First, season the cooked rice with salt and shape it into an oval.
*You can add your favorite filling if you like.

Slice the kamaboko and use a heart-shaped cutter to cut out shapes as shown in the photo, slightly offsetting the cuts.

Next, cut off both ends of the black bean to make the eyes.

Cut the kombu into six thin strips to make the whiskers.

That’s all the parts you need.

Attach the ears to the rice ball using pieces of uncooked pasta.

Use a toothpick to make a small hole just below the center and insert the corn kernel.

Attach the black bean slightly above where the nose will go.

Make holes where the whiskers will go.

Insert the whiskers!

Add a ham bow to finish!

If you don’t have black beans, you can use nori (seaweed) instead.