do you bento?
making food fun for kids is an art. perhaps not a fine art, or even a craft really, but it is creative, for sure. i stumbled upon the bento box craze for kids before N could eat solids, and i couldn’t wait to get in on the action. now N has all of her teeth and eats all meals and snacks, but still, our bentos are few and far between, as she’s not yet in preschool. regardless, what a great eco-chic (no disposable packaging!) and cute way to inspire young ones to eat healthy meals and snacks! i love to bring them out on playdates or picnics with her. here are a couple i’ve made:
picnic in the park
dinner outing
another cool idea for fun food that i saw in cookie magazine is this simple trick using cookie cutters on kids’ morning toast and eggs.
butterfly toast & eggs
seasonal fun - pumpkin toast
of course, there are sooo many creative books like play with your food
this woman’s bento photo set on flickr is totally inspiratonal! or you can even just search the word bento on flickr for other awesome ideas.
and many, many cute sites for getting your bento ideas and supplies:
- bento crazy
- lunch in a box
- cooking for monkeys
- cooking cute
- vegan lunch box
- i love obento
- japan centre
- lunchboxes
- reusable bags
- laptop lunches
- lunch sense
- snap wear
- sugar charms
- weldonia’s blog
- tools for bentos
- ichiban kan
- air and angels
- supplies on ebay
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