Letter of the week... O

O is for..... Orange
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- O shaped sandwich with orange mini M&Ms on it
- Cheese curls
- Orange O shaped gummy candies
- Carrot sticks
- Orange slice

O is for..... Owl
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- Owl shaped shaped sandwich with a provolone cheese slice cut into
   small circle and mini brown M&M's for the eyes. Carrot sticks for
   the nose and feet. Bread crust is used for the wings and ears.
- String cheese stick with Who Who Who written on the plastic wrapper
  with a black marker
- Orange slices
- Pretzels
- Carrot sticks

O is for..... Olympic Flag
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- This week Alex's class learned about the Winter Olympics and held there own
   Winter Olympics... this was his lunch on Olympic d

- Flag shaped sandwich with the Olympic rings made  with M&M's
- Mini M&M's in the Olympic colors
- Cucumber slices with a USA flag cupcake pick
- Cantaloupe balls  with another USA flag cupcake pick in a cupcake paper
- Pepperidge Farm Pretzel Thins

Letter of the week... N

N is for..... Numbers
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- The sandwich has the numbers 1, 2, 3 cut-out
- The string cheese stick has the numbers 4, 5, 6, 7 written on the
   plastic wrapper with black marker
- Cantaloupe cut in the shape of the number 8
- Green peppers cut into the shape of the number 9 and black olives under the 9's
- Sun chips
- Chocolate pudding

N is for..... Nest
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- The sandwich is an oval shaped and I used pretzel sticks & peanut butter to create a nest.
   The eggs in the nest are cut out of cheese slices
- Mini Oreo cookies and Pepperidge Farm Pretzel Thins
- Some of our eggs hatched into pineapple shaped baby chicks
- Carrot stick in a green cupcake

Letter of the week... M

M is for..... Mouse
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- Mouse shaped sandwich created out of a hot dog bun with mini M&M's for the eyes
   and a regular M&M for the nose. The ears and tail are part of the bun rolled flat and
   cut with a pizza cutter.
- String cheese stick cut into pieces & turkey rolls
- Mini Crunch candy bar & pretzels
- Green pepper & red-seedless grapes

... Here's a closer look at the mouse ...

M is for..... Mouth
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- Mouth shaped sandwich with a slice of provolone cheese inside the mouth,
   cucumbers & black olives for the eyes held into the sandwich with toothpicks.

- 3 black olives, turkey rolls and cucumber slices

- Pepperidge Farm Pretzel Thins & 2 Andie's candies

- A peeled orange

M is for..... Monkey
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- Monkey shaped sandwich with M&M's for eyes and a piece of crust for the mouth

- String Cheese with the word Monkey written on the plastic wrapper

- Pretzels & mini Oreos

- Carrot sticks & pineapple cubes with a monkey bento food pick

Review Week... ABCD... EFGH... IJKL

Reviewing..... A B C D
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- A & C shaped sandwiches
- B & D Cheez-It crackers: Scrabble Junior
- Carrot Sticks and red-seedless grapes
- Fruit snack pack and Sun Chips

Reviewing..... E F G H
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- E & G shaped sandwiches
- Provolone cheese slice that I wrote F & H on with Wilton food
   safe markers
- Mini Oreos & pretzels
- Red-seedless grapes & cucumber slices with bento food picks
   E for elephant, F for frog & G for giraffe

Reviewing..... I J K L
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- Turkey rolls with provolone cheese slices cut in to I, J, K, L shapes
- Carrot sticks & red-seedless grapes
-  Keebler club crackers & a fruit snack pack

Letter of the week... L

L is for..... Ladybug
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- Ladybug shaped sandwich created with mini M&M's for the eyes and the end of the bread rolled flat.
- Red M & M's surround the ladybug sandwich.
- Ladybug graham crackers by Keebler: Bug Bites
- Letter L Cheez-It crackers: Scrabble Junior
- Black olives, carrot sticks and a box of organic raisins

L is for..... Lion
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- Lion shaped sandwich created with mini M&M's and Cheez-It crackers
- String Cheese with the word Lion written on the plastic wrapper
- Lion shaped Animal Crackers
- Red-seedless grapes with a lion bento food pick
- Carrot sticks

L is for..... Leaves
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- A leaf shaped sandwich
- Pepperidge Farm Pretzel Thins
- Watermelon cut-out in the shapes of oak leaves
- Rolo candy
- Carrot sticks, cucumber slices with a leave cupcake pick and black olives

Christmas Lunch

Rudolph, the Red Nosed Reindeer
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- Rudolph shaped sandwich with mini M&M's for the eyes & a red M&M's for his nose.
   The antlers are created from the crust of the bead.
- Red-seedless grapes
- PEEPS Christmas Tree with a present cupcake pick
- Cucumber slices held together with a Santa cupcake pick & Christmas tree shaped pretzels

Letter of the week... K

K is for..... Kite
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- Kite shaped sandwich that was created with Organic Fruit Strips and Twizzlers Pull-n-Peel
- The word kite spelled out with Cheez-It crackers: Scrabble Junior
- Red-seedless grapes
- Cucumber slices, carrot sticks and mini Oreos

K is for..... King
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- King shaped sandwich with mini M&M eyes. The end of the bread was rolled flat
   and used for the hair & mouth. Provolone cheese was used to create the crown along with Wilton food
   safe marker for the detail on the crown.
- Cut up black olives, carrots & star shaped cucumber pieces with a
   Bento lion food pick... the King of The Jungle
- Sunchips & Pepperidge Farm Chessmen butter cookies - crown cookies

K is for..... Kris Kringle
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- Kris Kringle shaped sandwich, mini marshmallow & Christmas candy corn
- Watermelon cube with a present cupcake pick
- Cucumber slices with a Christmas tree cupcake pick and Pepperidge Farm Pretzel Thins