Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Bento Box

I am COMPLETELY OBSESSED with the Bento Box idea. Just google it. It can entertain you for hours on a Sunday. At least it did for me. It goes all along with eating healthier which I am also obsessed with. School lunches gross me out and I'm so bored with a sandwich, chips and juice. Bleck! The Japanese have it right. It's like an art form for mothers over there. You can check out flickr bento groups--specifically the kids ones and you get stuff like this:

Mini Owl Biscuits



lions, and tigers, and bears - oh my!

So you start with a Bento Box (or you could use any sort of little container). How cute are these? I found them HERE.





Then you buy little cutters to cut your fruit or cheese or whatever.


Then you put your food on these cute little toothpick sort of things.






And get cupcake holders to divide your stuff like so:



Your kid would have the coolest, healthiest lunch. I'm currently searching the Phoenix/Metro area for this kind of stuff. I'll let you know what I find. You can also check this blog.. Or just google away.

4 comments:

Cicily said...

I did not believe that people really did this, but Lacy swears that all the moms in Japan are hardcore about it.

Kristin said...

My 2 year old is sitting next to me and says "Mom, i want a puzzle sandwich"

Jenni said...

That is awesome....but I don't know if Cam would consider it very cool to open his lunchbox and find little rabbits smiling up at him! :) However, I am loving the car sandwich!!!!

another lunch said...

Hello there! Bento is just like scrapbooking, but with food! Lots of fun. :)