Tuesday, August 27, 2013

My Bento Packing Secret!

I've often been asked variations of this question: "Doesn't everything just get all messed up / spill out / fall to the bottom when you turn the lunchbox sideways to carry it?" The answer is, not usually. Either I fill the container so there's no "wiggle room", or I use one of our handy-dandy multi-purpose reusable cloth napkins to fill the empty space :) I'll show you...

Here's one of my favourite fun bentos - I love the gummy worm in the apple-shaped sandwich. But it's not tightly packed, so yes, if I just turned it on it's side like this, the ABC biscuits  & the gummy worm probably would fall to the bottom and spoil the effect when Sprout opened her lunch...

ABC Wormy Apple Back to School Bento Lunch
No worries - I used her cloth napkin, folded over 3 times for the thickness I needed, to fill the space and keep things from shifting:

My Bento Packing Secret
With the napkin holding everything in place, I can turn it sideways, the way it will be carried in the lunchbox and nothing moves. Well, not much. There was some minor shifting of the small plastic apple cups, but no spillage :) Yay!

ABC Wormy Apple Back to School Bento Lunch
So that's it, that's my bento packing secret! Nothing exciting, just a useful tip ;) 

       

We have lots of cloth napkins in many colourful prints! They not only help keep the lunch trash-free, they make it more fun! Here are some of them:

Cloth Napkins by Beneficial Bento

Reusable Cloth Napkins

20 comments:

  1. Anonymous8/27/2013

    great idea =)

    ReplyDelete
  2. Yolanda Roman8/27/2013

    Oh!!! Thanks for the idea!

    ReplyDelete
  3. It's sometimes the simple things that make the difference! thanks for sharing!

    ReplyDelete
  4. Kathryn Wenberg8/27/2013

    Love the bento lunches - great for the kids who hate sandwiches (like mine!). Cloth napkins are a must too, especially kid friendly ones. :)

    ReplyDelete
  5. Hooray for affordable cloth napkins! I'll definitely be buying some.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Kristina Utz8/27/2013

    So cute!

    ReplyDelete
  7. Anonymous8/27/2013

    My daughter's favorite animal is an owl. They make cute napkins.

    ReplyDelete
  8. Kimberly Walker8/27/2013

    Love the owl ones! So cute!

    ReplyDelete
  9. So cute ...

    ReplyDelete
  10. Great trick with the cloth napkin!

    ReplyDelete
  11. I love that lunch box! It fits the cool pack and everything :D Fantastic

    ReplyDelete
  12. I dig it! I really like the worm/apple to!! Great ideas.

    ReplyDelete
  13. Anonymous8/28/2013

    What a great idea! Love the robots.

    ReplyDelete
  14. Great advice and such a cute idea! Thanks!

    ReplyDelete
  15. It's so funny that I'm just now reading about someone else doing reusable napkins for kids' lunches! I made some for my son but they are just plain and not cute like these!! He would LOVE the Pirate Map print!

    ReplyDelete
  16. Anonymous9/01/2013

    super cute!

    ReplyDelete
  17. Just found your blog. Love it!

    ReplyDelete
  18. Love using the cloth napkins in kid lunches.

    ReplyDelete

I love comments! Thanks for taking the time to leave yours! If it doesn't show up right away, don't panic. I just have spam moderation on :)

Disclosure: My posts contain affiliate links to products & services I've used & approve of  :)  If you make a purchase after clicking one of those links, I earn a small commission. Thank you!

Bento Accessories Shop LunchBots