ABC, 123

Kindergarten Open House today!

• Red-seedless grapes with ABC bento picks

• Pretzel snaps and cheese cubes

• Drink

• 123 shaped sandwiches

Tuesday's Tip ~ 4

Food Safe Markers!!!

I like to use food safe markers to add colorful detail to my lunches.

I use them to color on cheese slices, on icing eyes or on bread to create rosy cheeks.

Here are a few examples below along with links to the lunches...

http://cookiecutterlunch.blogspot.com/2011/04/letter-of-week-x.html

http://cookiecutterlunch.blogspot.com/2011/07/ready-set-goal.html

http://cookiecutterlunch.blogspot.com/2011/07/ready-set-goal.html

http://cookiecutterlunch.blogspot.com/2011/07/ready-set-goal.html

http://cookiecutterlunch.blogspot.com/2011/07/first-avenger.html

http://cookiecutterlunch.blogspot.com/2011/02/letter-of-week-q.html

A Beary Quick Lunch

Beary Yummy!

• Teddy Bears Little Cookies
• Round sandwich with a mini bear cheese shape on top
• Pretzel snaps
• A Wilton's bear silicone cup with peaches
• Mini bears shaped cucumber slices
• A Wilton's bear silicone cup with mini bear shaped cheese slices

Purr-fectly Simple

Purr-fectly Bento

This bento lunch was packed in Sassy On-the-Go Feeding Set

• Kitty shaped sandwich

• Pretzel snaps

• Dip in a plastic shot glass

• Peaches with a kitty bento pick

• Carrot sticks

• Star burst

Flowers & Butterflies

Fluffer by for lunch, Butterfly

• Red-seedless grapes
• Carrot sticks with dip in a plastic shot glass
• Flower shaped cookies: Murray Sugar Free Shortbread cookies
• Babybel cheese
• Butterfly shaped crackers: Pepperidge Farm Golden Butter
• Guacamole to spread on the crackers
• Small child size butter knife from Ikea

Tuesday's Tip ~ 3

More than one use for a heart shaped cookie cutter!!!

I like to think outside the box. So I try to find multiple uses for my supplies.

The heart shaped cookie cutter in not just for Valentine's Day!

Here are a few examples below along with links to the lunches...

http://cookiecutterlunch.blogspot.com/2011/04/all-ears-mtm.html

http://cookiecutterlunch.blogspot.com/2011/08/and-they-called-it.html

http://cookiecutterlunch.blogspot.com/2011/04/all-ears-mtm.html

What's For Lunch?

Worms & Dirt... Dig In!


• Worms shaped sandwiches with icing eyes
• Chocolate pudding with gummy worms
• cucumber slices
• Red-seedless grapes
• Pretzel sticks
• A crushed Oreo sprinkled on the plate

What's Your Favorite Color?

Green... Is My Son's Favorite Color!

• Green Key Lime Pie Fiber One Yogurt
• Green m&m's
• Green cup
• Green cupcake pick with cucumber slices
• Sandwich triangles
• Green Guacamole Tortilla Chips by Clancy's

Funny Faces ~ spiked hair

How many Funny Faces can you make?


• A funny face sandwich with pretzel sticks for hair, purple sprinkles eyebrows,
   icing eyes, m&m nose and a carrot mouth
• Red-seedless grapes
• Pretzel sticks
• Carrot sticks with dip in a plastic shot glass

Tuesday's Tip ~ 2

Peanut Butter!!!

Because my kids love peanut butter and jelly sandwiches

I use the peanut butter like my glue. It will hold many things

onto the sandwiches.

Here are a few examples below...

Peanut butter hold icing eyes in place

http://cookiecutterlunch.blogspot.com/2011/05/frog-prince-mtm.html

Peanut butter hold on m&m's

http://cookiecutterlunch.blogspot.com/2011/02/letter-of-week-m.html

Peanut butter holds on pretzel sticks to create this nest

http://cookiecutterlunch.blogspot.com/2011/02/letter-of-week-n.html

Peanut butter holds on sprinkles

http://cookiecutterlunch.blogspot.com/2011/08/hey-cupcake.html

And They Called It...

...Puppy Love ♥

• Cucumber slices with a puppy bento pick
• Red-seedless grapes with a heart shaped bento pick
• Scooby-Doo Graham Cracker sticks
• A puppy shaped sandwich make with a heart shaped cookie cutter
  Icings eyes, m&m nose, cheese slices for ears

Hey Cupcake...

....Lunch Is Ready!!!


• Pretzels
• Peach Slices
• Drink
• Mini Cupcake shaped cheese slices
• Cupcake shaped sandwich with sprinkles
   and a red m&m on top (sprinkles & m&m
   were put on with peanut butter)
• Smarties candy

Tuesday's Tip ~ 1

I get many questions about how I assemble my lunches, what products I use, etc.
So I thought I would start sharing with you my tips & tricks. Thanks for all the questions!
I love sharing my ideas and what works for me.

Air Heads Xtremes Sweetly Sour Belts!!!

I found this candy in the check out lane of my grocery store.
I personally don't care for the taste, but the kids love it!

Here are a couple ways that I've used it in my lunches.

• I used two pieces to create this little bears swimsuit. I used a small
   round cookie cutter to make the arm & leg holes and neck.

• These flip flop cookies are super easy to create. They are Nutter
   Butter Cookies. Just cut the Air Heads into smaller strips and sized
   to fit. Add a m&m on top and you have a flip flop cookie.

Olive Garden ~ MTM

Left Overs For Lunch!!!


• Olive Garden mints
• Bread Stick
• Olive Garden kids cup with Peach Tea: Crystal Light
• Peach slices
• Chicken Tenders
• Pasta (this lunch has no sauce for the pasta because my son
   do not like sauce on his pasta)

Just Swimmin Around

A lunch to flip for!!!

• Watermelon
• Pretzel sticks
• Drink
• Cucumber slices
• Peanut Butter sandwich rolls with dolphin cupcake picks
   jumping out of the rolled sandwiches
• Fish gummies

Swimsuit Edition of MTM

A Beary Cute Bikini!


• BabyBel cheese with a beach umbrella cupcake pick
• Carrot sticks with dip in a plastic shot glass and
   a bucket cupcake pick
• Drink
•  Teddy Bear Cookies
• A bear sandwich dressing in a swim suit
   made from Air Heads Sour Belts, sprinkles and icing eyes
• Red-seedless grapes with a beach ball cupcake pick

Flowers For Lunch

Flowers Feed The Soul!

• A flowered shaped sandwich with yellow regular and mini m&ms
• Cherry slices with a flower cupcake pick
• Pretzels
• Carrot sticks with dip in a plastic shot glass