This year a friend and I decided it would be really fun to start packing our girls' lunches in bento boxes. (She has all girls too.) Since my girls have food sensitivities, I have to pack their lunches every day. It is really not that big of a deal, but as soon as I
have to do something, it seems to become drudgery quickly. I started bento-ing in the Fall at the beginning of the school year, and the feelings of drudgery melted away. In fact, I actually find joy in packing lunches. It has become a fun creative outlet for me and the girls LOVE to eat their lunches.
Both Morgan and Rachael have always been good eaters at home, but Rachael struggled finishing her lunch at school. In truth, until this year she never did. Now, she eats everything I pack her. This is because bento lunches are all about presentation, smaller portions and variety. For example, instead of sending her a snack sized bag full of grapes as a side dish in her lunch, I will send 4 grapes on cute picks, a strawberry, and half of a kiwi cut into triangles with a little animal fork so she can eat her fruit. One of our favorite bento supplies is the small dip container. It is tiny and the perfect size for a squirt of ranch dressing to accompany veggies. I am not sure who has more fun with the bentos, me in packing them, or the girls in eating them. *Kate also LOVES eating fun lunches and snacks now. What toddler wouldn't want to eat cheese in the shape of a duck or strawberries with a little doggy fork?*
Inspiration for my lunches has come from Melissa and her blog another
lunch. She has creative ideas that are just plain cute and simple to
implement. Once you get the hang of it, it really does not take much
time to throw together a fun lunch. Also, using bento supplies we don't
use brown bags or plastic bags so we are producing less waste. Go us!
Here are some of our favorite lunches from this school year, complete with names. Enjoy!
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| You Quack Me Up |
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| Pizza Rocks! |
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| I Heart You |
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| Twinkle-Twinkle Little Star |
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| Bronto-Bento |
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| Some Bunny Loves You |
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| Boo! | | |
2 comments:
I want to do this for Madeleine when she starts Kindergarten. There is a cute Asian store close to our house that has a lot of products for bento. Thanks for the ideas!
Woah, those are super cute! I need to come to your house and check out your supplies, so I'll know what to get for my kids (and maybe one for me! I go to school, too!).
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