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Friday, April 29, 2011

Lions & Tigers & Bears, OH MY!

We're going to the zoo, zoo, zoo
How about you, you, you?

This bento lunch was packed in Easy Lunch Boxes


• ZOO shaped sandwich with bento lion & giraffe picks
• Pretzel snaps
• Tiger animal crackers
• Red-seedless grapes with a elephant bento pick
• Carrot sticks
• Black olives with a monkey & panda bento pick


Thursday, April 28, 2011

Worms covered in mud ~ MTM

Gettin' Down and Dirty with this Muffin Tin Meal

• Chocolate pudding with crushed cookies for dirt and gummy worms
• Whole grain Tostitos chips
• Drink
• Strawberry slices with a gummy worm
• Worm shaped sandwiches with icing eyes
• Cucumber slices with a gummy worm

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Letter of the week... Z

Z is for..... Zebra

This lunch was packed in Easy Lunch Boxes



• A zebra shaped sandwich with icing eyes and
   organic fruit leather for the stripes and hair
   and 2 colored sprinkles for the mouth
• Pretzel sticks & thin mint cookies
• Strawberries
• Cucumber slices with a zebra pick













Z is for..... Zorro

This lunch was packed in Easy Lunch Boxes



• A sandwich with Zorro's Z cut into the sandwich
•  Carrot sticks
• Thin Mint cookies
• Pretzel Snaps
• Strawberries
• Blueberries with Zorro's sword
   through a few of the berries
















Tuesday, April 26, 2011

April Showers ~ MTM

Bring May Flowers ~ Muffin Tin Meal

• Blue raindrop m&m's
• Pretzel snaps
• Mini flower sandwiches with yellow m&m centers
• Watermelon slices cut into leaf shapes
• Carrot sticks and dip in a plastic shot glass






Monday, April 25, 2011

Bunny Bento

There's no-bunny like you!

This bento lunch was packed in Easy Lunch Boxes


• Bunny shaped sandwich with an icing eye
• String cheese stick
• Chickadees crackers form Target: Market Pantry
• Carrot sticks
• Marshmallow bunnies
• Red-seedless grapes with a bunny pick



Friday, April 22, 2011

Bunny Tales ~ MTM

Here comes Peter Cotton-candy-tail~ Muffin Tin Meal

I wish I could take credit for this lunch idea, but, it was my 5-year-old sons idea!
So proud of his creativity and thinking outside the lunchbox!
Oh, and the bunny tail has the first thing he ate! Hop Hop Hop

• A bunny butt shaped sandwich with a small cotton candy tail
• Cucumber slices
• Red-seedless grapes with a bunny bento pick
• Bunny crackers by Annie's Organic Snack Mix
• Chocolate cover pretzels




 These are the cookie cutters that I used to
make the bunny tail sandwich.


























Thursday, April 21, 2011

Get Crackin'

It's Easter time for PEEPS sake!

This bento lunch was packed in Easy Lunch Boxes


• Egg shaped sandwich with a egg shaped slice of
   cheese on top: cheese is colored with Wilton food save markers
• Marshmallow PEEP
• Cucumber slices with a peep cupcake pick
• Carrot sticks
• Sun Chips
• Watermelon balls

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Easter Basket ~ MTM

Put all your eggs in one basket ~ Muffin Tin Meal


• A Easter basket shaped sandwich with candy eggs in the basket
• Carrot sticks
• Strawberries
• Egg shaped cheese slices
• Sun Chips


Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Letter of the week... Y

Y is for..... Yoda

This lunch was packed in Easy Lunch Boxes


• Pretzels sticks
• A Yoda shaped sandwich with green m&m's for his eyes
   (the sandwich was made with the Williams Sonoma:
   Star Wars Heroes & Villians Pancake Molds
• Red-seedless grapes with Yoda's greet light saber cupcake pick
• Cucumber slices
• Star Wars fruit snack pack


Monday, April 18, 2011

"EGG"stra Special ~ MTM

It's a "EGG"srta Special Muffin Tin Meal for Easter


• A plastic egg with candy
• Red-seedless grapes with a bunny pick
• Drink
• Bunny crackers by Annie's Organic Snack Mix
• Bunny shaped sandwich with a icing eye
• Carrots with dip in a plastic shot glass


Friday, April 15, 2011

Her Comes Peter Cottontail Bento Style

Hoppin' down the bunny trail,
Hippity, hoppity, Easter's on it's way!

 This lunch was packed in Easy Lunch Boxes


• Cheese shaped Bunnies
• Sandwich roll-up: peanut butter & mixed berry jam
• Red-seedless grapes
• Marshmallow bunnies
• Black olives with a pink bunny pick
• Carrot sticks and dip in plastic shot glass





Thursday, April 14, 2011

Butterfly Garden ~ MTM

The butterfly is a flying flower ~ Muffin Tin Meal


• Chocolate cover pretzels
• Red-seedless grapes with a flower pick
• Drink
• Turkey slices rolled
• Butterfly crackers from Pepperidge Farm : Golden Butter
• Butterfly shaped cheese slices




 
       

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Easter Blessings ~ MTM

The Lamb of God ~ Muffin Tin Meal


• Red-seedless grapes with a cross pick
• Lindt Chocolate lamb
• Drink
• Pretzel snaps & cross shaped cheese slices
• Cross shaped sandwiches
• Cross shaped cucumber slices





 
  

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

All Ears ~ MTM

Everybunny needs a friend that is ALL EARS ~ Muffin Tin Meal


• A Easter bunny shaped sandwich created with: cheese, match-stick
   carrots, black olive & icing eyes
• Black olives, carrot sticks and dip in a plastic shot glass
• Mini watermelon balls with a pink bunny bento pick
• Mini Club Crackers & heart shaped cheese





 

Monday, April 11, 2011

Letter of the week... X

X is for..... X marks the spot

 
This lunch was packed in Easy Lunch Boxes


• Red-seedless grapes on 2 pirate sword picks
• A square shaped sandwich
• Cheese slice with a treasure map on it: blue m&m's for water, food safe markers,
  and an X made with organic fruit leathers
• Pretzels snaps
• Cucumber slices
• Fruit snack pack: Davy Jones Sunken Treasure




X is for..... Xylophone

 
This lunch was packed in Easy Lunch Boxes


• String Cheese
• A xylophone shaped sandwich with m&m's
• Drum sticks made from marshmallows and pretzel sticks
• Blueberries with a X bento pick
• Carrot sticks
• Pretzels sticks  

Friday, April 8, 2011

Flower Power ~ MTM

It's A Spring Thing ~ Muffin Tin Meal


• Mini flower shapes sandwiches with mini yellow m & m centers
• Baby flower shaped carrots
• Red-seedless grapes on leaf bento picks
• Ranch dip in a plastic shot glass
• Pretzel snaps in a Wilton silicone cup






Thursday, April 7, 2011

My Little PEEPS ~ MTM

Hangin' With My PEEPS ~ Muffin Tin Meal


• A Marshmallow PEEP
• Red-seedless grapes with a chick pick
• Drink
• Chickadees crackers form Target: Market Pantry
• Chick shaped sandwiches
• Chick shaped cucumber slices





   

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Bunny Love ~ MTM

Some Bunny Loves Leftovers ~ Muffin Tin Meal


• A plastic carrot with jelly beans
• Strawberries with a bunny pick
• Drink
• Salad with black olives and croutons
• Diced chicken with ketchup in a plastic shot glass
• Brown rice


Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Letter of the week... W

W is for..... Whale

 This lunch was packed in Easy Lunch Boxes


• A whale shaped sandwich with an icing eye
   and 2 colored sprinkles for the mouth
• String cheese
• Strawberries
• Carrot sticks
• Whale crackers
• Thin Mint cookies with a whale cracker on top



W is for..... Worms

This lunch was packed in Easy Lunch Boxes

• Two worm shaped sandwiches with an icing eye
   and colored sprinkles for the mouth
• A banana
• Gummy worms
• Pretzels with gummy worms crawling through them
• Cucumbers & black olives



Monday, April 4, 2011

Tiptoe Through The Tulips Bento Style

Come tiptoe through the tulips with me!
Knee deep in flowers we'll stray


This lunch was packed in Easy Lunch Boxes

• Mini tulip sandwiches with pretzels sticks
• Green m & m's
• Broccoli, carrot sticks and dip in a plastic shot glass
• Babybel cheese with a tulip shape cut out
• Red-seedless grapes




  

Friday, April 1, 2011

Flippin' Around ~ MTM

A Muffin Tin Meal to flip for!


• A dolphin shaped sandwich with a icing eye
• Pretzel snaps
• Carrots with dip in a plastic shot glass
• Strawberries
• Blue candy