Cam has two heart shaped sandwiches in the top section of her Bynto, strawberries and carrots in the middle section, grapes and tomatoes in the bottom section.
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8 JanIt’s a dino lunch!
Sort of.
I found some dino cutters in the dollar spot at Super Target last week so of course I grabbed them. I already had dinosaur picks so how could I pass up a cutter for $1?
It didn’t cut as nicely as I would have liked. Next time, I’ll cut the bread before I add the filling and see how it does.
Here’s how this theme plays out:
I packed two (brontosaurus?) sandwiches in the very top part. The speech bubble is just hand cut mozzarella cheese that I used food safe markers to write on.
The orange in the middle section sort of looks like a dino egg with a t-rex hatching from it so we’ll go with that. Next to the orange are some broccoli trees.
In the very bottom section I packed fish crackers (dino food) and stars along with a shooting star box to represent the comet or meteor that may have wiped them out.
Today’s lunch was packed in Cam’s brand new Bynto from Goodbyn. I had been wanting one of these since the summer but was waiting for a sale or a coupon code. So when the 40% coupon showed up over the Christmas break, I jumped on it. These boxes used to come with dishwasher safe stickers but sadly, they do not anymore as I learned the hard way. I ordered stickers yesterday.
I can’t really do a solid review yet since this is the first day we’ve used it. Cam seems to really like it and is super excited about putting stickers on it. It is a little tricky to open and close but I know she’ll get the hang of it. It seems sturdy and fits perfectly in her lunchbox. As pictured below…
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7 JanDid you know that a baby fish is called a fry?
I sure didn’t. Not until this weekend when I had an aquarium full of them.
Let me back up a sec so this makes sense.
Camryn got an aquarium for Christmas. The weekend after Christmas, her Daddy took her to the pet store where she picked out two fish. Those fish have been happy and thriving in their new home on our counter top.
Over the last few days we noticed that one of the fish was getting really… plump. And she was eating like crazy.
My Husband made a joke about her possibly being pregnant (at that point we didn’t even know it was a her – we just always referred to that fish as a girl).
Long story short, we go to my parents’ house for lunch and there are two fish in the tank.
We come home later that evening and there are nine.
Seven teeny tiny little fish.
We’re calling them the fry kids – remember them?
A fishy themed lunch seemed appropriate today.
Here it is.
I made two fish shaped sandwiches which represent her two full-grown fish. She also has mozzarella bubbles, and a cup full of fry kids (cupcake flavored Goldfish crackers). The grapes and tomatoes kind of look like the gravel in her aquarium and strawberries are her favorite so I put them in as well. I included a “great job” pick because she’s done such a good job of taking care of her new pets.
All nine of them.
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2 Jan
It’s a bunny bento!
For lunch today, Camers has a butterfly shaped turkey sandwich (okay so it’s not all bunnies ;)) with bunny cookies on top, bunny shaped mozzarella cheese, grapes and orange tomatoes.
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31 Dec
Cam and her Daddy are having a park day today so I packed her a fun little lunch that she could munch on when she got hungry.
We have a great park just down the road from us located right on the bay that has multiple playgrounds. Kids can run from playground to playground all afternoon and when they get tired of that, they can walk out on the dock and look at the boats going by or try to spy sea life under the water. Fun!
My two usually stay out a while when they go to this park so this will cover lunch and snack.
This lunch contains broccoli, strawberries, grapes, carrots, 4 hazelnut spread sandwiches (2 of each animal, stacked), and a small container which contains raisins and tiny chocolate candies.
Once I got everything packed, I realized that I hadn’t put any protein in her lunch so I threw in a cheese stick for good measure.
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30 DecHi Everyone!
It’s been a while. I took a break from posting to relax and enjoy my family. I hope you were able to do the same over the holiday.
I hadn’t been making bentos for Camryn due to the fact that we were either eating with family during lunchtime, eating out, or eating leftovers so there was no need.
I did make a snack bento for Cam to munch on while she was playing this afternoon.
I used a toothpick to write a quick message on her banana. The message will get darker as time goes on. This is only after about 15 minutes. I also cut a slit up the back of the banana to make it easier for her to peel.
She has clementines and grapes in the same tier with her banana.
In the other tier, she has a cheese stick sliced in half, Annie’s Bunny Friends and strawberries.
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21 DecHe’s Coming!
Today is Camryn’s last day of school before she is off for the holidays for the next two weeks. Her class is going to be watching Polar Express today while they sip hot chocolate with marshmallows and munch on popcorn. She also got to wear her pajamas and slippers to school. Best day ever? I’d say so.
For lunch I packed her two gingerbread man sandwiches (one filled with chocolate hazelnut spread and the other with chicken), clementines, strawberry Santa hats, candy cane Hershey Kisses, and egg nog cookies.
The Santa hats are super easy to make. I just cut the leaves from each strawberry & blotted dry with a paper towel so that the chocolate would stick. I dipped them in melted white chocolate and sprinkled white sparkly sprinkles over the top of the chocolate before it set. Then I cut a marshmallow in half and stuck it on top. If you didn’t want to mess with melted chocolate you could use banana slices or you could use the bigger marshmallows, sliced horizontally & just stick them to the bottom.
Egg nog cookies are just sugar cookies with a little cinnamon and nutmeg added to the dough before baking. When the cookies are cooled, I add egg nog to powdered sugar a teaspoon at a time and mix well until it becomes thin enough to drizzle over the cookies. I drizzle over with a fork and then add some sprinkles. That’s it.
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20 Dec
It’s a Christmas bento!
For lunch today I packed 3 gingerbread man cookies, clementines, 2 muffins that I added sprinkles to just before baking to make them more festive, 2 Christmas tree sandwiches decorated with sprinkles, and a candy cane Hershey Kiss.
I used a small star-shaped cutter to make the star for the tree. Then I smeared a little hazelnut spread on it and covered it with sprinkles. Voila!
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19 Dec
It’s a piggy bento!
Cam requested a pig bento today since she had a panda bento yesterday.
In this one, I packed a piggy sandwich along with two tiny flower shaped sandwiches. I had a little bread left from cutting the pig shape out and I didn’t want it to go to waste.
I also packed clementine wedges, Ritz Bitz cheese crackers, and 3 mini marshmallows in the tiny box. I had to include the mushroom box, pigs love mushrooms. Actually, pigs will eat anything. They’re not picky. I speak from experience.
I’m really not sure if those pink animals in the clementines are supposed to be pigs. I think they look more like frogs but Cam swears they’re pigs.
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18 Dec
It’s a panda bento!
For lunch today I packed a panda sandwich, clementines, carrot and celery slices and a few panda friends to sweeten up Cam’s lunch.
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