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.

Bento #8 - Back to School

Copied this idea from a fellow bento mum.


Here's a book of ABCs for Owein. End of the 1st week of Term 2 already ... hope he is geared up already.


Oswald's book ... is a reminder of the lessons that he will be having in school today :p


Hope with all these bentos that remind the boys of school, help to gear them up for the new things they going to learn in this term. 加油!!!

Bento #7 - Monsters

Monster Themed bentos ... Thought I had enough of cutie stuffs for now any wanted to make something scary but ... all my monsters all turned out looking cute!!! LOL.


See if you can guess who is this ...


Got it??? YES ... it is Mike Wazowski from Monster Inc.

Decided on Mike so that I can use the yellow hat that I bought sometime back. Used a triangular onigiri mould to mould my bread, that explains all the lines that you see on Mike.

Topped up with mini oreos and gummy from Marks and Spencer for Owein.

For Oswald's Mike, I decided to use Pandan Cake instead so I get a green Mike (which is the actual color) instead of a white one.


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Presenting DOMO Kun ...


Used a mini chocolate swiss roll for Domo this time and cheese cut outs for facial expressions, using food coloring to color up the cheese.

Bento #6 - Sandwich Cutters Bentos

Bought 2 new cutters by Munchkin recently and had decided to give them a try.


1) Elephant Shape sandwich cutters.

Let's go for an elephant ride ...



2) Penguin sandwich cutters.

企鹅哥哥和弟弟一起去上学.



Cute sandwiches right =]

Glad to have these cutters. They really do save the days when I've got no inspiration at all or am feeling lazy. I was totally drained out by last week's events and our short trip to Port Dickson. Brain cells are totally malfunctioning.

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Bento #5 - Ladybug Burger

Made this Giant Ladybug for the boys' lunch on 21 February 12.


Copied this idea from a new book that I bought recently. Book titled: Fun Food for Kids by Page One Publishing. I'd altered some ingredients used to suit the taste of my boys. Dressed it up a little and VIOLA. I am very please with the result and so were the boys.

Bento #4 - Love is in the AIR!!!

Love Themed bentos for Valentine's Day week.

Sent the boys to school with an envelope fill with love.


Both boys get exactly the same bento but I personalized their bento by placing their name on the envelope. Hope they enjoy their V-Day bento and can feel mummy's love for them.

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Cannot leave out hubby's share of love on Valentine's Day. Made a simple breakfast for hubby ...


肉干面包 with a Heart Sausage.

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In Owein's box, he got Nutella Chocolate Hearts with Heart Sausages and Fruit Loops. Feel so chocolaty ... YUMZ.


For Oswald, he wanted it plain so he can taste the original taste of the bread. How silly ... but mummy packed his box up with plain Chocolate Hearts + Heart Sausages + a Pineapple Tart as a treat.

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Simple Heart Shape Sandwich with Rainbow Sparkles + Rice Crackers and Biscuits for Owein.


Oswald had to bring fruits to school today hence made Roses out of Strawberries for him and to house them, left me not much space for his bread. That explains the small hearts you see in Oswald's box.