Panda Mania

As I have mentioned in earlier posts, my oldest daughter started middle school this year.   She was pretty adamant that she didn't want "cute" lunches anymore, which was fine.   Well, last week she came home and said that she was telling her friends about "what I do" with lunches and they were intrigued so she wanted me to make her a cute lunch.  She specifically wanted me to recreate the Koala lunch that I had made for her younger sister a few days earlier.

Apparently her new friends LOVED her lunch and now, not only is she back on board with cute lunches, but her friends are sending in theme requests.  Today's requested theme was "pandas" so here is what I came up with.

• 2 peanut butter and honey Panda sandwiches, created using the Animal Palz cutting system and decorated with food-safe markers
• Cheese stick
• Red grapes with a panda pick
• Broccoli with a panda pick
• Hershey kisses

In addition to the product links above, here are some of the products, or similar products, I used when creating this lunch:



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Sleeping Bats

I was given the opportunity to test out CuteZCute's latest creation, the Animal Palz Mini Sandwich and Egg Press and I loved it!   Like the original CuteZCute, you get several adorable creations in one press.  The system allows you to create a bat, a monkey, a sheep or a panda.  As the name indicates, you can use it to make mini pocket sandwiches or hard boiled eggs.   I used the monkey to make a hard boiled egg - it turned out adorable but my daughter ate it before I could snap a picture!   I used the bat to make this Halloween lunch. I made 2 versions of this lunch: one with PB&J and the other with turkey and cheese and the Animal Palz press worked great on both.  

 

• 2 bat-shaped mini pocket sandwiches, stacked.  I put the bats upside down, because that's how bats sleep :-)
• Clementine with a bat cupcake pick
• Peas
• Peanut butter filled pretzels
• Mini candy bar

Thank you Bento USA for giving me the opportunity to test the Animal Palz!  Two thumbs up!!

 

Here are some of the items, or similar items, I used when creating this lunch:

 

My other bento buddies have been having fun with the Animal Palz too.  Check out:

• Wendolonia's panda lunch
• Bent On Better Lunches for a Panda Egg lunch and a batty lunch
• Organized Bites for an adorable sleeping bats lunch
• One Crafty Thing for a Panda lunch
• Following In My Shoes for a bat lunch