Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Bento #15 - Tick Tock Tick Tock


Tick ... Tock ... Tick ... Tock ... RING ~~~ It's break/recess time!!!

A clock face is what the boys have to remind them what time is their break.

Bento #14 - 猪兄弟一同上学去了

There are heaps of bento ideas available online and I had been stealing ideas online recently due to lack of time to do brainstorming. But thank god for the Internet, I only need to browse through and pick up what I would like to copy and viola ...

Lifted this idea ...


The original creator had used ham to make the pigs but I am not so comfortable with the idea. I recreated the pigs using bread. Luckily it turned out not too bad. Happy pigging my boys =D

Bento #13 - 大嘴宝宝

After flipping through my bento books, decided to make this simple one for Oswald for his On-The-Go dinner.


Why the sudden urge??? Because it is his birthday. 9th July happens to fall on a Monday and on Mondays, Oswald usually eats his dinner in the car on the way to his Chinese tuition class.

Bento #12 - Ahoy Matey!!!

Ahoy Matey!!!

Had a snap shot of the original work in my HP for a long time. Had been putting of the idea as I think it would be quite a lot of work. Finally, I'd decided it is time to get over with it and finally sat down to work on this.

Did a bad copy and not exactly very please with the result but passable lah cos boys can tell is pirate.

Bento #11 - Expressions

Using store bought buns and after staring a long time at them, finally decided to make faces expression out of them. A quick fix bento was just what I need to accommodate my cranky baby who did not want to sleep unless I am right beside him.


Owein's box (left) - Dorayaki from Four Leaves Bakery ... his favorite. A happy/funny face for this cheeky boy.

Oswald's box (right) - Cranberry Cheese Bun from Four Leaves Bakery. Decided on a frustrated face because Oswald did not want to bring bento to school today because he wants to head to the library. Mummy said NO, and he just got to learn to manage his time. =p

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Bento #10 - Owls

Hoot, hoot, hoot ... Let's HOOT to school!!!


This owl very cute right. Creater of this owl is a fellow bento mum who make much more nicer and interesting bentos. I enjoy following her on her bento blog.

Bento #9 - Zoo Theme

"Let's go to the zoo ... see the monkeys go Woo Woo Woo ... Let's go to the zoo right now ..."

This is a song from one of the toys my boys have at home. A very catchy song with catchy lyrics. Kinda remembered this song as I began blogging. Did a series of 'ZOO' bento to mark Oswald's 1st excursion with the Primary School. Destination - The Singapore ZOO!!!


I packed a little special bento for him to bring along for him to snack on during break time at the zoo.


Mummy was so into making bread these days, haven't been able to sit down to plan out designs for the boys' bento. Thank god for the Onigiri wrappers that I'd bought from Daiso on an impulse. Gladly took it out to place the bread (molded by using my rice molds) that I'd prepared for Oswald. Threw in some other snacks and a packet of drink for him. That Onigiri wrapper really brightens up the bento.

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Did a lion face for the boys' bento with the set of bento tools in the picture. Never gotten the chance to fully utilize this set of tools ... finally the chance came.

Roar ... roar ... roar ... here comes the friendly lions :)


Did the lion using 2 different type of cheese and cut the shape out using a bento tool in the 1st picture. To save time, I use edible markers to add the dots near the lion's mouth. Both the boys have similar food except presented in a different way.

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The Silent Monkey. A gentle reminder to Owein to keep quiet while teacher is teaching and listen quietly. Seriously I am not very sure how he had been behaving in class. But since there is no complain from teacher so far, I assume he is ok.

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The Grazing Giraffe. Don't know how come I get a very calm and peaceful feeling with I see this bento. Maybe is the animal itself or probably is the overall layout.

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Made a very simple bento dinner for the boys today too. We are heading out to a Chinese restaurant for dinner today. Chinese restaurant = not much food choices for Oswald. Oh yes my POTATO son, not a great fan of Chinese style food ... SIGH!!!


Simple 蛋包饭 with frozen food as sides. I must admit these frozen food are not exactly my best choice of food for my boys but they really do come in handy when I am short of time and help to prepare 'proper' food. I usually have these stash stored in my freezer for times like this.