Tutorial ~ Little Girl Onigiri

Today, I'm sharing the tutorial for the little girl with two piggytails that I've done for my niece on last week. Make it again for Little A's dinner with the help of Big E, saw her hands? Hehe...and she was so happy and told Little A that dinner was prepared by her. Lol!

Here is the tutorial:-

Ingredients : Rice, egg sheets, nori (seaweed), cling wrap, ketchup, spaghetti, picks, small scissors, tweezer and cheese (forgot to take photo) :P

Using cling wrap to wrap the rice ball, you can make whatever size that you like. Since this is for Little A, I'm making a smaller size of rice ball.

Place an egg sheet on the rice ball and fix the position using spaghetti.

Next, fold the egg sheet into half, using a knife to cut the egg sheet. Be careful, do not cut off the egg sheet.

Roll the egg sheet.

Using picks to fix the position of the egg sheet on the rice ball.

Cut out the details using small scissors and place them on the rice ball.

Cut two small circle from the cheese and place them on the eyes. Add the eyelashes too

 Lastly, dab some ketchup on the cheeks.

And here is the completed little girl onigiri ^_^

I transformed the little girl to a little princess by adding a crown pick for her and a black gown using nori. The black gown was inspired by Samantha Lee. Check it out her great ideas at http://www.leesamantha.com/ 

Bento #76 ~ Two Little Owls ~

Lately I've been busy with my works, pardon me for my late post. Today's bento was done on Monday. I use sweet buns to make two little owls for the girls. This is very easy where everyone can do it. Here are the steps:-
Ingredients:-
Two small buns
Cheese - light and darker color (for the eyes, beak and feets)
Blueberry (cut into halves for the eyes)
Wholemeal bread skin (for the outer parts of the eyes) *you may replace with darker tone cheese

1) Use baking sheet to draw out semi circle and place it on the bun. Follow the shape and cut out the skin of the bun. Tear the skin gently.
2) Use the bun skin to cut two oval shapes for the head part. Use scissors to cut a small hole on the bun and insert the bun skin.
3) Use 2 different size of circle cutters to cut the eyes. (you may use mineral bottle cover to cut) The bigger circle is cut from wholemeal bread skin and the smaller circle is cheese. Place them on the bread and lastly place the blueberry on top.

4) Cut a triangle shape from the darker color cheese for the beak and zig zag shapes for the feets. 

That's it! Quick and easy! :)

And here are the cute little owls! ^_^

Bento #71 ~ My Neighbor Totoro ~

Hmm....making Totoro again :P This was made on last Saturday for Little A's tea break. I've took some picture of the making process. Hope it helps for the beginner ^_^

Below is the tutorial:-

Here is the ingredients : Bread (I use carrot bread), nori, quail eggs, puncher, tweezer and scissors.

Place the bento box on the bread and press out the shape so that it fits into the bento box.

Add the fillings and place the bread in the bento box.

Cut the quail egg in to half and cut a V shape for the ear of the little Totoro. Add nori for the black eyes.

Use the cutter to cut the balance of the quail egg for the eyes of Big Totoro. You may use bigger size of straw for this. Add nori for the black eyes (forgot to take photo :P)

Use the same cutter, place on the cheese to press out the shape for the dust bunnies. 

Next, place the cheese on the nori and cut out the shape.

I use the balance quail eggs for the eyes (white part). You may replace it with cheese.

Use puncher to punch out the eyes (black part). You may free hand cut it out the shape too.

Arrange them in the bento box.

Free hand cut out the whiskers.

Finally, arrange all in the box. ^_^

Hope you'll like this simple tutorial :D