way.
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Cut an oval out of the top edge with the cutter as in Step 2, and then just cut off each end with scissors as shown.
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10
Easy.
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Wrap the nori around the brown rice ball so that it's well balanced.
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Press over the plastic wrap.
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13
Cut the ears for Korilakkuma out of the candy sized cheese, and the ears for Rilakkuma out of wiener sausages.
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The ears should be 5 mm wide.
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Use an oval cutter and a small oval shaped cutter to cut the outer and inner lines of the ears.
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Tidy up the shapes and pierce with small strands of spaghetti.
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Put the rice balls in a bento box, and stick on the ears.
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Cut out the parts that go on the ears.
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For Korilakkuma, cut them out of the ham, and for Rilakkuma, cut them out of the thin omelette.
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Use a tiny oval cutter, and slice off one end as shown.
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Put the pieces from Step 10 on the ears, and secure with small strands of spaghetti.
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Cut out a fan for the princess (Korilakkuma) and a scepter for the prince (Rilakkuma) out of the omelette, and secure on the rice balls with small strands of spaghetti.
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Cut two pieces out for the scepter as shown.
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(If you don't have an appropriate cutter, just cut the shapes out with a knife.)
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Cut 2 tiny oval shapes out of the sliced cheese, and place them on the lower half of the faces.
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Secure with a spaghetti strand..
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Make the face parts with nori seaweed.
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Cut the prince's hat out of the snacking kombu seaweed using scissors.
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To make the princess's crown, cut a flower shape out of the omelette, cut off one end, and secure with spaghetti strands.
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Put the head dress on top of the princess's head (Korilakkuma) to finish.