Sea Turtles - Crush & Squirt

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I was on a sea theme kick the last couple weeks of school.  Last week I made a Finding Nemo muffin tin meal and today I am sharing Crush & Squirt the bento lunch :-) 

Left side:  Squirt the turtle made from snow peas and broccoli with peanut butter eyes.  This turtle idea was totally stolen from the Lunchbox Dad.  Click here to see his tutorial.  Squirt is swimming in water made of blueberries.

Right side:  Crush has a shell made of roast beef roll ups.  He is hangin' back in the coral made of orange and red pepper rings and a few snow peas. 


What I used to make this bento.

Turtle bento box.  Target

Fish picks.  Ebay

Turtle silicone cups.  Christmas Tree Shop.

A Birdy Lunch

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I have a few backlogged lunches that I will be sharing over the summer break, here is the first of them....

Top box:  Baby bird mangoes, roasted plantain chips, and leftover grilled zucchini.

Bottom box:  Leftover burrito, baby carrots, and leftover cilantro jalapeno hummus in a small silicone cup representing the bird's nest.


What I used to make this bento.

Lock & Lock box.  Marukai

Bird cupcake picks.  Bento USA

Music note baran.  Bento USA

Baby bird cutter.  Daiso Japan

Music note pick.  Daiso Japan

Small yellow silicone cup.  Daiso Japan.


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My Bento Collection

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It has been just over a year since I started making bento lunches.  Lots of people ask me how much bento stuff I have....well, the answer is LOTS!  I thought it would be fun to share some pictures of the amount of stuff I had one year ago and what I have now.  It seems the bento supplies have multiplied, kind of like rabbits!

I have accumulate so many bento goodies that I had to invest in a bento storage unit.  I will talk about that in a later post.  Lets go through the drawers....

Staring at the top from left to right:  larger silicone cups, larger boxes that do not fit in my shoe organizer, holiday cookie cutters, small snack cups and boxes, bread stamps and FunBites cutters, Lunch Punch and sandwich cutters,  vintage cookie cutters, bento boxes in shoe organizer, treat containers (found after Easter), more bento boxes, small silicone cups, plunger cookie cutters, cutters with stamps and sauce cups, rice and egg molds, food decoration (food markers, plant based powder coloring, candy eyes, etc), mini cutters, and food picks in the hardware drawers.

Finding Nemo - Muffin Tin Meal

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This week's muffin tin Monday theme is under the sea.  When I was done making this lunch it really reminded me of Finding Nemo :-)

Top row:  Blueberries, snow peas, corn on the cob.

Bottom row:  Corn tortilla and ham whale sandwiches, mango fish, baby carrots, and black olives.


What I used to make this muffin tin meal.

Muffin Tin - Albertsons

Turtle silicone cup.  Christmas Tree Shop

Shark cupcake pick.  A cake shop

Clown fish and yellow fish pick.  Ebay

Red and pink fish picks.  Oriental Trading Co

Lettuce cup.  Bento USA

Blue silicone prep bowl.  Cost Plus World Market

Mini whale cutter.  Kitchen Collection

Mini fish cutter.  Daiso Japan



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Leftovers on Fridays - Sea Creatures

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Today was the last day of preschool.  I refrained from sharing this lunch earlier because I thought it was a good one to use for the leftovers on Fridays summer linky post.  Due to the summer break I will be having one linky lasting the duration of the summer :-D

Top left:  Goldfish and a couple black olives tucked in the corners.

Top right: Leftover Trader Joe's perline pasta & prosciutto in basil pesto sauce (these are "jelly fish")

Bottom left:  Orange pepper rings with a starfish pick.

Bottom right:  Shark watermelon (the scraps are tucked underneath) and a few more black olives.


What I used to make this bento.

 

LunchBots Quad.  LunchBots.com

 

Lettuce silicone cup.  Bento USA

 

Red silicone cup.  Cost Plus World Market

 

Starfish bento pick.  Ebay

 

Mini shark cookie cutter.  Kitchen Collection

 

 

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Hawaiian Day

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Today is Hawaiian day at preschool, so there must be a matching lunch.  I have a brand new lunch box from Ugly Children's Clothing that is perfect for this theme :-)

Left side:  Corn on the cob with a little butter, pretzels, and ham rolls.

Right side:  Cucumber and mango flowers and blueberries


What I used to make this bento.

Ugly children's clothing's milk lunch box.  uglycc.com

Flip flops cupcake pick.  A cake shop

Joie flower cutter.  Home Goods

Smaller flower cutter.  Bento USA

Lettuce cup.  Bento USA

Palm tree pick.  Oriental trading co.

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Pajama Day

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We have made it to the last week of preschool before summer break.  Every day this week has a special theme.  Monday's theme is pajama day.  I made a bento lunch to go along with the theme.

Top section:  Snow peas, blueberries, and yellow & red pepper pajamas and slippers.

Bottom section:  Wheat thins with red & yellow "pajama" on top, roast beef, and black olives.



Items used to make this lunch.