Bento #1

Today I created Ella's first bento box. It's really more of a snack than a lunch. We took it to the park and she spent the afternoon eating and playing with her cousins.




The star in the center is cut from a pancake, and there is a second one underneath. The "rays" shining out from the star are green beans. Below the star I crammed in a bunch of blueberries, and the area above the star is filled with multi-colored goldfish crackers. The box itself is just a small 300mL Rubbermaid Take n' Toss container (I paid $2.50 for 5 of them) and I spent ten minutes putting it together.

It was a big hit with the kid. When I handed it to her she looked at me like, "All this goodness, for me?" Then she sat in my nephew Erik's stroller and ate most of it.