Teddy Bear

• Teddy Bear sandwich with a crust ears and snout and a cucumber peel nose.
• Carrots with ranch
• Clementine flower with a red grape center
• Pretzel snaps
• Mini candy bar

Roll-Ups

• Salami, herb cream cheese on a whole wheat tortilla roll-ups
• Build-Your-Own "Ants on a Log" (celery sticks, peanut butter, and raisins)
• Pretzel snaps
• Pineapple and blueberries
• Mini candy bar

Flower Power

• Sandwich, cut with the Pampered Chef sandwich cutter
• Cheddar flowers
• Cucumber slices with ranch
• Raspberry and blueberry flowers
• Pistachios (note, the container they are in has a clear plastic lid because I was afraid they wouldn't stay put on their own)
• Mini candy bar

Up, up and away!!!

We're flying high into the new school year!   We recently saw a hot air balloon flying through the evening sky.  This was a sight I saw often when I was growing up and it was fun to share it with my girls.  This lunch was inspired by that :)

• Sandwich with a hot air balloon made from a tortilla colored with food safe markers, spaghetti and bread crust for the basket.
• Peas
• Grapes with a balloon pick
• Cheddar balloons
• Hershey kiss

A Couple More Horse Camp Lunches

 - Horse-shaped sandwich with an icing eye and the crust of the bread used for the mane and tail.  As to avoid wasting sandwich, I cut small hearts out of what was left after I cut out the horse.
- Carrots with ranch
- Clementine and grape flower
- Hershey's Chocolate Nugget

These lunches went together to spell "Horse Camp"

- Roll-up (My youngest had PB&J, of course and my oldest had salami and cream cheese) with letter picks
- Fruit (My youngest has a clementine and grape flower and my oldest has red grapes)
- Carrots and cucumber slices with ranch
- Swedish Fish

Peace. Love. Horses.

Hello again!  Did you miss me?!   Sorry I haven't posted in awhile.   We've been having a ton of fun this summer and I've been taking a break from lunches.  Well, not a complete break...We've still been eating lunch...just not going to extremes to make them cute.)  But, the girls are going to a horse camp this week so it's backed to packed lunches for a week.  I find that it's very difficult for me to pack a bento style lunch without doing something to it.  So tomorrow, it's "Peace, Love, and Horses"

• 2 rectangle sandwiches (stacked) with a cheddar peace sign, heart and horse, decorated with food safe markers.
• Raspberries (don't they look delicious?!)
• Broccoli with ranch
• Pretzel snaps
• Hershey nugget

Girl Scout Bento

Tonight my daughter has her bridging ceremony as she moves from being a Girl Scout Daisy to a Girl Scout Brownie.  So, her lunch today celebrates that.

- 2 Trefoil-shaped sandwiches (stacked) with a Girl Scout pick
- Carrots with ranch
- Daisy shaped cheddar cheese
- Red and golden raspberries in the shape of a daisy
- And, of course, a daisy shaped brownie for dessert!