Lock 'N Lock

Tomorrow's lunch is packed in Lock 'N Lock.

• Peanut Butter cracker sandwiches


• Cucumber and roma tomato slices


• Strawberry yogurt with a strawberry heart


• Strawberry slices and blueberries

Cut the Rope

When I saw this cute lunch on What's for Lunch at Our House I knew I had to try to create a lunch inspired by Cut the Rope - it's one of the girls' favorite games on the iPad. I was really happy with how it turned out, which is good after yesterday!!

• Avery has a PB&J on whole wheat and Haley has a turkey with veggie cream cheese on a sandwich thin. The monster is made from cheddar, with provolone teeth and hard boiled egg and cucumber peel eyes. The candy/rope is made from a Spree and a piece of linguine that I colored with a food safe marker.


• Raspberries and blueberries


• Peas


• Pretzel snaps


• Mini Milky Way

ParentMap Magazine Article

I'm pretty excited that my blog was featured in a ParentMap Magazine article, along with Shannon at What's for Lunch at Our House and Another Lunch and Kristen at Cookie Cutter Lunch and several others. Talk about being in good company!

Smiling Faces

Well, they can't all be winners! I'm so embarrassed by tomorrow's lunch that I almost didn't post it.

Today has been one of those super crazy days. I usually don't multi-task when I'm making lunches (except for the occasional phone call). As weird as it sounds, making lunches is my time...when I get to be creative. Well today, I didn't have any time for that. While making lunches today I was going over spelling words with my youngest, checking my oldest's math homework, and starting dinner. This is the result :(

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  Turkey and cheddar on whole wheat with the face made from cheddar, red pepper, carrot and icing eyes.


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  Plum slices


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  Carrots with ranch


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  Babybel with cucumber face


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  Pretzel snaps

You're the Apple of My Eye!

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  2 apple shaped sandwiches, stacked (H has ham and cheese and Ave has PB&J, both on whole wheat). H has a dyed piece of provolone on top. Avery doesn't like the provolone so I just colored her stem with a color safe marker.



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  Mixed veggies with ranch for dipping



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  Red grapes with an apple pick



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  Babybel cheese decorated to look like an apple using a pretzel stick, green pepper and icing eyes (These cookie pops from Family Fun were my inspiration for these).



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  Mini Twix

Check out What's for Lunch Wednesday for other lunch time ideas!

Kitty, Kitty

A fellow bento-ing friend mentioned that she recently used play-doh cutters as cheese cutters for her son's bento lunch....HELLO!?!?! Why did I not think of that before?! I have a box of play-doh supplies sitting on the shelf of my laundry room. I used the kitten cutter for tomorrow's lunch:

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  Salami and cheddar on a whole wheat sandwich thin with a provolone kitten. The kitten's features are made from cucumber peel, whisker eyes, and pink sprinkles.


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  Peas


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  Raspberries, blackberries, and blueberries with a kitten pick


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  Cheddar cheese cut into a kitty shape


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  Mini 3 Musketeers

Sweet and Simple

Tomorrow's lunch is sweet and simple:

• Pinwheel sandwiches (Haley has ham, cheese and honey mustard and Ave has PB&J, both on whole wheat)


• String cheese (halved and stacked)


• Strawberry slices and blackberries


• Broccoli with a cherry tomato center with ranch


• Mini Milky Way