Angry Birds Bento

Isn't inspiration a beautiful thing?  Today's lunch was inspired by a lunch created by Glory at Glory's Mischief.  Her version of this lunch was inspired by a lunch she saw at Hawai`i’s Bento Box.  So, this lunch is COMPLETELY unoriginal, on my part, and not as well done as the others.  But, I didn't show the others to my daughters so they thought my version was great!

• Angry Bird Pig sandwich.   The pig is a little smaller than I would have liked but I made him using a small bear cutter I already had.  I used a tiny oval cutter and the crust of bread for the nose and provolone cheese and a straw to cut out the eyes.   I was just going to leave him the color of the bread but my youngest insisted he should be green so we colored him using food safe markers.
• Purple cauliflower and cucumber slices with ranch and an Angry Birds cupcake ring
• Raspberries and an Angry Birds cupcake ring
• Pretzel rods

Here are some of the products I used when creating this lunch:

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Whooo's going to have a great year?....You are!!

My daughter and I are slightly obsessed with owls.  Today's lunch is quite similar to one I have done before (and one that inspired my original), but as I was looking through old pictures, I was inspired again ;-)

 

• 2 owl-shaped sandwiches (stacked), decorated with carrots, food safe markers and provolone cheese.   I used circle shaped cookie cutters to cut out the owls and eyes.
• Cherries (pre-pitted)
• Carrots and cucumber slices with ranch
• Vanilla yogurt with sprinkles

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

 

 

Summer Salad at School

My daughters have requested that I pack a salad for them at least once a week this school year.   So, today was their first of the year!  I went with a heart theme to remind them that I love them.

 

• Salad made with romaine lettuce, spinach, cucumbers, carrots, celery, broccoli, cherry tomatoes and a hard boiled egg, for added protein.   I used an egg mold to shape the egg into a heart and decorated it with heart picks.   The salad dressing is in a Mini Dipper container.
• Vanilla yogurt with a strawberry heart, stored in a Mini Dipper container
• Fresh pineapple and blueberries and a heart pick
• 2 Dove chocolates

I enclosed a Lunchbox Love Note to give them a sweet message and some trivia to enjoy while they eat.   Guess what!... Say Please Inc, the makers of Lunchbox Love Notes has offered me the opportunity to do a giveaway for Lunchbox Love Notes so stay tuned!!

 

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

 

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First Day of School

It's the first day of school already!  I'm not going to lie, I'm fighting back tears.   I was NOT ready for summer to be over so soon.  Plus, with a 3rd and 5th grader this year, my babies are growing up.  *sniff sniff*

On to happier things...Here is the lunch I put together for the first day:

• Sandwich decorated with cheese and a leaf pick
• Broccoli and ranch and a school themed cupcake pick
• Red grapes
• Smarties

I got the idea for the Smarties from Pinterest. 

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


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Beating the Heat

We have been practically living at the pool the last few days, in an effort to beat the heat!   So, I packed some yummy lunches to eat while we were there.

 

• Flower-shaped sandwich.  I used smaller flower-shaped cookie cutters, that I pressed partially into the bead, to make the flower indentations on the top
• Cucumbers slices with a flower cupcake-ring
• Flower-shaped watermelon with blueberries (so refreshing!)
• Chobani Champions yogurt tube

 

I wasn't in the mood for a sandwich so I made myself a big salad with lettuce, spinach, broccoli slaw, carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes and toasted almond slices.  The only thing would that would have made this better would have been some chicken, but I didn't have any on hand.    I also had some orange slices and Chex Mix.

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

Click here for a link to the cutter I used on the watermelon.

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Lunch at the Pool

Inspired by this adorable (and much better executed) fishy lunch at Glory's Mischief, I threw together a quick bento lunch for my daughters to enjoy at the pool.

• Circle-shaped sandwich and decorated to look like a fish using cheddar and provolone cheese, a food safe marker and a pick for the lips.
• Broccoli with ranch (the ranch cup is hidden under the broccoli)
• Cherries with a starfish cupcake pick
• Chobani yogurt tube

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


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Simple Basketball Bento

My daughter is doing a basketball camp this week and when she's done, she is HUNGRY!  I had this simple lunch waiting for her.

• Circle-shaped sandwich decorated with a food safe markers.
• Chobani tube yogurt
• Carrots with ranch
• Cherries with a basketball cupcake pick

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


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