Pikachu Sandwich Step By Step Tutorial (Level : Difficult)

Finally I am settling down in front of the PC to update my blog. It was the exam period and time flew by! I even missed Halloween which is one of my favorite sandwich making season.

Back to this tutorial. This tutorial requires more time and effort, therefore I placed it under the difficult level. Ingredient used are basically the same as my previous 2 Pikachu sandwiches just more time needed to crave out the character using dried seaweed. It took me more than 30 minutes to complete the Pikachu on the 2 slices of cheese slice. This time I tried to snap more pictures to share.

Ingredients -

1. Two slices of bread with filling of your choice

2. One slice of cheddar cheese

3. One slice of white cheese

4. One piece of crabstick or flat red candy strip 

5. Dried Seaweed

Tools -

1. A pair of sharp scissors

2. A toothpick

3. A pair of tweezers

4. A small straw

I copied the picture on a piece of white paper and cut out the Pikachu. The picture should fit the size of the cheese slice. Using a toothpick, I outlined the picture on the cheese. For hygiene purpose, I outline the picture on the cheese with the plastic sheet still on.

After that I cut out the Pikachu eyes on the dried seaweed. This requires abit of estimation.

Look at the comparison of my cut out seaweed on the picture. This gives a good gauge of the size of seaweed you need. 

Next, use a small straw to poke a tiny piece of white cheese. Add the small round dot of white cheese to the Pikachu eyes. Note : I will just use the remaining cheese as filling for the sandwich to cut down on food wastage.

 

Cut out the seaweed for the remaining nose and mouth. You can see the face forming on the cheese slice.

I moved on to the arms and using the same method. Cut the seaweed and compare it against the length required. Place the dried seaweed on the cheese slice.

Next, carve out the outline using a toothpick. You should be able to see the lines on the cheese slice that was previously drawn with the plastic sheet on.

Lastly, cut the dried seaweed in accordance to the size of the ear and tail. 

Place the seaweed on the tail and ear.

The end product!

This is how it looked in the box!

3 different designs of Pikachu sandwiches in total.

MAKE THEM ALL!

Cheers!!!

Pikachu Sandwich No. 3 (Again!)

Finally I got myself to make sandwich again. This is the 3rd Pikachu sandwich and I guess I need to make another character soon. My kids were saying 'Pikachu again?' when they saw me making the sandwich. This sandwich is definitely more challenging than the last 2 Pikachu sandwiches I made with the use of more dried seaweed to create the Pikachu with folded paws. I will share this sandwich making tutorial in another post.

I wanted the kids to try some greens but I guess they will be super generous to share all the lettuce with their friends. I hope by seeing their friends munching the vegetables, some will go into my kids' tummy also.  *fingers crossed*

I added lettuce, ham bits, egg and their favourite, dried cranberries! They love the Japanese soy salad sauce and I have packed into a separate piggy container.  Sweet stuff a must to entice my kids to finish everything in the box, so I have to squeeze in 2  little white balls of marshmallow into the box.

Looking at the past 2 sandwiches, I think today's sandwich is the cutest of them all!

What do you think?

Pikachu Sandwich - Step By Step Tutorial (Easy)

Time to share the making of the Pikachu sandwich. I labelled it as easy because you do not need a lot of tools to get it done. I spent less than half an hour to complete the Pikachu on the 2 slices of cheese.

Tools Required -

1. A pair of scissors

2. A toothpick

3. A pair of tweezers

3. A small straw

Ingredients -

1. 2 slices of bread

2. 1 slice of cheddar cheese

3. Dried seaweed

4. Red strip candy / tomato sauce

5. 1 slice of white cheese

I drew the Pikachu on a piece of paper that fit the size of the cheese. You can always print from the Internet if you are too lazy to draw.

 Step 1 -  Cut out the shape of Pikachu and placed it on top of the cheese slice. Use a toothpick and outline the picture on the cheese. Dot of the eyes, nose and mouth to make markings on the cheese.

Remove the plastic covering of the cheese and use the toothpick to outline the picture on the cheese again.

Step 2 -  Cut out the eyes of the Pikachu on the paper. Using it as a guide, cut out dried seaweed in the exact same shape as the eyes and placed on the seaweed. You should know where to place the eyes as there should be marking made on the cheese in Step 1.

You can use the paper as a guide as well.

Step 3- Use a small straw and poke on a slice of white cheese. If you do not have any white cheese, simply replace the white cheese with a small piece of flatten white bread.

Using the tweezers, place the white dot of cheese on the eyes

Step 4 - Cut a small oval on the red candy strip for the red cheeks of Pikachu. If you are unable to get hold of such candy, you can use a piece of crabstick or even some red jam as replacement. It will be more tricky to use jam as it might slide off the cheese. My kids do not like crabstick so I had to use the strip of candy instead.

Step 5 - Cut a small triangle for the nose and a wavy shape for the mouth. Add some seaweed to the tip of the ears as well. Always compare the seaweed shape to the drawing or printout for a more accurate picture.

And your completed Pikachu on a slice of cheese!

Lastly, you can add the paws of Pikachu with the extra cheese by cutting out 2 semi-circles with the toothpick. I kept the cheese in the fridge and just place it on the bread in the morning. Usually, I will throw all the leftover cheese as extra filling for the sandwich to reduce wastage.

So try it out!

Catch Them All!

Pikachu Sandwich Again

I am so not done with Pikachu. I did 3 sketches and this is the 2nd one. I made this last week but didn't have the time to share it. 

My kids are now known as Pikachu killers by their classmates when their classmates saw my kids eating their sandwiches. Hahahaha....

Anyway, the method to make this sandwich is the same as the Pikachu tutorial that I shared earlier on. The only different is that I used ham to create the tongue. 

I made ham and cheese sandwich and added quail eggs and grapes into the box. 

This is the sketch that I used for making the sandwich. 

I will not write another tutorial post on this since it is basically the same method used for the first Pikachu sandwich. However, I will still share some pictures for making this sandwich here.  

Creating the Pikachu on the slice of yellow cheese and I made two Pikachu for my two kids. 

My kids find this Pikachu cuter but they are all the same to me. 

Pokemon Go - Pikachu Sandwich

It is Mid Autumn Festival today. I was torn between making a Pikachu sandwich or a mooncake sandwich for the kids. Since I promised the kids another Pokémon sandwich, I decided to go along with Pikachu. Pikachu is one of their favorite and it is relatively simple to do. I will share the tutorial in another post.

I made a few sketches of Pikachu and decided to start with the simplest one. I used a toothpick to outline the cheese, thus creating the Pikachu's head. I did this the night before so that I could catch a few more winks in the morning. Just slap the cheese on sandwich in the morning and it is done.

The recess box consisted of an egg, some grapes and a mochi. I wanted to turn the egg into a Pokeball but I didn't have the time.

Anyway, Happy Mid Autumn Festival!!!