Dinosaur and Field Trip to MOSI Bento

I hope everyone had a great weekend. We had a three day long weekend and it was quite refreshing. Nikolai went on a field trip last week to MOSI (Museum of Science & Industry) in Tampa which is about 2-3 hours drive one way from where we are. This was his first trip out of town in a bus and also a trip without us. I was kind of worried and had butterflies in my stomach when I dropped him off at school that morning. Guess I can't help it, being a parent, and I am sure the other parents felt the same too.

We have been to MOSI before and there is a life-size dinosaur sculpture called Recyclosaurus Rex at the entrance. It was that shape which inspired these lunches. There are a great many interesting and educational exhibits at MOSI and many are interactive. I would certainly recommend a visit there to anyone visiting the Tampa area. 

In making this first bento, I used my Wilton animal pals dinosaur shaped cookie cutter for the dinosaur and a palm tree cutter for the tree. Other cutters made the lower dinosaur and the ones cut from watermelon. I also included some slices of cucumber and some grapes with a cute dino pick.
This lunch was packed in a leak proof Yumbox Panino

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The next dinosaur lunch was created using my dyno sandwich crust cutter which was very easy to use. I've owned this cutter since Nikolai started Kindergarten and it's from one of my earlier collections. I used my alphabet cutter for the letter 'D' on a babybel cheese. He also had strawberry slices, Annie's homegrown organic crackers and crinkle cut cucumber slices.
This lunch was packed in a Planetbox Rover.

His field trip lunch was very simple; a thick turkey and Gouda cheese sandwich cut into half with MOSI lettering, organic granola bar cut into half and seedless grapes. I also sent him a huge snack box and a couple bottles of water which were not in picture.

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

 

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Crocodile Field Trip Bento

Nikolai is going on a field trip today with the entire third grade from his school. He told me that there might be alligators or crocodiles which he might get a chance to pet! I forgot which one he said though, but I managed to find a crocodile cookie cutter from my animal pals cookie cutter set and hope this lunch will surprise him.

Among our many lunchboxes, I believe the Trudeau Fuel box is the best to send for his field trips since the lid is attached to the box. He told me that he did not get to sit during his previous field trip since the benches were limited and I thought that it would be nice to have a convenient lunch box this time just in case.

 In this bento lunch:

• Crocodile shaped sandwich with icing eyes and nori accents (free hand cut). Granola bar and a mozzarella string cheese.
• A large strawberry cut into flower shape above some seedless red grapes in a square silicone cup.
• Cucumber slices in a square silicone cup.
• This lunch is packed in a Trudeau Fuel sandwich box.

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

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Bears Field Trip Bento

Nikolai is going on a field trip today and he is so excited. I sent some frozen apple sauce in our mini dipper, that does double duty as an additional ice pack and the apple sauce will thaw out by his lunch time.:)

In this bento lunch:

• Mini bears sandwiches (stacked), cut and stamped.
• Organic apple sauce in mini dipper, a spoon and a fig bar cut into half.
• Seedless green grapes.
• Organic baby carrots.

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

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Bento Lunch: Ice Cream bento for field trip

All of the 2nd grade students at Nikolai's school will be going to a hotel today for a tour sponsored by one of his classmate's parents who works at the hotel. They will be having lunch at a park after their tour.

In this bento lunch:

• A couple of whole wheat and pumpernickel bread ice cream shaped sandwiches with provolone cheese for face accents. I used the ice cream cutter from our lunch punch set for the sandwiches.
• Cucumber slices with an ice cream cupcake pick.
• Seedless green grapes and seedless red grapes with ice cream cupcake picks. I also included a cute Lunchbox Love note.

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

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