Giraffe Egg Salad Sandwich

Peel the hard-boiled egg and finely chop it. Place it in a small bowl, add the mayonnaise, and mix until smooth, creamy, and evenly combined.

Using a giraffe-shaped cookie cutter, cut matching shapes from both the white and brown (or rye) bread slices.

With a metal straw or small round cutter, punch out several small circles from each bread shape. Swap the circles—insert brown bread circles into the white bread shapes and white circles into the brown bread shapes—to create a giraffe-like pattern.

Spread an even layer of the egg and mayonnaise mixture over one side of each patterned bread piece. Top with a matching slice and gently press together so the sandwich holds its shape.

Arrange the sandwiches on a serving plate. Garnish with chopped lettuce and cress to resemble grass, and use thin carrot cut-outs to create decorative flowers or accents before serving.