Fun Food Fridays

The last two months the kids and I have been having fun food friday. While I have been a slacker at posting blogs, I have been avidly reading other blogs.  One blog, 'Meet the Dubiens', has the best ideas for kids' lunches. She has these bento boxes she uses for her kids' lunches and she make the cutest meals. Grace, Kay and Caleb loved the idea of having cute lunches so I figured I would give it a try. They like helping make it and love the final product. I really enjoy being creative in a way that doesn't require artistic skills like drawing, etc. Most of the materials are things that I already own too: cookie cutters to make the shapes, play-doh shape cutters to make the smaller ones, silicone baking cups, and regular food that we always have around. Here are just a few of the ones we have done:

Grace with her bunny. A simple peanut and butter sandwich with apple ears, cheese whiskers, a carrot nose, and chocolate sprinkle eyes.  Applesauce with sprinkles in the cup with a side of veggies and dip. :) 

Caleb already stealing the bunnies whiskers! :) I like the challenge of getting all the food groups in one meal.  

Quesadilla flower with veggie grass. I loved the idea of using chicken quesadilla for the flower, cucumber skin peel to make the stem and silicon cupcake cups to hold the dip. :) 

Kay loved the owl. :)  Cheese, food safe markers,  quesadilla, and carrots. She had already eaten the apple and rest of her lunch before I could take the picture!  

Now I really don't have tons of time to do this stuff for those of you who think I'm crazy. We only do it on Fridays for lunch because it is the only day that we are typically home on a regular basis. It is a nice intro to the weekend and we all enjoy it.  I actually can't wait until the girls have to pack lunches for school. Granted I am not up for daily 'fun food' but I like the idea of adding little touches and also continuing fun food friday with their school lunches/ bento boxes.