Two Bears in the Forest Bento

A speedy bento today. I have got quite some responses to my question yesterday about which character to make for my next bento. First of all, thank you for taking the time to write down some ideas for me. Highly appreciated...:)! Truth be told, I finally got confused...! Too much input is after all probably not that good for my disorganised brain ;). Somebody said 'Hello Kitty', I almost made this character because it's easy, but I am not a fan of Hello Kitty, that's why I finally didn't do so. I thought about making a koala or a panda too, but in the end lost interest because both were too complicated to make - maybe one day when I am more skillful in bento making....!

Eventually I made something very simple : Two bears in bunny suits, only with the help of a bunny sandwich cutter and a round cookie cutter. I've included the step-by-step pictures below if you're interested to make the bears. I hope the pictures are enough to show you how to make the bears. At the moment I am not in the mood of writing much because it's already very late here and I don't intend to stay up much longer.

What you need:

• Bunny sandwich cutter
• a round cookie cutter
• Nori punch (for quail eggs)
• a piece of Nori paper
• Chili sauce
• Toothpick
• a slice of (white) cheese
• a slice of pink deli meat
• a fat drinking straw (Apologies, not in the photo...!) - to make the nose, ears and hands.

UPDATE (29/01/2012)

Here are the step-by-step instructions:

1. Cut out the deli meat with the bunny cutter to make a bunny shape.
2. Cut out the cheese with the bunny cutter to make another bunny shape.
3. Remove the bottom half of the deli-meat bunny with a round cookie cutter to make a bunny suit
4. Add the deli meat bunny suit on top of the bunny cheese.
5. Add the nose (you can make the nose by cutting out cheese with a drinking straw).
6. Add the facial features (punch the eyes, nose and mouth with a nori puncher). Use a toothpick to dab the chili sauce on the cheeks. The hands and white parts of the ears are made out of cheese - these are also cut out with a drinking straw.

To be honest, I am not very happy with the bears. They look as if they're wearing a bunny hair band instead of a bunny suit... But anyway, the bento was at least quite tasty. It's rice with chicken teriyaki :).