Santa Barrel Cats Character Bento

• 1 rice bowl's worth Cooked white rice
• 1 dash Salt
• 1 Nori
• 1 Ham
• 1 Cheese

1. Mix the salt into the rice, distributing evenly, then mold into barrel shapes using your hands.
2. If you have one, used a barrel-shaped rice mold to make this process easier.
3. Cut out the eyes, noses, and mouths from the nori and stick them on the cats.
4. Cut the ears and cheeks from a slice of ham.
5. Cut a slice of ham to fit the bodies, put in place.
6. Then cut cheese as needed to decorate the bodies (refer to image right).
7. Stamp out circles of cheese using the end of a straw, and attach them to the ham to make buttons.
8. Then, cut out ham and cheese as needed to make the scarf.
9. Give the other cat pockets, as shown.
10. Barrel Cats
11. Barrel Animals)
12. Sleeping Barrel Bears)

rice bowls, salt, ham, cheese

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/148447-santa-barrel-cats-character-bento (may not work)