Bento#126: Cinnamoroll and Mocha
First of all, I would like to apologize to some bloggers who left their links behind for the blogroll. My spam detector will eat up all the comments with links, but I managed to retrieve a few after reading your emails. Thanks for telling me about this! I’m so sorry that I’ve forgotten to reset the comment section before askng you to leave your comments behind! I know how frustrated it is to have your comment lost in cyberspace after a few tries. LOL! It happens to me too on some mothers’ blog, I also don’t know why…
Anyway, let’s get back to today’s bento. I am pretty lazy today, so I decided to do something speedy and simple. I have this Cinnamoroll rice mold for some time, but I have never used it. The rice portion is a bit too big for my kids! So, I decided to use it as a sandwich cutter.
Cinnamoroll rice mold. I used the center piece as a cutter.
Since Cinnamoroll does not have a lot of details, I just prepared the drawing of its face the night before.
I traced the face by placing the center piece at the bottom of the paper. Ya, it’s the same paper I used yesterday. LOL!
The main reason why I did this is because I wanted to have some 3D effect. The disadvantage of using bread, as comparing to rice, is that most of the characters can only be done in 2D. But Cinnamoroll is a bit too plain, if it’s in 2D, so I topped another piece of bread on the peanut butter sandwiches. Just put that traced paper on a piece of bread and cut it out with a pair of scissors. I flattened the edges of the smaller piece with a roller so that it can lie flat on the sandwiches, instead of curling up.
For Cinnamoroll’s face, it’s pretty simple. If you have the cat puncher by Carla, it would be easier. But since mine is still in Malaysia… I used this method, which I stumbled upon when blog hopping some time ago, but I can’t remember where I’ve seen it. If you know which blog it’s from, let me know, I will link back to the bento-er.
I used this heart puncher. After the first punch, you will get a heart, which is unwanted. Then, turn the puncher over and try to get that small curly nori. Give it a punch and you will get Cinnamoroll’s lips (or is it nose?). Pardon the paw on the nori because I’m recycling the same piece of nori until it can’t be punched anymore. 
Here’s the end result.
My boy’s bento with peanut butter sandwiches, a black plum, a strawberry, some oranges and blueberries. I told him I would fix him a cute puppy, but when he saw Cinnamoroll, he was not excited. Maybe it’s not something he had expected. BTW, Cinnamoroll’s cheek is out of the place. LOL!
For my gal, it’s Cinnamoroll’s friend, Mocha. If you use wholemeal bread or bread in brown, it will look nicer. My gal said she’s cute. Phew…
Today’s bentos are definitely speedy. So, give it a try!
Wow Amy, your Cinnamorolls are so cute leh…. hehe… your boy not happy mb becos he think that is more for his meimei……
Em… as for your Cinnamoroll nose rite, is it that we use the heart puncher to punch the heart 1st then removed the “punched heart” and use back the same nori sheet with the “hollow heart”, then we adjust the puncher a bit so that it will just punch the top portion of the heart shape to get that curl?
Ellena, you explain the step better than I did! Yeap, that’s the way.
I am waiting on that Cinnamoroll rice mould. She’s my girl’s favourite character. And I’ve been wanting to do a cinnamoroll bento too, hopefully soon.
Great job as usual!
hahaha..really could see the different between boy and girl
wah…so complicated it sounds! anyway i would love to have that for my breakfast!
You are so creative Amy!! I love it. Anyway, all the best in your small op soon ya
Nice bento, Amy, as usual. I have read the tutorial on Cinnamoroll’s nose puncher before at some Jap blog (forgotten which one, there’s so many) but somehow, haven’t gotten around checking whether the heart shape puncher in my drawer will fit the size of my cinnamoroll cutter yet, as advised by the said Jap blogger. Guess I will get to doing cinnamoroll only when I remember to check. Haha!
Sorry to hear about your minor surgery (I hope it’s minor?) . Hope all goes well and that you will be on your way to posting soon!
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