The Hobbit Bento: An Unexpected Lunch

The Hobbit movie is in theatres today!  My biggest boy can't wait to see it, so I made him a Hobbit Movie Night bento lunch!

So how is this an unexpected lunch? Well, I hadn't even planned on participating in the Hobbit blog hop since Beanstalk hasn't read the book yet, then I thought, why not just make it with a movie theme? So what movie food could I put in a lunch... popcorn & raisinets! Then I remembered the movie night cupcake picks a friend gave me...  and it all just came together :)

In Beanstalk's Laptop Lunches bento box he has ● a Hobbit door peanut butter pocket sandwich with a raisinet doorknob ● grapes in a Giant Spider cup ● raisinets in a little mushroom cup (Hobbits love mushrooms) ● white cheddar popcorn ● & the One Ring in an apple with wavy peel River Anduin.

I think this Hobbit bento will be an unexpected lunch for Beanstalk too! I'm not sure he'll get many of the references even though he watched the Lord of the Rings movies with Sailor Boy - except the ring & the Hobbit Hole door, those one's are pretty obvious :)

Sadly, the Hobbit Hop is broken, so clicking on the Hobbit Hole won't take you anywhere.  But I like the graphic so I'll leave it here :)

Some stuff I used in this lunch:

The Powerpuff Obsession Continues...

According to my 6 year old Sydney Bean, better known on the blog as Sprout, this lunch "looks pretty good but it would look better with a Powerpuff Girl."

Better?

"Yes, but next time don't eat a strawberry!" 

 (Well I had to make room for the cupcake pick didn't I?)

Some stuff used for this lunch:

Season's Greetings!

I packed a festive wintery lunch for Pickle yesterday, inspired by the design on one of our new holiday yubo faceplates.

Yes, that's real fruit you see - Pickle asked for apples! I don't usually peel them for the other sproutlets, but like many kids with autism, Pickle has sensory issues, particularly with food texture, so I wasn't taking any chances - I peeled them completely & cut them into bite sized pieces.

Pickle's snow themed yubo lunchbox contains the appls with a snowflake pick, a snowflake frosted oatmeal muffin, peanut butter sandwich snowflakes, yogurt (coloured blue) with snow sprinkles, & a couple of his favourite chocolates, Hershey's Kisses.

Sadly, when I unpacked his lunchbox after school, the apples were still there, untouched. Ah well, the fact that my picky Pickle even asked for something new is still progress!

And I did have a good time making his lunch :) 

   

Some stuff used in this lunch:

Blossoms for Bella

It's really Friday today! If you read yesterday's post, you know what I'm talking about :) Today is pizza day at school, so I don't need to pack for the sproutlets. But here's a lovely lunch that somehow got left out last month:

I remember packing this PlanetBox lunch for Bella - it wasn't that long ago - just can't remember why I never posted it... Anyways, she had a turkey & cheddar blossom sandwich, sunburst & grape tomatoes,  cantaloupe, puffed rice cakes, fig newtons, & butterfly fruit gummies, embellished with blossom & heart bento picks. A very pretty lunch!

Linked to Fancy Sandwich Friday at Beneficial Bento ♥

Stuff used for this lunch:

Late Lunches

I'm a day behind in posts! I wasn't feeling well yesterday so totally slacked off on all my responsibilites, and when Sailor Boy's away there's no one to pick up my slack,  boo hoo.  So now I've got to catch up on yesterday's laundry and last night's dishes (yuck)...  so that I can get to today's!

Here are yesterday's lunches for Bella & Pickle:

Cucumber wedges & carrots, a ham & cheese panda pocket sandwich, dried strawberries, yogurt pretzels, whole wheat fig newtons, & spiced almonds.

Peanut butter puzzle sandwich (& yogurt, not shown).

There are no photos of today's lunch. I got my days mixed up and looked at Friday's menu on the school lunch calendar, which said pizza, and the sproutlets like pizza...  then on the way out the door Bella asked "Mummy, isn't today Thursday?" "Is it?" I asked myself... Uh-oh! It is! The school lunch is bean burritos, they won't eat those! So it was a mad rush to throw something together and no time for cute lunches or photos of not cute lunches :) 

I guess it's just as well I had yesterday's lunch to post today!

Some stuff used for these lunches: