Weepul Bento Sandwich Topper
Weepul Bento
I was looking at Bentovention’s site the other day and noticed that her Makkuro Kurosuke (Susuwatari) bento characters reminded me of those Weepul pom-pom stickers that you used to see everywhere in the 80’s.
Weepuls
So I thought I would make my own “Weepul sticker” out of rice and cheese! I coloured the rice purple by mixing red and blue food colouring, made the eyes from some egg white and used a hole punch on the Nori seaweed for the pupils. The cheese letters for “Have a nice lunch” were cut free hand using my pergamano needle pen. You can learn how I do my cheese colouring on my Cheese Food Colouring Bento Tutorial
This was fun and simple to do and although it’s not really a full bento today, it’s still a nice Sandwich Topper decoration to brighten up lunch! I have put this on “What’s for Lunch Wednesday” – Go have a look it’s like a bento party where you can show off your Wednesday Bento!
Did you know? I love puzzles! I love rubiks cubes, logic problems, jigsaws etc. I also love Moroccan Tilework which is called “Zelij” or (Zellij / Zellig / Zellige). I wanted to try and do some kind of swirly mosaic and was entranced by this “How to draw Zellij” Tutorial
I ended up reading about Wang tiles / Wang Dominoes and aperiodic tiling, Penrose tiles and Quasicrystals…!
To keep things simple, I decided to go with these Penrose Tiles to make a “tile and dart” design, from coloured cheese. It was only to experiment and play really, but I ended up making it into a Bento by adding some of the home made pizza and Ginger and Choc Chip cookies (from my trusty Be-Ro recipe Book!) that I had made previously the same day.
Penrose Tiles bento
Happy Anti-Procrastination Day! Here is the special pen I use to cut my cheese:
Pergamano Perforating Tool – Single Needle – PG10241
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This amazing new nori punch cuts standard sheet seaweed into unbearably cute faces that you can use to make incredible bento and onigiri art, making you the cutest bento maker in town! Koala bear faces, panda, or generic happy faces can be cut from the 3 seaweed cutters and you can even mix and match to make new expressions.
OMG I remember those, wow there is an 80’s flash back..lol Love it! And your tile work is gorgeous, that must have took forever to cut out.
I LOVE the tiling on your bento!!! I never thought of making a quisicrystal bento, thats an awesome idea! I’m a physics grad student and my master’s thesis was a molecular dynamics study of the friction on quasicrystal surfaces. Looks like all of that tiling theory might actually come in handy some day. Lol!
I remember these funny things from my childhood. I like your bento-idea of them. It is good to see the good old sandwich in a nicer bentoish style;)
Thanks for stopping by with your tips on treating eczema…we’re at the point where we’ll try anything.
Your bentos are so cute…I wish I could find a local store that has these tools so I could look at them in person.
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I had one of those!!! I did not know what they were called though, it is just adorable!
Thanks so much for linking up this week!
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Oh yes, I have one too! Now I know what they are called!
Your weepul bento is just so cute! Love the big eyes and fluffy feel of the weepul.
Wow, so adorable! And my jaw hit the floor when I scrolled down and say the swirly mosaic!