Keep it simple Thursday

Keeping things simple today. Still full of Halloween spirit but have almost reached the end of my Halloween idea bank! Today I decide to buy time with some simple picks and the cute stickers already on my little one's bento box and containers.

In this bento box there was

1. Turkey rolls with mozzarella on  long pumpkin sticks...was a big hit from yesterday!
2. Small container of peach yogurt with the pumpkin sticker on top.
3. Grapes with ghost pick on top.
4. Orange juice to drink

Nothing too spectacular, but still in the theme of things and destined to come home with an empty box! I like that well enough!! 

M-W Halloween Lunches

Wow it's so easy to get behind these days!! It seems like the rush for the holidays starts right now, and there's a ton of activity right up until New Years! I'm still cranking along with Halloween themed bentos though, I hope to make it right up to the 31st! Here's the lunches from Monday through today!

Monday:

In this bento lunch there were

1. Frankie's Boy Monsters...spinach pancakes garnished with nori and cheese.
2. A small container of passion fruit yogurt (In love with these tiny reusable containers  I bought from Ohayobento.com !!Super tiny and the lid snaps on tight!! Score!!!)
3. Grapes and sliced apple with ghost pick.
4. Box of milk

Tuesday's Bento:

In this bento lunch there were

1. Costumed kids as bunnies...Ham wrap sandwiches with cheese lettuce and mayo.
2. Mini pumpkin pie pockets...made with homemade pumpkin butter! Yummy!
3. O.J.

I got the idea for the tiny trick or treat holders from the wonderfully amazing Rina of Bento School lunches!! See here for her super adorable teddy bear bento version! (I love her wonderful ideas as much as her beautiful personality!!) She's such an inspiration and motivator for me!

Wednesday, October 24 Bento Lunches
I love making arts/ crafts and baking with my girls. Today was or bake day and we made pumpkin butter drop cookies for her snack bento today.

1. I made owl like eyes with a carrot nose from the cookies
2. Turkey rolls  with cherry tomatoes and mozzarella on a long pumpkin pick.
3. Cucumbers with dill dipping sauce in the tiny container.
4. Boxed milk to drink

Little Miss Baker!

The delicious results!!!!

Like tiny mouth fulls of pumpkin pie!

Daddy's Lunch for today...

In his bento he had

1. A scary Krusty the Clown hogie sandwich. Krusty is made from cheese, tortilla, nori and food safe marker over bologna.
2. Sides of olives, cherry tomatoes, wasabi almonds and marinated onions.
3. Sliced tomato for his sandwich.

That's it for now! Whew!!

Linking these lunches to What's for Lunch Wednesday week 126!

Happy Skeleton Jack- O'- Lanterns

Yesterday Isi brought home a bag of lovely lihapiirakka or savory pies of yeast dough or puff pastry filled with cooked and seasoned ground meat; mixed with rice, and onions. The yummy pies can be rewarmed in the microwave, or eaten just as they are from the bakery; which is how we usually eat them. But today, I have on my Halloween season glasses!!! I saw skeletons when looking at the flaky, savory pies...

 

In this bento lunch the girls had:

1. The Lihapiirakka fashioned into happy Jack-O'-Lantern Skeletons; with carrot arms and a pumpkin (clementine) head.
2. Cherry tomato with a witch hat pick
3. Mozzarella ball ghost on a ghost party pick
4. Grapes with bat picks
5. Moon cut cucumbers
6. Individual fruit jellies (from my local Asian market)

We all sat down and ate this little meal picnic style. We gobbled everything up including the lettuce! I barely had to wash the bento boxes...but I did ha ha! ^-^  Have a wonderful weekend everyone!!

Ghostly PBJ

Whew...that was a Spooktacular time at the Halloween blog hop yesterday!!! I hope everyone enjoyed themselves and found lots of clever ideas to put a little Halloween spirit in your next meal! I always spend so much time lost in all the post, that I'm much too exhausted to do anything  special;...so after a big hop function, I am thinking a nice, simple peanut butter and jelly bento is in order!

In this bento we had:

1. A Ghostly Peanut butter and Jelly sandwich
2. Grapes with ghost picks
3. A tiny pumpkin...(a clementine actually)
4. A small container of chocolate raisins and pine nuts
5. A boxed milk

Nice and simple!

1, 2, 3 Ahh-ha-ha-ha

I'm thrilled to be participating in my second blog hop! One of the most exciting holidays for the bento enthusiast is Halloween; and I'm so pleased to be able to share with you! My entry is a tribute post to the late Jerry Nelson, voice of  Count Von Count, who passed away this year at the age 78.



Image from cbsnews.com


 The Count is both a favorite of Missy Lulu and myself.  We love playing math games with the Count on Sesame Street.org. The skits are the same as ones from my childhood! I can definitely say she was quite excited to see today's bento lunch!!

 

In this bento lunch she had:
3 Flying bats on ruby red grapes
2 Bat wing meat balls
And 1 Count Von Count Ah-ah-ah!

Count is made from a simple pancake batter mixed with four tablespoons of Taro Bubble tea powder.
The pancakes came out lovely, purple and delicious! The other details were made from marzipan, nori and cheese. The Count's cape is simply tortilla and nori.

Thank you Jerry, you and the Count hold a special place in our hearts!


Now head over to Diana Rambles for your next Halloween Themed Bento! Everyone Have a Very Happy and Safe Halloween!

All dressed up for Halloween!

I dressed up Missy Lulu's fuel brand sandwich box for the Halloween season. I love adding coordinating napkins and stickers for her lunch theme and Halloween time is especially fun!

If I use silicone muffin cups, lettuce, paper muffin cups, etc. then the box doesn't get very dirty at all. I can simply wipe out the box with a hot damp cloth and set to dry for the next day.

Today I've made a simple Halloween snack for playschool....

In this snack bento there is:

1. A cute kid wearing a pumpkin costume. (Tortilla bread, nori, cheese, peperoni and edamame)
2. A few grapes with a happy ghost pick
3. Chocolate raisins and roasted pine nuts in the small green container (added a super cute pumpkin sticker)
4. O.j.

Looking forward to seeing everyone's Halloween themed bentos through out the
Bento Bloggers and Friends Blog Hop.....Do be sure and check it out for yourself tomorrow!!!

Halloween Muffin Tin Lunch

It's Halloween season again!! Halloween is one of the most enjoyable times for most bento enthusiasts like myself! I just love cruising the Internet and seeing all the spooky creativity out there! I still don't do the fully creepy bentos (even though I love being grossed out happily by those that do!)Never the less I'm starting out my Halloween season with a muffin tin Monday!

In this Muffin Tin Meal there's

1.  A witch's brew gone all wrong (Mac'n' cheese)
2. One egg (pumpkin patch) on peas
3. The bewitching hour (Turkish yogurt and homemade applesauce)
4. Two chicken nugget witches
5. Witches brew kiddie cocktail (Frozen o.j. and milk)

Making a Party out of a regular Monday! Lol

Linking this lunch to Muffin Tin Monday at Michelle's Journal Corner. Be sure to check it out!!