Fishy Bento

Identical bentos made in two-tier boxes   The bottom tier consists of a sandwich round with a cheese fish, the word "fish" in gummy letters, and some teriyaki meatballs.  The top tier has strawberries, grapes and goldfish.

Panda Cookie!

Dinosaurs and Pandas. While not technically Lunar New Year themed, my kids enjoyed it!  Lunch consists of a PB & J sandwich, pretzels, strawberries and a panda cookie from Sogo Bakery.

Lunar New Year Bento

Gung Hay Fat Choy!  Happy Year of the Dragon!

I tried to make a cute dragon bento for the first school lunch of the New Year.  Unfortunately, it looked more like a hungry caterpillar!  I guess that is what I get for deciding to do a dragon at 11 pm the night before.... Next year, maybe I will plan better.  Or maybe I will wait for an easier zodiac sign.  Dog, rabbit....anyone....

 Anxious Dragon

The kids' lunches are identical.  They consist of a deconstructed "dragon" cheese sandwich, a strawberry, a clementine and a fortune cookie.  Below the red napkin is an applesauce pouch.

Perturbed Dragon

Christmas Bentos

Rudolph cheese sandwich with cheese stars, pretzel antlers and an m&m nose.  Hedgehog sandwich and strawberries.

Candy cane sandwiches made using two kinds of cheese, deli ham, grapes and a little marshmallow snowman. 

Christmas tree cheese and crackers or hawaiian bread.  Teriyaki meatballs, grapes and Christmas Jello jigglers. 

Cars Playmat

My son wanted a play mat like his sister's farm mat.  So, I made him a quick Cars mat.  Sorry for the crappy picture.  Basically, I used this fabric to sew the roll:

Then I added iron-on fabric pictures of radiator springs. My son showed me where to put the road and the Cozy Cone!  His roll contains three pockets. I had to adjust the size of one pocket to accomodate Mater.

Not the most professional job, but not bad for an hour of sewing!

Halloween Bentos and a cute boy

Some cute Halloween themed bento boxes for the kids.

The faces are ham sandwiches.  The tongue is made of ham and the eyes are marshmallows.  Scrabble Cheez-its, grapes and applesauce with chocolate sprinkles.  The boy did not like the "monster face" sandwich.

Easy Jack-o-Lantern sandwiches.  One is cheese, the other is peanut butter.  I used cutters from Williams-Sonoma.  Also included are grapes, pretzels (which look rather skull-like!) and fruit roll-ups.

Mummy Milk Box - I used electrical tape and googly eyes.

The Cutest little Jellyfish EVER!

Costume was made for under $5.  I bought a kids' cowboy hat from the thrift store.  I covered the hat with bubblewrap and some blue tissue paper.  The tenacles are made from strips of bubblewrap, streamers and metallic ribbon. 

A bunch of random bentos

My kids like to have choices when they eat.  They also like cute food.  I like having re-usable containers and packing lunches that produce less waste.  Hence, cute bento boxes.  They aren't super-fancy, but they get the job done!

Doggie Cheese sandwich lunch.

This is our standard lunch, deli meat, cheese, hawaiian roll and fruit.

B week at school. 

My boy got a B lunch too!

C week at school

This must have been a lunch in October.  Note the orange and black sprinkles on the pretzels.