• two Miffy shaped biscuits
    Bento - days out

    Miffy bento lunch

    February 28, 2015 - By 

    Little Sis loves Miffy so I made a Miffy-inspired bento lunchbox for her today. We spent the day in Oxfordshire as my husband was on a Supercar driving experience. After my children had enjoyed watching him whizzing around the track they were happy to tuck into a fun lunch. Miffy bento lunch: Miffy fairy bread Carrot flowers Molded Miffy egg Mini sausages Egg filled with blueberries Cucumber sticks Babybel Miffy biscuits How to make a Miffy bento lunch: First of all I made special Miffy fairy bread by cutting out a Miffy shape from one piece of bread, making a…

  • Bento - gingerbread - gingerbread house

    Gingerbread man bento

    December 8, 2014 - By 

    Once again I’ve teamed up with some lovely European children’s activities bloggers to co-host a Countdown to Christmas organised by Cerys at Rainy Day Mum. Every Monday for the next three weeks we will have a different prompt to inspire our festive crafting – this week’s theme is recipes. Don’t forget to add your crafty post to the linky at the end of this post! So this week’s prompt is recipes but I’ve done something a little different and made a gingerbread themed bento box. My children adore bento and I thought it would be fun to make a seasonal…

  • Bento - Lego

    Easy Lego bento

    July 11, 2014 - By 

    Last week we had an amazing day at Legoland. We try and go every year and we’ve always been blessed with amazing weather. I love experimenting with bento lunches but I only realised after we had got home that a Lego bento picnic would have been fun! Today I finally got round to it and the children loved it so I thought I would share my easy Lego bento with you. I already had everything I needed which included a Lego lunch box and small Lego box, egg mould and made picks from plastic toothpicks and small Lego bricks. First…

  • Bento - tutorial

    How to make molded eggs for a bento picnic

    June 27, 2014 - By 

    I’m currently working with BritMums and British Lion Eggs on the Shortcut Eggsperts programme. Our latest challenge is all about creating egg dishes for summer outdoor dining. The weather has been amazing lately and we’ve been enjoying lots of picnics in the sunshine. My children love it when I surprise them with a fun bento lunch and I thought I would show how to make molded eggs for a bento picnic. How to make molded eggs for a bento picnic You will need egg molds (I bought animal ones from Amazon) and eggs First you need to hard boil your…

  • Gruffalo bento box - the gingerbread house
    Bento - eating - tutorial

    Gruffalo Bento Box

    June 10, 2014 - By 

    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…