this week in bento boxes

Pin It This week I'll be showcasing an awesome new lunch box for you guys - Easylunchboxes. The Easylunchboxes are made of very sturdy plastic and have wonderfully cute, colourful lids. Seeing as Kirsten's school eats based on a balanced school day approach, she gets 2 nutrition breaks a day instead of 1 larger lunch and 2 smaller snacks. Her morning nutrition break is usually a little smaller and the afternoon one a little larger. I find these Easylunchboxes to be the perfect size for her afternoon nutrition break. I'm able to fit a sandwich in the larger compartment, and then have 2 more compartments to give her some fruit, veggies or whatever. She's able to open the lid easily by herself - which is a HUGE bonus because Kirsten does not like to ask for help at school and if she can't open it herself, it often comes home uneaten. Here are 5 of her afternoon nutrition break lunches from this past week:



Here is an adorable owl easylunchbox. I placed some romaine lettuce in the larger compartment (it's a great edible decoration and helps keep the sandwich in place) and placed my owl sandwich on top. The owl sandwich is made using a circle cutter. I used 2 triangle pieces of cheese for the ears, 2 circles of mozza cheese and food safe markers for the eyes, a triangle of carrot for the nose and 2 sliced carrots for the feet. The other compartments held sliced cucumber and sliced nectarines with sprinkles.



This was an adorable little sheep easylunchbox. I placed some romaine lettuce down in the larger compartment and placed my sheep sandwich on top. The sheep sandwich was made using my nesting flower cutters - the larger one for the sandwich and a smaller one for the cheese. The sheep had fruit leather ears, nose and legs and 2 icing eyes. The other compartments held baby carrots and sliced strawberries with a cute sheep pick.



Here is a cute little doggie easylunchbox. Again, I placed romaine lettuce down in the larger compartment and placed my dog sandwich on top. The dog sandwich was cut into a circle with my comfort grip circle cutter. I used white tortilla for the ears, fruit leather for the eye patch, nose, and mouth and icing eyes. The other compartments held crackers with dogbone shaped cheese and some blueberries with a doggie pick.



This was a really fun monkey easylunchbox. I placed some romaine lettuce in the larger compartment and put the monkey sandwich on top. The monkey sandwich was cut with my circle cutter, had fruit leather ears, icing eyes and a sliced nilla wafer mouth. The other compartments held a sliced banana (I start the peel from the bottom so Kirsten can peel it herself) and crinkle cut cucumbers with a cute monkey pick.



And lastly, a sweet little chickie easylunchbox. Again, I placed romaine lettuce in the larger compartment and put my chickie sandwich on top. The chickie sandwich was cut with an egg cutter I have. I used icing eyes, a carrot nose, and matchstick carrots for the head feathers, wings and legs. The other compartments held a silicone muffin cup with more matchstick carrots and some sliced kiwi with an adorable little tree trunk pick.

You can buy your easylunchboxes from either Kelly's website here or from her Amazon store: EasyLunchboxes 3-compartment Bento Lunch Box Containers (Set of 4) BPA-Free. Easy-Open Lids (Not Leakproof)

Here are some of the supplies (or similar) that I used to make these lunches:




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