Yesterday I told you how much fun we had at the Gruffalo Activity Trail at Wendover Woods. After running about in the woods, building dens, climbing trees and hunting for the Gruffalo we had all built up quite an appetite. We took a picnic as we were out all day and I made a special Gruffalo Bento Box for the children.
I had so much fun putting together the Gruffalo Bento Box that I thought I would share it with you today.
How to make a Gruffalo Bento Box
I knew I wanted to give the children Roasted Fox, Owl Ice Cream and Scrambled Snake to follow the narrative of the story. My children know the story off by heart so I knew I had to recreate it as closely as possible. I used Sistema lunchboxes which have three compartments and food picks from my collection.
For Roasted Fox I used mini sausages and Scrambled Snake was a handful of popcorn.
The night before our trip I made some batches of Purple Prickle Jelly, otherwise known as raspberry jelly, I used containers small enough to fit inside the lunchbox. I also added Poisonous Warts or green grapes and a Gruffalo Crumble Cupcake. I was pretty proud of these, chocolate cupcakes with malt buttercream and crushed Maltesers!
That just left Owl Ice Cream. We made do with ice creams from the ice cream van after the children had completely demolished their Gruffalo Bento Boxes!
What do you think of our Gruffalo Bento Box ideas? I’d love to hear your suggestions for any more Gruffalo related food.
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That’s a great idea. Such imagination to end a great walk.
This is such a cute idea, it’s always great tying in food to themes. I love the little leaves and scrambled snake! x
Ah, how lovely for the children to follow the theme on. Bet they loved them!
What a great idea and such a fitting lunchh for the Gruffalo trails 🙂 x
We LOVE Bento lunches here, they are the boys’ favourite! Incorporating a Gruffalo theme in to one is such a cute idea! xxx
I think I enjoy putting them together as much as my children enjoy eating them!
Fab idea, I would not have thought to tie them in with a walk, very creative x
A very inventive lunchbox. I love the Gruffalo, it is such a great kids story, a modern classic
so fun! love this. it all looks tasty too 🙂
i so want to go to the gruffalo park , everones going crazy over it, and great pack up to x
I love the Bento Box craze that is sweeping the UK – I need to make them for all of us grown ups!! x
Bento for grown ups would be so much fun!
I have seen Bento lunches all around at the moment and i love your take on it 🙂 I have been wanting to try some with my girls and i love your idea of the themed one x
Thanks. I’ve always loved Bento-style food for their lunches but themed ones are so much fun for me!
What a lovely lunch – perfect for a Gruffalo themed day!
I love the idea of having Gruffalo bento boxes and I bet your kids did too!
These are great – what an imaginative lunch! We are big fans of the gruffalo too 🙂
Fab idea – my kids would love this.
what a brilliant idea and that cake looks so good! x
Brilliant! I’m going to make the girls these when we go on the Gruffalo trail in the summer 🙂
Cupcake for me please!
It looks so yummy
I remember when I was smaller, my mum did these type of boxes for me. They are a fab idea and we have started doing them for Maxwell. Love your gruffalo themed one 🙂
what a great lunch box , I want one of these please
What a fantastic idea – my little boy would love a Gruffalo themed box!
Love it, we are off to wendover to see the graffalo in July, I just need to get familiar with the book now!!!!
I just love your Gruffalo picnic, it’s so imaginative, I bet the kids loved it!
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