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Carving art: How to make vegetable flowers
Flat vegetable flowers are great for dressing up your bento to finish up. Put them on broccoli, on rice, on sandwiches, etc… anywhere you want. It adds a nice finishing touch and will definitely cutify your bento.
![Finished carrot flowers](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3070/3072606057_5690284a28_o.jpg)
![Finished vegetable tulips](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3182/3072606157_4fafd3a216_o.jpg)
Carrot flower:
- Carrrot
- Cheese for #2 (optional)
- Carrrot
- Cheese for #2 (optional)
[Carrot flower #1]
1. Slice a carrot and make upside down V-shape incision around the carrot.
1. Slice a carrot and make upside down V-shape incision around the carrot.
![carrot flower #1](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3026/3073299438_41eaf0b888_o.jpg)
![carrot flower #1](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3010/3073287090_5b4e10049a_o.jpg)
2. If you don’t like eating carrot skin, you can cut the outside part.
[Carrot flower #2]
1. Slice a carrot, and use any flower shape cookie cutter to cut out the carrot. *You can just stop right here, and your carrot already looks much cuter than ordinary boring carrot like. (Check out the Path to Totoro Forest)
1. Slice a carrot, and use any flower shape cookie cutter to cut out the carrot. *You can just stop right here, and your carrot already looks much cuter than ordinary boring carrot like. (Check out the Path to Totoro Forest)
![carrot flower #2](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3273/3072463401_56bfef1026_o.jpg)
2. Use a straw to make holes on where petals are, and on the center.
![carrot flower #2](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3056/3072464413_d2b4b652df_o.jpg)
Carrot flower #1 looks really adorable on broccoli. I usually use baby carrots for this, but you can just use the smaller part of a carrot. The secret weapon to make simple yet fancy-looking Carrot flower #2 is a straw! You can also make flowers out of cheese, apple, ham, anything that’s soft enough to make a hole with a straw. In the picture below, I made a flower with cheese, and swapped carrot bits & cheese bits.
If you don’t have a cookie cutter, don’t worry. You can make a Carrot flower #1, and use a straw to cut out holes. (like the one at the right bottom) If you have hard time getting a veggie piece out of a straw, just blow it out from the other end. I save carrot bits I get from cutting carrot with a straw. You can use them as eyes or cheeks (if you’re making animals or people), or just sprinkle them around in your bento!
![carrot flowers](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3070/3072606057_5690284a28_o.jpg)
Carrot tulip is more 3D, so you can stick it in the corner of your bento box like veggie sticks.
[Carrot tulip]
- carrot
- cucumber
[Carrot tulip]
- carrot
- cucumber
1. Slice a cucumber about 3/4 inch thick, and cut it in half.
2. Cut out V-shape where seeds are.
2. Cut out V-shape where seeds are.
![carrot tulip #2](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3021/3072561191_bc0eb62198_o.jpg)
3. Cut the carrot like a tulip.
![carrot tulip #3](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3027/3073397264_ff8e572fb4_o.jpg)
4. Stick toothpick through the cucumber and carrot, and done!
![carrrot tulip #4](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3056/3073400000_83f60c4de0_o.jpg)
![carrot tulip #4](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3182/3072606157_4fafd3a216_o.jpg)
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