Angry Birds Memorial Day Bento

Since we are all off for Memorial Day, I had plenty of time on my hands to play around with a fun lunch for Ben.

I've been wanting to try an Angry Birds one for awhile as it's one of his favorite iTouch games. (We also still love OmNom and Cut the Rope.) Of course, being Memorial Day, the Angry Bird had to be flying in with his American flag, which did amuse the husband as well.

Ben has Angry Bird cream cheese and jelly sandwiches.  The three pigs, plus the bird, used out about two whole slices of bread, so pretty close to a regular sandwich worth.  I used the heel of the bread to make the pigs' noses and the upper layer of the bird.  The eyes are Wilton candy eyes, the beak on the bird is cheese, and the eyebrows/tail on the bird are grape fruit leather from the Stretch Island Fruit Company.  To go with that, he had pineapple and vanilla yogurt with sprinkles (oddly enough, I do not own red/blue sprinkles; this must be remedied).  Lunch is packed in our Easy Lunchboxes (also available on Amazon).

Last Day, Half Day Bento

Today was the kids' last day of school and they only had a half day, over at 11:30. They both still had a short lunchtime, so I went ahead and sent them a little bento to tide them over, and hopefully counteract the goodies they were getting at their class parties.

In the bento, they each had two mini chili-cornbread muffins, some apple cinnamon granola bites we are taste testing for a blog review, some carrot sticks and some strawberries.  This is Faith's box, as evidenced by the bunny picks.

We'll still be bento-making in the summer.  Ben has Cub Scout Day Camp, the kids like to picnic, and I have ideas in my head that might be a great test-run in our kitchen.  Plus my 5 year blogaversary is at the end of June and I'll have goodies to give away for that!  Stay tuned!

What's for Lunch Wednesday, Week 104

Welcome to "What's for Lunch" Wednesday!!!

Thanks so much for joining in last week if you did and looking forward to seeing all the fun lunches this week!

Want to join in?

Just choose a bento (please, just one bento or post or link) you've made from the last week you want to share, copy the URL of that post from your blog (you may need to click on the title to get it), and enter it into the linky below.

Click on the "Add Your Link" button to add yours and follow the steps, it's simple, I promise!

Pretzel Roll Bentos!

It's the last week of school! So my current plan involves finishing out some of the random bits and pieces of food before that happens. While we do make lunches in the summer, the kids often fend for themselves and the husband comes home frequently for lunch so that justifies a bit of cooking at mid-day.
We did have pretzel rolls in the fridge and that is what both F&B requested today.

Faith had a turkey and cheese sandwich on a pretzel roll, along with strawberries, grapes and carrots. I also added some creme brûlée crisps after the picture.

Ben had the same sandwich, carrot and grapes, along with a cutie orange, plus I added some granola bites to his box.  It was early, I flaked on a treat for both till after I looked at the pictures!

And one more beg to help me out? You can click the badge below to go vote for me for the Top 25 Foodie Mom blogs over at Circle of Moms. All you have to do is find my blog (it's around #7 right now), then click on the thumbs up next to it to vote for it. No email, no registration, just a click! You can vote once every 24 hours, through the 29th!

 

Quick & Crazy Morning Bento

This is what happens when you get up too late, half to resort to default items in the fridge, lose your new camera (which you didn't lose but forgot how tiny it was and thus missed it in your purse), and half to take a picture on the floor, while holding a puppy who wants to eat the lunch! Yes, it was one of those mornings.

Ben had a turkey and cheese sandwich that he didn't eat the yesterday, so I cut it in half, stuck it in a bento box and planned to use it today. It's topped with a cute little cheese car with opposite color wheels (the puppy ate the other cutouts for me). To go with it, he has strawberries, carrots and little granola bites. And the picture is crooked, thanks to the puppy. But I did find my camera as soon as the kids had left for school.

Ben's Field Day Bento

Ben's field day was actually the day before Faith's, but only he needed lunch that day. Her basketball team was having an end of the season pizza lunch, so it was just one bento needed. Ben knew I had one corndog muffin hiding in the freezer and asked if he could have that, so I went with it.

He has the corndog muffin, raisin granola bar, a strawberry, raspberries, carrots and cucumber.  I figured they'd probably have treats at field day (I was right), so decided against too many goodies.

A Froggie Field Day Bento for Faith

It's all alliteration, all the time around here.

Yesterday was the fourth grade science fair, highlighting a project entitled "Fabulous Fungi" by Faith. Then today is Field Day, so we've got a frog lunch for Miss Faith as well. I'm easily amused.

For Field Day, Miss Faith had a turkey and cheese sandwich on whole wheat rounds, topped with a cute little muenster frog (his eyes/smile are bits of cucumber peel). To go with that, she had regular cucumber rounds (peeled), carrot sticks, strawberries, and a cupcake I made for Ben's class, but I added white icing and strawberries to hers instead. Lunch is packed in our Easy Lunchboxes (also available on Amazon).

And if you'd like to help me out, you can click the badge below to go vote for me for the Top 25 Foodie Mom blogs over at Circle of Moms. All you have to do is find my blog (it's around #6 right now), then click on the thumbs up next to it to vote for it. No email, no registration, just a click! You can vote once every 24 hours, through the 29th!