[How to make Tzippy from Where the Wild Things Are]
- spaghetti
- ketchup (or tomato sauce)
- ham (or bologna, turkey, etc…)
- sliced cheddar cheese
- seaweed
– cupcake cup (I used foil cupcake cups, but if you need to microwave your food, use a paper cupcake cup instead. I’ve tried it, and the paper cup handled the moisture pretty well.)
– hole punch
– straw
– scissors
– round plastic cap
1. Make some spaghetti!
2. Mix it with ketchup. (or tomato sauce if you prefer)
3. Take some pasta and put it in a cupcake cup.
Tips: Stick a spoon in the pasta, put a fork on the spoon, and slowly spin the fork to get the pasta around the fork. Put the spoon & pasta & fork into the cup, slide the spoon out, then remove the fork.
4. Cut ham with a plastic cap (I used a cap from a can of hair mousse), and put it on the pasta.
5. Use a straw to cut ham for her nose.
6. Cut sliced cheddar cheese with a plastic cap or biｇ straw (I used a straw for bubble tea) for her terrible yellow eyes, and cut the top part off.
If you don't have any plastic caps to cut cheese, you can just use a spoon to trim it.
7-A. If you have a seaweed cutter for a smiling face like I do, use it to cut out seaweed.
Tips: If you put very thin paper under seaweed, it's easier to cut the seaweed out.
7-B. If you don’t have a special seaweed cutter, cut it freehand with scissors, cut seaweed out with a hole punch, and put it for the eyes.
...and Max said "I'LL EAT YOU UP!!"
*For step 7, if you don’t have access to seaweed, you can use black sesame seeds for the pupils, and a strand of pasta for her mouth.
How to make Tzippy on my flickr
For more pictures of my bento, visit Bento! set and Bento details! set on my flickr page.
If you have any questions about any of my how-to’s, please feel free to leave a comment or email me!
I was born in Japan, lived in New York for a while and now living in San Diego, California. I love creating things with my hands in my free time whether it’s making character bento or stuffing stuff! And now I'm working for 
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