Doll Festival Charaben Hina Doll Rice Balls - rice

Method

• Fill the rice with whatever filling you like, rub with some salt, and shape into eggs.
• Cut the ham into two pieces.
• Stack a 1 cm wide strip of sliced cheese on top of the cut edge.
• Wrap the ham on the top of one of the rice balls while intersecting the two slices in the front.
• Make some cuts along the bottom so that you can wrap it around the bottom of the rice balls.
• Prepare the nori in the same way as the ham.
• Cut out the hair from the nori.
• Make small cuts along the top to make it easier to wrap around the rice balls.
• Wrap the nori from Step 5 on the top of the rice balls.
• Wrap them with plastic wrap to let them set, then put into the bento box.
• Cut out the fan and scepter from the thin omelet.
• Use the spaghetti noodle to stick the parts onto the rice balls.
• Cut out two of the scepter pieces.
• If you don't have a cutter, use a knife to cut out the shapes.
• The princess's crown is made from using a flower cutter on the omelet.
• The emperor's headgear is cut out from Oshaburi kombu seaweed.
• Use a noodle to attach the crown.
• If it's difficult to attach the head parts with a noodle, use a toothpick to create a hole.
• Make the face parts with nori and stick them on the dolls.
• Cut out circles from the ham to make cheeks and you're done!
• It's also cute if you use picks instead of making crowns.