Totoro Rolls for Character Bento

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   Brown spaghettini in a oven toaster to make toasted pasta.

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   Cut the back of the rolls diagonally like this.

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   Cut the trimmed bread in half and make ears with scissors.

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   The bottom part of the ears should be long because you will insert these parts into the bread.

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   Make slits horizontally in the bread and add your favorite fillings.

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   Hold the bread rolls with the cut part down.

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   Make small holes on top to insert the ears.

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   (I used a design knife, but you can do this with a normal knife.)

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   Insert the ears into the holes.

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    Hold the ears with tweezers and poke them into the holes.

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    Take the tweezers out of the hole.

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    Fold a piece of kitchen paper and make a template of Totoro's stomach.

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    Cut the paper into a rice ball shape.

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    Place the template on sliced cheese and cut the cheese by running a toothpick along the template.

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    Place the cut cheese on the bread rolls and cover with cling film to stick together.

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    Stamp out mouth shapes using a oval cutter twice.

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    Stamp out eyes with a small round cutter.

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    Stick the browned spaghetti at the back of these parts and stick the spaghetti into the bread rolls to make faces.

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    Make the nori parts and use mayonnaise as glue to stick to the face.

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    Break the browned pasta into 2 cm long pieces and stick in as whiskers.

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    For a more detailed description about making the nori parts, see

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.