2 Easter Bunny Lunches, Super Easy

I am SO excited that we will be on Spring Break beginning next week! When I contemplated making Easter themed lunches I wasn't really excited about the task of getting out my Easter collection of cookie cutters, cute picks and more. Luckily, I had a few in my everyday bento accessories cupboard and this is what I came up with. Quick and real easy!

This first one includes a sandwich with impressions of Easter bunnies, some organic baby carrots with leaf picks, seedless grapes with a carrot pick some Annie's organic bunny shaped crackers and Cadbury mini chocolate eggs, and in the center there are fruit snacks. As you can see, on occasion I include chocolate in moderation. The stamp and cute leaf picks are from Bento USA, they carry a huge selection of cute bento items.

In the second bento, pictured below, I included a basic sandwich again but this time I decorated it with a baran sheet. To the left I put apple slices, Annie's organic cheddar bunnies and some fruit snacks. Above the sandwich are a granola bar with a bunny baran and a Babybel cheese. It certainly isn't the most elaborate lunch I've shared, but it was ready in a a few minutes. I always believe that when a child opens their lunch, even the most simple extra touch can make it special. Both of these lunches were packed in our PlanetBox Rover.

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Review: Modes4u Bento Box, Squishy and Easter Bunny bento

I am very pleased that Modes4u has provided me with some wonderful items for me to show in today's post. I am also very happy for this opportunity to encourage you to see the many really cute and fun items you can find at Modes4u. They make available a wide assortment of bento boxes, one of which I used to pack this lunch. They also offer a great collection of bento accessories which can quickly add that extra dash of cuteness to your presentation. Their site is a great wonderland and I recommend it as one of those must see websites!

For this bento I made some bunny sandwiches which were shaped with a cutter and stamper set. As they are small, I stacked up two pairs of them and included a granola bar on the left side section. The right side section I filled with organic baby carrots, some red seedless grapes and a section of apple that I cut to the shape of rabbit ears.

This lunch was packed in a biscuit bento box that looks so much like an ice cream sandwich that you almost want to take a bite out of it. It is one of the many great bento boxes you can find in their bento collection.

Picks, like the little pink bunny one that I used for this lunch, baran dividers, cutters, sauce containers and much, much more are awaiting your visit to their accessories pages.
Did that French cruller look so yummy you could almost smell it? No, that delicious looking pastry alongside the bento is not a real French cruller even though it looks so wonderfully tasty and mouth watering.

It is one of the fantastic Kawaii squishies from the huge collection that can be found in their Squishies pages.

 You can't imagine how much fun I've had looking at all their goodies!

Make yourself a cup (or perhaps even a pot?) of coffee or tea before you start scrolling through their amazing site with huge selection of cute bento accessories, squishies and much more. Happy shopping!

Disclosure: Modes4u generously provided me with the products for review without cost to me. All opinions are my own.

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Easter Bunny Bento

I'm quite pleased that I at least managed to make a couple of Easter themed lunches for Nikolai this year. This Easter bunny lunch was fun to make and also gave me a chance to practice my apple carving. Just so that you know, I am not really good at all with carving, I have to try many times, often without success. I can visualize what needs to be done, but it only rarely ends up that way! Is it patience or practice or both?
I am so happy that we will be on Spring Break after Easter and we will be back early next month. Happy Easter and have a wonderful weekend! ♥

In this bento lunch: I used a circle cutter for the bunnies face, eyes are Gouda cheese and pupils are nori for which I cut with a paper hole puncher. The whiskers are thin carrot strips with a raisin nose and below are a couple of mini marshmallow teeth. The apple ears were the carving project. (Whew!)

Alongside are organic baby carrots with dip in the small container, organic grapes and strawberries with a pink bunny pick. Far to the right is a string cheese. Packed in Bentology bento box.

Here are the supplies that I used to create and pack this lunch.

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Minion Easter Eggs Bento

Happy Spring, my favorite season of all! Of the many cute Easter eggs being sold in stores this year, the Minion ones are my favorite. Of course I did purchased some for Easter and they also inspired this easy lunch. I can't believe that Easter is around the corner, still so much to prepare and we decided to have a simple one this year.

In this bento lunch (packed in an Easylunchboxes container):

• A couple of Minion egg shaped sandwiches. I used potato bread which is slightly yellow in color, you can also use any yellow cheese if you prefer. The goggles are free hand cut nori and Gouda cheese. Some Cadbury eggs were added in the small container for treat.
• Organic baby carrots and sugar snap peas with a Happy Easter cupcake pick.
• Some strawberries.

Here are the supplies that I used to create and pack this lunch.

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Easter Chick Bento, #698

I've been quite occupied with Nikolai's school activities, exams etc lately, and I am so happy that Spring break starts tomorrow! We will be going on a short vacation and I am thankful that my wonderful husband has everything planned. Usually we all discuss where we would like to go on vacation and then we always ended up going to wherever Nikolai or I suggest. This time, I told my hubby that I'm not going to suggest anywhere and he has to pick a place that he would like to visit.

Cute is cute, am I right? I mean, what really is the difference between a cute chick and a cute duck? Only after I made this, and already took the photo to post, did Nikolai notice that I included a duckling pick! I looked at the chick sandwich, then I looked at the pick; I don't know, close call I thought, wouldn't you agree?

The chick sandwich was shaped with a cutter and then I added Provolone cheese wings, a mild cheddar cheese cover for body, and a fruit leather bow tie. The little beak was sculpted from a piece or organic baby carrot, candy eyes and a small heart pick made it complete. This will be my last Easter themed bento for this year, packed in a leak-proof Bentgo lunchbox. We will be back next month. :)

In this bento lunch:

• Main compartment: Chick sandwich.
• Sides: Sugar snap peas, ranch in the cute small chick shaped container, Annie's organic fruit snack, Annie's organic cheddar bunnies and cantaloupe cut into chick shapes.

Here are the supplies that I used to create and pack this lunch.

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Easter Bunny and Carrot Bento (2)

I'm already in vacation mode and it's only Tuesday! We will be on Spring break from this coming Friday till after Easter, yay! I'll be making one more Easter themed lunch for this week and you can view my previous Easter lunches here.

The first bento pictured here is a carrots and bunny lunch featuring two carrot shaped sandwiches which are topped with mild cheddar and with the tops made of sugar snap peas beside a Easter bunny container filled with Annie's Organic Cheddar Bunnies. Upper right are some apple bunnies/ bunny ears, and upper left is a piece of orange sweet pepper and some broccoli above sugar snap peas. I thought that the pepper and broccoli looked like a carrot. What do you think? This lunch was packed in an Easylunchboxes container.

This second picture is a Spring bunny bento. It includes four mini bunny stamped sandwiches, organic baby carrots topped with cucumber bunnies, organic apple sauce with bunny baran, and strawberries with grapes in a mini basket with a bunny pick. In the center are Annie's organic bunny fruit snacks. It was packed in our leakproof Yumbox Panino.

Here are the supplies or similar that I used to create and pack these lunches.

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Easter Bunny Bento

This will be my last Easter themed bento for this year and all you need is a bunny shaped cookie cutter to create this easy bento. Also, it is the last day of exams and I am planning to surprise Nikolai after school by driving him to his or rather my favorite Haagen-Dazs ice cream shop.:)
Happy Easter and have a great weekend!

In this bento lunch:

• Main compartment -Bunny shaped sandwich with candy eye, Colby ears and Provolone tail. Bunny is munching a baby carrot.
• Lower left - Apple slices cut to resemble rabbit ears.
• Upper left - Yogurt covered raisins in a bucket cup and Annie's organic bunny crackers.
• Center - Gummy carrot.
• Upper right - Cucumber slices and baby carrots
• This lunch is packed in a Planetbox rover. 

 

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Easter Basket Bento

This week Nikolai's school is having performance level evaluation tests, (known  by various acronyms depending on location) so it is a busy week. Nikolai is quite confident he will do well, and I am also. 

I have always been fascinated with basket weave from tiny examples to hot-air balloon basket size. I also save those Easter treat boxes as some of them are cute and can be recycled to be used as treat boxes anytime. Here I used one to hold a bunny treat.

Note: If you like what I am doing, I would also love for you to follow my Facebook page since I post more often there with some cute and fun foods which I occasionally find on the web.

In this bento lunch:

• Basket sandwich freehand cut from round sandwich thins decorated with weave of mild cheddar and Provolone cheese with yogurt covered raisins and bunny baran sheet.
• Organic baby carrots- one with broccoli top.
• Seedless red grapes in silicon cup with Easter pick.
• Along side is a carrot shaped treat container with Annie's organic cheddar bunnies. 
• Linked to EatsAmazing: Fun Food Friday

Here are the supplies or similar that I used to create and pack this lunch.

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How To Cut Apple Bunny & Bunny Roll-Ups Sandwiches

As Nikolai told me that he loved the bear roll-ups I made a couple of weeks ago, I decided to make bunny roll-ups this week. When I was attempting the first photo for this post a gust of wind blew away one of the bunny's eyes and nose even while glued with honey. My hubby thought that was a little funny. Of course I had to reassemble the missing nori parts, not funny to me at that time, but later we had a good laugh.

My first attempt of apple bunnies or apple rabbits. Here is the method:

1. Start with a wedge from the apple cut into six or eight pieces, and cut out the core. Make a cut just below the skin about 1/3 distance (top to bottom) and then cut the skin to make a V- shape.
2. Carefully lift out the center V section so that the part that remains forms the bunny ears.
3. To prevent browning I soaked them in a bowl of lemon water for a few minutes. (Citric acid is the key ingredient which helps prevent oxidation/browning). Sometimes I do soak our apples in orange or pineapple juice.

In this bento lunch:

• Roll-ups sandwiches with nori accents and bread crusts for bunny ears.
• Apple bunnies and organic baby carrots.
• Cadbury mini eggs in the bucket cup and Annie's organic gummies.
• This lunch is packed in his Monbento box.

Here are the supplies or similar that I used to create and pack this lunch.

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Goodbyn Bynto: Bunny Hop Hop Hop Easter Bento

We have several Easter fun activities from this weekend onwards and I'll be quite busy organizing some of them. It's always nice to shop for cute Easter items especially the colorful candies.:)
Hop..Hop..Hop, a bunch of bunnies hopped into Nikolai's lunchbox to greet him for lunch.

In this bento lunch:

• Top section: Organic baby carrots and a cupcake ring. Bunny shaped watermelon slices.
• Center: A pair of bunny shaped sandwiches in silicone cup. Bunny faces made with circle cutter with ears made from circle segments. Provolone cheese was used for eyes and bunny teeth, raisin for pupils and nose with carrot shavings used for whiskers.
• Bottom section: Gummy carrots (they are orange flavored) and Annie's organic cheddar bunnies.
• This lunch is packed in his Goodbyn Bynto.

Here are the supplies that I used to create and pack this lunch.

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Easter Chick Fun Bento

Nikolai will be having school lunch today (teriyaki chicken and rice), but he asked to take along a snack for later. Here is a quick and easy snack which I put together in his LunchBots Duo.

In this bento snack:

• Egg shaped sandwich with cheddar cheese chick peeping out with candy eyes and tiny piece of bread crust for beak.
• Organic baby carrots and ranch for dip in the cute chick cup.
• Seedless green grapes.

Here are the supplies or similar that I used to make and pack this lunch.

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Here Comes Peter Cottontail Easter Bento

Here comes Peter Cottontail Hopping down the bunny trail, hippity, hoppity, Easter's on it's way!
I used the cookie cutter as a divider, the same one I used to cut the sandwich, as an easy way to keep the broccoli in place and then it made the perfect place for a Gouda cheese version of the "cottontail".

In this bento lunch:

• Bunny shaped sandwich with candy eyes, broccoli florets with Gouda cheese bunny tail and cookie cutter as a divider.
• Annie's organic cheddar bunnies.
• Seedless red grapes with a carrot cupcake pick in a silicone cup.
• I included a Lunchbox Love note and this lunch is packed in an Easylunchboxes container.

Here are the supplies or similar that I used to create and pack this lunch.

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Bunnies Everywhere Easter Bento

Easter Sunday lands on April 20th this year and I'll be making some Easter themed bentos for school whenever I get the inspiration. I believe I have mentioned how much I love my easy to use and cute cutter and stamp sets. Here I used the bunny set to make a collection of easy to eat mini sandwiches for Nikolai's lunch. 
I also like sending applesauce in his Laptop Lunches container since it comes with individual lids and they are leak-proof.

In this bento lunch:

• Bottom left: Bunny shaped sandwiches.
• Bottom right: Carrot sticks and bunny shaped cucumber slices.
• Top left: Applesauce with a bunny baran sheet.
• Top right: Strawberries and grapes with cute bunny cupcake picks.
• Far right: A spoon for his applesauce wrapped in cloth napkin.
• This lunch is packed in his Laptop Lunches.

Here are the supplies that I used to create and pack this lunch.

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Easter Bunny Race Car Picnic Bento #558

The weather was beautiful yesterday so we went for a picnic. I packed a bento for Nikolai and some extras in our picnic basket for the rest of us. I saw and pinned this cute bunny in race car idea from Freefuneaster last year and thought that they were super adorable. My version is slightly modified.

 In this bento lunch:

• Race car made from hot-dog bun with marshmallows cut in half to form the tires which are held on with toothpick axles with a pretzel steering wheel and driven by an Easter bunny pick.
• Blueberries in a silicone cup
• Hot dog pieces with road sign pick 
• Small container of ketchup
• Packed in a Trudeau fuel sandwich box.

Here are the supplies or similar that I used to create and pack this lunch.

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Bento Snack: Easter basket bento and a thermos bento lunch

Since it is school holidays here, I made this snack for Nikolai to have at a friends house. There is also a thermos bento lunch from last week that I am posting below.

In this bento snack:

• Bagel and cream cheese basket with egg shaped cheddar and mozzarella cheese.
• Frozen organic peas which will be thawed by snack time and couple of cherry tomatoes.
• Egg shaped strawberries and cantaloupe. Packed in Rubbermaid Lunchblox container. Linked to BentoLunch.net

In this bento lunch:

• Leftover lasagna from dinner in thermos.
• Fish shaped cheddar cheese, blueberries, goldfish crackers and fish shaped cucumber slices. I love our squares silicone cups, I use them a lot :)

Here are the supplies or similar that I used to make and pack this snack and lunch.

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Bento Lunch: A Bunch Of Bunnies Easter bento

I am counting down to Saturday and this will be my last bento for this week before we take off for our vacation. My favorite part about any vacation is trying out different restaurants and foods and yes, I love to eat and I'm not fussy about food at all. Of course I love shopping as well :) Have a happy Friday and a fantastic weekend everyone!

In this bento lunch:

• Main compartment - Circle shaped pumpernickel and wheat bread sandwiches with bunny faces. Cut round with circle cutter, then centers cut with bunny shape into top and swapped. Details on bunny faces are from gouda and colby cheese.
• Upper left - Mozzarella cheese stick (halved) and Annie's white cheddar bunny crackers with a cute rabbit baran.
• Upper right - Bunny shaped cantaloupe which I cut and stamped with my new cutter set and some strawberries.
• Center - Bunny shaped marshmallow.
• Lower left - Organic baby carrots, broccoli florets and ranch for dip in small container. Packed in Planetbox Rover.

Here are the supplies or similar that I used to make and pack this lunch.

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