When making a bento box-style lunch for you and your family, it is essential to include lots of textures, colors and a well-rounded assortment of food groups. Most importantly, have fun knowing the joy you'll be bringing to the child (or adult) who will love your lunch creation!
For this Funny Face Bagel Lunch, there is a funny face turkey sandwich with baby spinach hair, cherry tomato nose, olive eyes and turkey pepperoni tongue. For the sides, there are carrot hearts on top of fresh broccoli, with grape and strawberry hearts for dessert. Let me show you how easy it is to create this bento box lunch for your loved ones.
1
Grab your container
First, gather your lunch container. For this bento box lunch, I am using an EasyLunchBox, a silicone muffin cup and some food picks. The silicone muffin cups are a great way to add color, are removable for reheating and are microwave-safe. Don't have any food picks? Toothpicks will work just great for this lunch.
2
Start with the sandwich
Next, let's make the main attraction of this lunch — the funny face! I used a bagel thin, but a regular bagel would also work just fine. Start by creating your child's favorite sandwich. Here, I am using turkey, cheese and mayo. Line the top half of the sandwich with baby spinach to make the "hair."
3
Add the face
For the face, I am using two black olive slices for the eyes, a cherry tomato nose and half a slice of turkey pepperoni for the tongue.
4
Create the mouth
To create the mouth, carefully cut a small incision the size of your pepperoni. Slide the pepperoni into the incision. Push it in until you feel it is secure.
5
Add the eyes and nose
Lastly, put on your olive eyes and place the cherry tomato nose into the center hole of the bagel. I used a dab of mayo to hold the eyes in place. If you have older children, you could also use a couple toothpicks to attach and hold eyes into place.
6
Create heart carrots
Now let's move onto our heart carrots. Make two angled slices at both ends of a baby carrot.
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Form a heart
Place those ends together, to form a heart.
8
Insert food pick
Secure the carrot heart with a food pick or toothpick.
9
Create strawberry hearts
To make your strawberries into hearts, simply cut a small "V" out of the top of the strawberry. Place them on food picks with some grapes, pineapple or melon, and you have a healthy, beautiful dessert any kid would love!
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Add to lunchbox
Place all of your bento box lunch creations in a lunchbox, and you have made your very own Funny Face Bagel Lunch.
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Lindsay, Im pretty sure the proper time to make the lunches is at the end of the night after your child is asleep.. but ok
Lindsay August 22, 2012 | 6:44 PM
These are fun ideas, but I can't help but think that what our children really want is our time. Would we serve them better by spending an extra 20 minutes with them in the morning instead of making food blog-worthy bento boxes for their lunches? Something to think about, for me, anyway.
Laura August 07, 2012 | 2:29 PM
Absolutely adorable!!! I love bento boxes. This step-by-step is great and the gallery is so cute. I am determined to learn how to do some of this...
Tina August 06, 2012 | 3:05 PM
Awww this is such a cute idea!! I've been taking a bento box to work for awhile now, and I love it. I pack it full of fruits, veggies, and a salad or healthy sandwich. I like how everything stays separated. I love the idea of using these for the kids, too. Thanks!!
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