Wreath

• Wreath-shaped sandwich with a dyed cheddar bow and mini M&M "berries"


• Peas


• Blackberries and raspberries


• Mint Hershey Kisses
  

Frosty

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  Snowman shaped sandwich with a carrot nose (of course), food safe black paint for the hat, icing eyes and a candy scarf.


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  Kiwi and blackberries


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  Steamed broccoli with ranch


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  String cheese


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  Mint Hershey Kisses

Ornaments

The inspiration for this lunch is Christmas tree ornaments!

• Peanut butter/wheat cracker sandwiches


• Cucumber slices and carrots with ranch. The cucumber ornament is decorated with cream cheese, peas, and tomato


• Raspberries and blackberries with an ornament pick


• Babybel cheese


• Hershey mint kisses

Peace

• Ham, turkey, cheddar and honey mustard roll-up


• Steamed broccoli with ranch


• Apple slices with ranch (I sliced one half of the apple length-wise and used a tree and star cookie cutters to remove the peel to form a Christmas tree. The apple slices are beneath)


• Mint Hershey Kisses

Welcome Elves!!

Our Elves, Dasher and Cupcake, come every year on December 1st. The girls have been counting down the days until they come. So, why not have a bento lunch to celebrate their arrival back from the North Pole!

Here are what Cupcake and Dasher look like:

The Cupcake inspired lunch:

The Dasher inspired lunch:

• 2 Elf shaped sandwiches (stacked). Their hats are provolone cheese that I painted (using a paint brush) with gel food coloring. Their cheeks are also food coloring that I painted on. Their eyes and mouth are cucumber peel and a bit of extra bread for their noses and ears. Their hair is made from the crust of the bread.


• Strawberries and blueberries with a candy cane pick


• Carrots with ranch


• Reeses peanut butter bells

Pretty Snowflakes, Pretty Snowflakes...

In celebration (Bah-hum-bug!!) of our first snow, today's lunch has a snowflake theme. At least the girls are excited about the snow.

• PB&J sandwich cut out with the Pampered Chef sandwich cutter and provolone snowflakes.


• Raspberries and blackberries with a snowglobe cupcake pick


• Peas


• Dove chocolate

**I was afraid this lunch was a little small so I threw some pretzel snaps in by the sandwich after I had taken the picture.

O Christmas Tree

I am not happy that these shorter days are affecting my ability to take pictures in natural light. Sorry for the picture quality!

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  2 Christmas tree shaped sandwiches (stacked) with mini M&M ornaments and a cheddar star


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  Strawberry slices with a Christmas tree pick


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  Cheddar trees


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  Cucumber and tomato slices with ranch


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  2 Reeses bells