Bear with Puzzle Bento And A Bear Bento (2)

Nikolai enjoyed these two bentos on different days. He was under the weather and didn't have much of an appetite but requested for bears. He also told me that the puzzle in the first bento looked like a castle and the bear is in a castle. He has great imagination.(^_^)

Bear with puzzle bento

In this bento lunch:

• Puzzle shaped sandwich cut using the lunch punch and a bear shaped cheddar cheese cut and stamped into bear shape.
• Pear and carrot slices. This lunch is packed in a cute lucky bear lunch box. Linked to BentoLunch.net

Bear Bento 

 In this bento lunch:

• Bear shaped sandwich cut using a bear cookie cutter with raisin eyes and mouth.
• Cheese crackers.
• Seedless black grapes and cucumber slices. This lunch is packed in a Rubbermaid lunch box.

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

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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: You're so sweet cupcake Valentine's bento

Happy Monday and how was your weekend? We had a fun one, walked along the beach, reunion dinner with lots of food and were out and about a lot. I love using one of our cutters from the lunch punch set during busy mornings especially Mondays. Today, I decided to use the cupcake cutter from the Sweet set and I am sure that this lunch will make Nikolai's day more cheerful.

 In this bento lunch:

• Cup cake shaped sandwich from lunch punches sweet set with a heart shaped cut out.
• Seedless red grapes and heart shaped strawberry cut into half.
• Organic baby carrors and granola bar. Included a lunch box love note and packed in a Rubbermaid lunch blox.

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

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Bento Lunch: Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer bento

I hope you all had a great weekend. Our weekend was quite hectic with Christmas shopping, but was fun and filled with Christmas spirit. I need to gather most packages for relatives and friends who live overseas by end of this week and send them out so that they will reach there before Christmas.

In this bento:

• Rudolph sandwich made with a heart shaped cookie cutter. Antlers are pretzels, candy eyes and a cherry tomato for red nose.
• Organic baby carrots and cherry tomatoes.
• Cuties clementine orange wedges along the far top. Packed in Rubbermaid Lunchblox.

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

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Bento Lunch: Veggie Burger Bento

Happy Friday! This is by request by N this morning. The veggie burgers just required heating in the microwave and while I was waiting for them to cool down, I put together the rest of this bento lunch. Less than 10 mins. Have a great weekend everyone!!

In this bento:

• MorningStar Farms grillers veggie burger on lettuce leaf and topped with cute baran sheet.
• Flower shaped carrot pieces.
• Organic golden rounds crackers and seedless red grapes with picks that matched the baran sheet.
• At the very top there is a cheese stick. Packed in Rubbermaid Lunchblox.

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

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Bento Snack: Bears

This is a snack bento that I made last Saturday as a last minute request. N represented his school for a competition last Saturday and lunch was provided, but as soon as he woke up that morning he came with a bear cookie cutter and said "Mom, can you make me a snack bento and I want bears".
How could I reject a cutie in his pajamas holding a cookie cutter even though everyone was in a hurry!! So, here is a super easy snack bento that I made for him and dad to share. There is no time for me to cut any fruits and our Crunchies natural snacks came in handy that morning. Linking to BentoBlogNetwork.com

 In this bento:

• Organic baby carrots.
• Mixed fruit crunchies natural fruit snacks.
• Nutella and SunButter bear shaped sandwiches with candy eyes and raisin nose.

Here are the items that I used to make this snack.

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Bento Lunch: Dog House & Dog Bento

Fortunately tropical storm Isaac passed by with minimal affect in this part of FL and schools had been cancelled on Monday.
We are praying that where it does make landfall, those affected will be prepared and protected!
Our dog's name is Snoopy and I made this bento with the hope of putting a chuckle on N's face when he sees our dog's name during his lunch time :)

In this bento: From left to right - dog house shaped sandwich with fruit leather letters, dog shaped sandwich with bread crust ear and tail, his nose is from raisin and candy eye, bone shaped graham crackers, bone shaped cucumber slices and paw shaped cantaloupe slices. Packed in Rubbermaid LunchBlox

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Review: Rubbermaid Lunch Blox And Ice Cream, Cup Cake Bento Lunch

Sometime back I purchased a Rubbermaid Lunch Blox from our local Target store. I though it will be a great back to school lunch box. I particularly like the slide in dividers to keep different foods separated. Rubbermaid sent me the entire Lunch Blox Entree Kit and also a Lunch Bag as a thank you gift recently.

I found the lids are secure and the containers snap on the cold pack perfectly. They are also durable and the pieces interlock well. The Lunch Blox containers are BPA free, leak proof, microwave, dishwasher and freezer safe also. Make sure to check back for more reviews on other lunch boxes.

I especially like it when the lunch can be carried flat and love this lunch bag.

The bag features a bottle holder, side pocket, comfort-grip handle and removable shoulder strap.

In the bento: From the top to bottom, seedless green grapes with strawberries cut into heart shapes. Eggland's Best Egg fits nicely into the small container which isolates the egg smell from other foods, blanched broccoli florets and carrot chips, cupcake and ice cream cone sandwiches with asaigo and colby cheese accents, some sprinkles topped the cupcake.

Disclosure: These items were given to me as a gift. I was not compensated in any way for this review and the opinions expressed are my own.

Here are the items that I used for this lunch.

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Agent P Bento from Phineas and Ferb

We are home from our holiday to Europe and there is so much to catch up on, not to mention unpacking which I am doing slowly. The famous Agent P, a.k.a Perry The Platypus from Phineas & Ferb is one of our son's favorite characters. He even has a cherished plush toy which transforms from Perry to Agent P!

In the bento: Agent P sandwich with nori eyebrows, smoked gouda cheese eyes, nori pupils, American cheese beak, hat is made of bread crust with nori hat band, peas and carrots, blueberries under the strawberry. Packed in Rubbermaid Lunch Blox.Linking to kitchenfunwithmy3sons and BentoLunch.net

Here are the items that I used to make this lunch.

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