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My kids love Play Doh. I really hate the mess it leaves. What I DO love is the Play Doh cutters. As a bento lunch freak, I look at everything as an idea for a lunch. I have used Play Doh and play kitchen cutters (well washed, of course) to cut kid foods before. I used a cookie cutter this sandwich to make the princess crown. The sandwich is Justin’s Almond Butter & Jam on Rudi’s whole grain bread. I also stuck a few candy hearts on the crown for the jewels with almond butter. At the top left are kiwi flowers and the top right are watermelon shoes and magic mirrors for my little princess.
This time of year seems to drain many of us having to buy new shoes, school supplies, uniforms, tuition and just paying for growing kids in general. Cristi from BentOnBetterLunches did a great post on how to make budget bentos. She is a mom of 5, and has such a wonderful eye for organization, fresh ideas and keeping kids well fed. I love that she finds use out of every day items like Play Doh cutters, paper muffin cups and rubberbands that make great bento items. Her post here on Budget Bento by BentOnBetterLunches can help give you some creative ideas for lunches without spending a penny! Thanks for the inspiration, Cristi.
Little Miss A, my 2 year old, is having mini square sandwiches. She has been licking the filling off of the bigger sandwiches I made for her and leaving the bread. When I switched to something more bite sized, she seems to pop the whole thing in her mouth. I used the FunBites Cube It cutter to cut the bread and then filled the sandwiches. In the middle is a silicone heart shaped container with seasoned pumpkin seeds. The sandwiches are surrounded by dried cranberries. At the top left are raspberries with a kiwi heart on top and at the top right are watermelon flowers. The lunch is packed in a LunchBots Duo stainless container.
Chevrons have resurfaced in design, fashion and now I’m putting them into my food. I love them. The bright colored Vs in this salad are all different colored sweet peppers. Underneath the salad is baby spinach and around the salad are cucumber flowers packed in an Easy LunchBox. At the top left are carrot & celery sticks and at the top right are fresh nectarine slices & raspberries.
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Things I used to make this lunch:
Hello Bentoriffic readers! I’m Cristi, a friend of Sarah’s and
a fellow bento blogger (at BentOnBetterLunches). I’m delighted to
have this opportunity to guest post on one of my favourite blogs!
Sarah is an inspiration in healthy food choices and creative bento
making! I chose our PlanetBox for this guest lunch, since I know she
doesn’t have one of those … yet!
We did Kid’s Choice lunches at our house today. That’s something we do
when I don’t have a lunch plan, and/or we are low on groceries, and
maybe don’t have enough of everything for everyone. I take out a
selection of what we do have from all the food groups, and let the
little ones decide what to fill the sections of their bento boxes
with. I’m often pleasantly surprised by their choices too!
3½ year old Birdie and I packed this PlanetBox together, but she chose
everything that went in it. Birdie loves elephants, so it was no
surprise that she wanted to include elephant picks, or that she chose
to put them in the strawberries and pluots – they were the first
things she asked to have in her lunch. I think she could happily live
on fruit alone – well, no, she’d want cheese as well. But we were out
of cheese.
She liked these colourful silicone mini squares, so we picked out some
little nibbles to fill them with – NatureBox dried apples &
organic Mighty Mix, raisins, and Annie’s Homegrown Cheddar Bunnies:
Like her mama, Birdie has a sweet tooth, so she also chose some
chocolatey peanut butter granola bars her big sister Bella made over
the weekend (that are secretly healthy), marshmallow stars, sprinkles
on her yogurt – specifically butterfly sprinkles. And she insisted
her spoon be included in this photo:
Of course, the sweets were the first things she ate. She eventually
did eat some of everything – although she spit the dried apple back
out, pronouncing it “yucky chewy”. Oh well, at least she tried it! A
sampler-style lunch like this is good for that.
My other sproutlets had similar lunches, except for my middle son, who
had his usual PB. Here’s his “plane” peanut butter sandwich, made with
a Lunch Punch:
I hope you’ve enjoyed this peek at what’s for lunch at someone
else’s house while Sarah’s away – although I’m sure you’re looking
forward to her return, and seeing more of her terrifically artistic
& nutritious lunches – I know I am!
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