Easy Elmo Character Bento

• 1 White rice
• 1 Deco-furi in red and purple (you can also use ketchup and yukari instead)
• 1 Sliced cheese
• 1 Nori seaweed
• 1 Carrot

1. Use your desired amount of rice and mix with the deco-furi to add color.
2. If you don't have deco-furi, you can use ketchup or yukari furikake instead.
3. Wrap up the two different colored clumps of rice in plastic wrap and shape into balls.
4. Cut a slice of carrot about 2.3 mm thick.
5. Remove the skin, then put into a plastic bag with a bit of water and heat in the microwave for one minute.
6. Then, when it softens, you can cut it!
7. Use a tooth pick to cut 4 circles out of cheese for the eyes.
8. Use scissors to cut out 4 smaller circles for the eyes.
9. Cut out 2 mouths as well.
10. Check the sizes over the plastic wrap.
11. Remove the plastic wrap and put the rice balls into your bento box.
12. Add the face parts and it's done!
13. Put your side dishes around the rice balls for a colorfully cute bento!
14. I'm making other charabens that don't require special tools.
15. For an easy Minion recipe, please see

white rice, purple, cheese, carrot

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/147331-easy-elmo-character-bento (may not work)