Kid Created Christmas Bentos

I have been super busy with work (and life!) so my kids got into the fun and created some Christmas themed lunches for themselves!

My 8 year old made herself this lunch:

• Stocking-shaped sandwich decorated with food safe markers
• Clementine flower with a raspberry center
• Peas
• Peppermint covered pretzel stars

And my 10 year old made this one: 

• Christmas tree-shaped sandwiches (stacked), decorated with food safe markers
• Raspberries with a Christmas tree pick
• Peas
• Peppermint covered pretzel stars

Here are some of the items, or similar items, they used when creating these lunches:

 

Deck the lunch with boughs of holly

Fa la la la la, la la la la!...Cucumber and cherry tomato "holly"!

 

• 2 circle-shaped sandwiches (stacked) decorated with food safe markers and a ring pick to look like an ornament
• Red grapes with a ornament cupcake pick
• Cucumber slices that I cut using a leaf shaped cookie stamp, and cherry tomatoes
• Peppermint dipped pretzel stars
• Lunchbox Love Note from the Christmas series

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

 

 

 

You know Dasher, and Dancer, and Prancer and Vixon...

...Comet, and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen...
But do you recall the most famous reindeer of all?

• 2 reindeer sandwiches (circle-shaped sandwiches decorated with icing eyes, a red M&M and food safe markers)
• Strawberries with a Christmas tree pick
• Broccoli with a "Merry Christmas" pick and ranch
• Pretzel crisps
• Hershey kisses
• Lunchbox Love Note from Christmas series

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Sorry for my lack of posting in recent weeks!  We were on vacation for Thanksgiving and since we've been back, between working, decorating, shopping, wrapping, etc, I haven't found my groove with lunches.  I've still been packing and sometimes photographing, but haven't had a chance to blog about them.

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Tom the Turkey

Every since I saw this adorable turkey lunch at Bento for Kidlet, I have been looking forward to recreating it.   I used dough presses to make the turkey feathers and then just added a bit of the heal of the bread for his head. 

 

• 2 dough-press sandwiches decorated to look like the feathers of the turkey.   As mentioned above, the turkey's head is just a piece I cut from the heel of the bread and decorated with food safe markers, icing eyes and a carrot nose.
• Red and Green Grapes with a "Give Thanks" cupcake pick
• Carrots with ranch
• Hershey kisses
• Lunchbox Love Note from the Thanksgiving series

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

 

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Turkey Bento

I saw this post on Pinterest and it inspired me to make a turkey bento to celebrate Thanksgiving.

•   Turkey sandwich made with 2 circle cookie cutters, icing eyes, a carrot nose and tomato skin.   You may wonder why he's wearing a bow tie (which you can barely see in the picture) and a party hat?   Because they are helping keep his head in place.
• Cucumber slices with a turkey cupcake ring
• Red grapes with a "Give Thanks" cupcake pick
• Candy corn (turkey feathers)
• Lunchbox Love Note from the Thanksgiving Series

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


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What Does the Fox Say?

Have I successfully planted that tune in your head that will stick with you all...day...long?  

I saw these fox cookies on Pinterest yesterday and was inspired to make them into a sandwich.  My girls are nuts about that song and I know they will enjoy opening their lunches to this little guy.

 

• The fox-shaped sandwich is made from a star-shaped cookie cutter.   I made the sandwich out of a wheat bread that has a light color and then cut the top (fur) out of the heel of 100% whole grain wheat bread to show the color contrast.   I cut triangles for the ears and trimmed up around the face to show off his snout.   I finished him off with icing eyes and an M&M for his nose.
• Strawberry slices
• Green peas
• Mini Kit Kat bar

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

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