Monday, January 3, 2011

Letter of the week... J

J is for..... Jungle
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- Red-seedless grapes with a giraffe bento food pick
- Cheese stick is tucked in below the drink
- Animal Crackers... lion, monkey, giraffe, elepahnt
- Cucumber slices with a elephant bento food pick
- Black olives with a monkey bento food pick
- Pepperidge Farm Pretzel Thins and turkey rolls with a lion bento pick


J is for..... John Deere
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- J shaped sandwiches and John Deere fruit snacks
- John Deere tractor shaped cucumber slices and John Deere green... green pepper slices
-  Pepperidge Farm Pretzel Thins




J is for..... Jack-In-The-Box
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- Jack-in-the-box shaped sandwich... we colored the Jack-in-the-box head
   and taped it to the top of yogurt, the neck is pretzels that I slid on a tooth pick and
   stuck in the square sandwich, I used Organic Fruit Strips for the name Jack
- Organic raisins and mini Nutter Butters
- Carrot sticks, black olives and green pepper slices

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Letter of the week... I

I is for..... Insect
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- Bee shaped sandwich with a mini M&M for the eye and Organic Fruit Strips for the stripes
- Ladybug & Dragonfly graham crackers by Keebler: Bug Bites
- Cantaloupe shaped I and red-seedless grapes
- Sunchips, carrot sticks and a gummy spider on top




I is for..... Igloo
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- Igloo shaped sandwich... used a Wilton Edible Color Marker to draw the igloo
- The igloo is surrounded by popcorn
- Penguins made out of black olives, carrots, cheese & tooth picks holing it together
- Snow Cap Candies & red-seedless grapes





I is for..... Indian
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 - Indian shaped sandwich... the end of the bread was rolled flat and used for the hair & mouth,
   mini M&Ms for eyes and Organic Fruit Leather across the hair. The feathers are carrots
   and green peppers
- Pretzels and pumpkin & corn candy corn
- Red-seedless grapes with a leaf food pick



Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Letter of the week... H

H is for..... Heart
 

- Heart shaped sandwiches decorated with heart shapes cut out of organic Real Fruit Strips
- Heart shaped cantaloupe & carrots stick along the side
- Sun chips & Heart shaped Nestle Crunch candy











H is for..... Hand

- Hand shaped sandwich with finger nails cut out of organic Real Fruit Strips
   mini M&M's & carrot sticks create the shirt sleeve
- Red-seedless grapes & mini Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
- Cheese stick & Sun chips


Thursday, December 2, 2010

Letter of the week... G

G is for..... Ghost

• Ghost shaped sandwich decorated with brown M & Ms
• String cheese made to look like Ghosts with a food safe marker
• Letter G Cheez-It crackers: Scrabble Junior
• PEEPS Ghost
• Carrot sticks & cucumber slices
• Red-seedless grapes with a Ghost food pick




G is for..... Giraffe

• Giraffe shaped sandwich ~ used bread & crust to create the two tone
• Girsffe shaped Animal Crackers
• Carrot sticks with giraffe cucumbers marching on top
• Sunchips
• Red-Raspberries with a giraffe bento food pick



G is for..... Green

• G shaped sandwich
• Green goldfish crackers
• Green Andes Candie
• Cucumber slices
• Green monster made out of a Kiwi, pretzel sticks & fruit leather
   Got this cute idea from anotherlunch.com

Friday, November 5, 2010

Halloween Lunch

Pumpkins, Ghosts & Jack O'Lanterns


• Pumpkin shaped sandwich with shapes cut out of organic Real Fruit Strips
• Carrot sticks
• Ghost Marshmallows by Kraft & Mini Pumpkin Icing Decorations by Wilton's
• Red seedless grapes with pumpkin & ghost food pick
• Sun chips

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Letter of the week... F

F is for..... Fish

• Fish shaped sandwich decorated with M & Ms
• Swedish Fish
• Cucumber slices
• Whole strawberries
• Gold Fish Crackers











F is for..... Frankenstein

• Frankenstein shaped sandwich with green M & M eyes
   (used a food safe markers for the black part of the eye)
   other shapes are cut out of organic Real Fruit Strips
• Red seedless grapes on Wilton cupcake picks
• Sun Chips
• Green pepper slices & candy corn in a plastic colored shot cup

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Letter of the week... E

E is for..... Elephant


• Carrot sticks
• Red-seedless grapes with a elephant Bento pick
• Cashew nuts

• Elephant shaped Animal Crackers
• Letter E Cheez-It crackers: Scrabble Junior
• Elephant shaped sandwich with a mini M & M eye
 






E is for..... Eight

• Eight shaped sandwiches with the word EIGHT cut out of
    organic Real Fruit Strips
• 8 raspberries
• 8 pretzels
• 8 carrot sticks
• 8 black olive slices