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Thursday, July 28, 2011

Flip Flop Fun

You Will Flip For This Lunch!


• Flip Flop cookies: Nutter Butters with
   Twizzlers and pink m&m's
• Red-seedless grapes with a flip flop cupcake pick
• Drink
• Pretzels
• A foot shaped sandwich with regular & mini m&m's
   for painted toes
• Carrot sticks with dip in a plastic shot glass

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Ready, Set, Goal!

What a kick is this muffin tin meal!


My son is playing soccer for the first time this summer, so of course, a
soccer themed muffin tin meal!

• Soccer Ball chocolate candies
• Red-seedless grapes with a soccer ball cupcake pick
• Drink
• Cucumber slices with a  soccer ball cupcake pick
• A rounds sandwich with a slice of cheese on top: I used
   black Wilton food safe marker to make it look like a soccer ball
• Pretzels with a  soccer ball cupcake pick

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

A Berry Easy Lunch Box

Berry Yummy

This bento lunch was packed in Easy Lunch Boxes

• Strawberry shaped sandwiches with green colored sprinkles
   for the stems
• Mallo-Licious: Strawberry (I found them at Walmart)
• Strawberry cupcake picks
• Pretzel sticks
• Cucumber slices
• Whole strawberries




Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Let's Go Tubing

Lunch at the Lake!

We spent the day at the lake boating and tubing with the kids. The Easy Lunch Boxes
worked great for eating lunch on the boat!


This bento lunch was packed in Easy Lunch Boxes

A fish shaped sandwich with an icing eye
• Carrot sticks
• Tubing Bears: Gummy Life Savers with Teddy Grams
• Goldfish Crackers
• Watermelon balls

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Tasty Tuesday

Toothpick Tuesday!

I saw this idea a few months ago on another blog but can't remember which one!

• Red-seedless grapes
• Cheese cubes
• Drink
• Cucumber cubes
• Mini sandwiches in the shape of circles
• Pretzels

Friday, July 15, 2011

Christmas in July

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas... for lunch!


What a fun way to take a break from the hot summer days... Christmas in July!

Green tree silicone cupcake liners with pretzels
• Christmas tree & star shaped marshmallows
Green tree silicone cupcake liners with pretzels
• A strawberry with a Christmas tree cupcake pick

• A Christmas tree shaped sandwich with mini m&m
• Carrot sticks with dip in a plastic shot glass



Thursday, July 14, 2011

Happy Birthday

♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ Happy 6th Birthday Alex ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫

Today is my son's 6th birthday! So to celebrate... what better than a birthday themed
muffin tin meal! He asked for his sandwich to be a present! What a great idea!

A strawberry with balloon cupcake picks
• A sandwich shaped like a present: a square sandwich
   with candy for ribbon and a bow
• Drink
• Cheese slices cut in the shape of the number 6
• Cucumber slices with a happy birthday cupcake pick
• Pretzels

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

The First Avenger

Captain America!


In honor of the Captain America: The First Avenger movie that is coming out in a week,
I made my son this bento lunch. He was very excited when he open this lunch and saw the
Captain America shield. So guess what he ate first! He has now requested that I do other
super heroes for his lunches! Sounds like a challenge!



This bento lunch was packed in Easy Lunch Boxes

A round sandwich with cheese on top. The cheese is just a circle that
   I colored with Wilton food safe markers. I than cut star shapes out
   of cheese and laid them on top
• Multigrain chips
• Star shaped marshmallows
• Red-seedless grapes with a blue star pick
• Cucumber slices with a red star pick




Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Butterfly Bento

Butterfly Kisses!

This bento lunch was packed in Easy Lunch Boxes

Pretzels
• Baby bel cheese with a flower cup out
• A round sandwich with a butterfly sitting on top make with
   m&m's and pretzels
• Broccoli and dip in a plastic shot glass
• Red-seedless grapes with 2 flower cupcake picks













Thursday, July 7, 2011

Something smells fishy....

.... It's my Easy Lunch Box lunch!!!


This bento lunch was packed in Easy Lunch Boxes

I just love the Easy Lunch Box containers for those busy days.
I can make the lunches the night before and stick them in the refrigerator.
At lunch, the kids can get them out, open them by themselves and eat.

• A sandwich with a slice of cheese in the shape of a fish
   with an icing eye and blue candy for bubbles
• Gold Fish crackers
• Watermelon balls
• Carrot sticks


Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Purses are like friends...

You can never have to many!!!

This bento lunch was packed in Easy Lunch Boxes

This lunch idea was inspired by our leftover Easter candy
and my daughters love for anything girly.

• A purse sandwich pastel green & pink m&m's and marshmallow candy stick
   for the purse handle
• Pretzel snaps
• Watermelon balls with a purse cupcake pick
• Broccoli with dip in a plastic shot glass


Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Happy 4th of July

Celebrate Freedom!!!


• A star shaped sandwich with blue & red m&m's on it
• Carrot sticks with dip in a plastic shot glass
• Star shaped apple slices
• Baby Bel cheese with a star shape cut-out

Friday, July 1, 2011

Old Glory

Hurrah for the flag of the free!!!

• A flag shaped sandwich with blue & red m&m's
• Carrot sticks
• Pretzel sticks
• Apple slices