Bento Lunch for Preschool #3

Whoooo has a cute lunch? Evie does! Celery with cream cheese, and a jelly owl sandwich. Goldfish and a cute gummy I found on sale at WalMart. And of course, the ever present grapes. Oh yeah, I made the eyes and nose out of dried mango strips! I hadn't even considered the use of dried fruit but now I have visions of Dried Blueberry eyes and Dried Cranberry mouths dancing in my head......

On a side note, Evie and Ethan's school is a peanut free school this year so I'm going to start naming the things that I use that are "Peanut and tree nut Free".

Nature's Own Whole Grain White Bread
Pepperidge Farm Goldfish

Bento Lunch for Preschool #1

Evie went to Preschool today! I admit I'm a little nervous because this is the first day she'll have school until 3pm! But at least she'll have fun....right?! I showed Evie her Bento lunch for today so she would be excited for lunch. Mini hot dog octopus and hot dog crab along with some hot dog medallions on a shell toothpick. I made her favorite, turkey sandwiches and broccolli with Ranch dressing to dip in. Also some salted sushi rice with paprika. I used a Hello Kitty stencil to make the face. Kawaii!!

Bento Box Lunch Idea #4

I may as well practice my Bento lunch box skills on Tad. Once the kids go back to school it'll be cans of Lima beans for him again! ;)
Squirrel shaped pimento sandwich (yak!), and no squirrel is complete without some nuts (cashews)! Blueberries with froggie gummies, boiled egg, Greek olives, and secret Indian curry chocolate bar! Delicioso! The squirrel was cut using a regular cookie cutter.