Flying Bats Bento

My last halloween-themed post,  "Flying Bats" bento. I cut the nori to create the bats and crescent moon then I arranged them on top of round shaped cheese. Underneath the cheese are chicken, bacon, and leek pies. You may find the recipe here.

For my eldest son, I prepared :
1. Chicken, bacon, and leek pie with cheese and flying bats on top
2. "The eye ball " (crab ball with nori on top)
3. Corn on the cob
4. Broccoli and cheese
5. Carrot sticks
6. Milk jelly with nata de coco
7. Orange wedges for recess

For my youngest son, I prepared :
1. Chicken, bacon, and leek pie with cheese and flying bats on top
2. "The eye ball " (crab ball with nori on top)
3. Corn on the cob
4. Carrot sticks
5. Milk jelly with nata de coco
6. Green seedless grapes for recess


"Happy Halloween to you all...May your halloween be fun with all your friends and family. Enjoy!"

Cute Monster Bento

I baked my boys' favourite dish which is "pastel tutup" (Mini Stuffed Potato Casserole). For extra cuteness, I put the fun eyes picks with nori and cuts of crab sticks for the monster expression.

You may find the picks here :

The Easy Lunchbox consists of :
1. Cute monster mini casserole
2. Corn on the cob
3. Broccoli and cheese
4. Milk jelly with nata de coco 
5. Grapes on the stick
6. Apple checkered

Spirited Away Wraps

Inspired by the Spirited Away movie, directed by the famous Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki. This movie is one of the kind that gives a deep impression and hard to forget. 

To make the spirited away ghost, I simply used cheese and nori. Then I glued it using cream cheese on top of the chicken wrap. Inside the wraps are shredded roast chicken, grated carrot, lettuce, BBQ sauce, cheese, and ham.

For my eldest son, I prepared :
1. Spirited away chicken wraps
2. Mummy-dog (cheese kransky sausage wrapped in sliced puff pastry)
3. Corn on the cob
4. Milk jelly with nata de coco
5. Broccoli and carrot sticks
6. Grapes for recess

For my youngest son, I prepared :
1. Spirited away chicken wraps
2. Mummy-dog (cheese kransky sausage wrapped in sliced puff pastry)
3. Corn on the cob
4. Milk jelly with nata de coco
5. Carrot sticks
6. Grapes for recess

Notes : Both lunches were packed in Easy Lunchbox :

Mummy Sandwich

Mummy sandwich is very easy to prepare. I cut the sandwich and ham using the egg ring. Then assembled them together and put the ham in the middle. I also cut the cheese-sliced using egg ring, then sliced them criss cross and arranged them on top of the sandwich. I used cream cheese to glue them on. And last but not least, I glued 2 dried sultanas on top of the sandwich for the eyes using cream cheese as well.

For my eldest son, I prepared :
1. Ham & cheese mummy sandwich
2. Corn on the cob
3. Milk jelly with nata de coco
4. Broccoli and cheese
5. Carrot sticks
6. Apple checkered for recess

And for my youngest son, I prepared :
1. Ham & cheese mummy sandwich
2. Corn on the cob
3. Milk jelly with nata de coco
4. Baked beetroot sticks
5. Carrot sticks
6. Orange cuts for recess

Halloween-themed Bento

Halloween is one of my favourite bento theme and also the boys'. This time, I prepared hard boiled egg skulls, decorated with nori. And for the mummy-dogs and creepy finger pastry, you may find how to make them here.

For my youngest son, I prepared :
1. Hard boiled egg skull
2. Mummy-dog
3. Creepy finger pastry
4. Corn on the cob
5. Milk jelly with nata de coco
6. Broccoli and cheese
7. Segmented orange for recess

I prepared the same ingredients using different type lunch box for my eldest son, and it looks totally different :)

Cute Spiders Bento

I had so much fun making these bento. The hardest part was to cut the spider's legs, but I was so pleased with the results. Those spiders look so adorable :)

To make the spider's body, legs and pupils, I used nori. And for the eyeballs, I cut the white crab stick with a wide straw.

For my youngest son, I prepared :
1. Ham and cheese sandwich with "spider" on top
2. Corn on the cob
3. Milk jelly with nata de coco
4. Carrot sticks
5. Kiwi fruit for recess

My eldest son had the same lunch, but he had banana (I scored the banana skin with sharp knife to write Halloween) for recess instead.

Egg Witches Bento

The holiday is over and the boys are ready to enter term 4.  We start the day with our first Halloween-themed bento, the Egg Witches bento. 
I've prepared the mummy-dogs and the creepy finger pastry the night before, so I don't need to rush in the morning.

To make the mummy-dogs, I wrapped sliced puff pastry around the Kransky cheese, and baked them until the pastry cooked and turned slightly brown. And for the creepy fingers, I cut the puff pastry in triangular shaped, then rolled it one by one until it formed like finger, and then baked them until it turned  slightly brown.  After it cooled down, I brushed a little red food colouring in the pointy bit of the pastry like fingernail.

Details as below :

For my eldest son, I prepared :
1. Mummy-dog
2. Creepy finger
3. Corn on the cob
4. Ghost egg witch (hard boiled egg and nori)
5. Jack O'Lanterns (carrot with nori)
6. Apple cuts for recess

For my eldest son, I prepared :
1. Mummy-dog
2. Creepy finger
3. Corn on the cob
4. Jack O'Lantern egg witch (hard boiled egg and nori)
5. Jack O'Lanterns (carrot with nori)
6. Kiwi fruit for recess

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Gromit and the Mummy

These are my last Halloween-themed bentos in 2014. Inspired by Wallace and Gromit (The Curse of the Were-Rabbit) movie, I made this Gromit and the were-rabbit bento for my eldest son. And for my youngest son, I prepared the mummy sandwich. It consists of strawberry sandwich decorated with sliced cheese and black sesame seed for the eyes.

This bento consists of :
1. "Were-rabbit" Ham and cheese sandwich (ham, cheese, and nori)
2. "Gromit" hard boiled egg (with nori and olives)
3. Corn on the cob
4. "Rabbits" milk jelly with nata de coco
5. Broccoli and carrot "flower"
6. Apple for recess

This bento consists of :
1. "Mummy" sandwich (strawberry sandwich, cheese, and black sesame seed)
2. Corn on the cob
3. Milk jelly with nata de coco
4. Broccoli, spinach, and carrot "rose"
5. Kiwi fruit for recess
6. Strawberry flavoured  yogurt.

The Frankenstein Burgers

These Frankenstein burgers are pretty easy to make. The fillings are beef patties, cucumber, sliced tomato and ketchup. I used nori to make the hair, eyes, eyebrows, mouths, and the scars.

Details as below :

For my youngest son, I prepared :
1. Frankenstein burger
2. Corn on the cob
3. Milk jelly with nata de coco
4. Carrot stick
5. Kiwi fruit for recess

For my eldest son, I prepared :
1. Frankenstein burger
2. Corn on the cob
3. Broccoli and carrot stick
4. Milk jelly with nata de coco
5. Banana for recess

"Warm wishes to a very  happy Halloween to you all...May your halloween be fun with all your friends and family. Enjoy!"

Casper and the Pumpkin Witch

I'm glad to be able to participate in Halloween blog hop with my fellow friends in Bento Bloggers and Friends. This time, I used egg-sheet to create the Casper and the yellow background for the pumpkin witch. My eldest son gave a brilliant idea to stick the witch's hat inside the sandwich, so it looked like the pumpkin witch was wearing the hat for real.

For my youngest son, I prepared :

1. Casper-themed ham and cheese sandwich (white egg-sheet, nori, and cheese)

2. Halloween "pumpkin" (carrot and nori).

3. Corn on the cob

4. Carrot and kiwi slices

5. Milk jelly and nata de coco

6. Vanilla yogurt

And for my eldest son, I prepared :
1. Pumpkin witch ham & cheese sandwich (yellow egg-sheet, nori and decorative witch's hat)
2. Corn on the cob
3. Milk jelly with nata de coco
4. Kiwi fruit for recess

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Mummy Dogs

These mummy dogs were made of sausages wrapped with slices of puff pastry, then were baked in the oven at 180° C for around 25 minutes. I put black sesame seeds for the eyes.

For my eldest son, I prepared :
1. Mummy dog
2. Corn on the cob
3. Siomay
4. Broccoli and cheese
5. Milk jelly with nata de coco
6. Rockmelon and banana cuts for recess

For my youngest son, I prepared :
1. Mummy dog
2. Corn on the cob
3. Ham and cheese pinwheel
4. Siomay
5. Broccoli and cheese
6. Carrot slices
7. Milk jelly and nata de coco
8. Banana for recess

Franken-dog & Vampire-dog

I got hamburger patties from a local butcher and I thought the boys could have hamburger for their school lunches. Beside the patties, I put cucumber, roma tomatoes, and ketchup for the filling. 

For the eyes, I used cheese and olives. For the nose, I used olives. For the ears, I used sliced ham. And for the Franken-dog's mouth, I used nori, while for the Vampire-dog's, I used nori and egg-white.

For my year 3 son, I prepared :
1. Vampire-dog hamburger
2. Corn on the cob
3. Milk jelly with nata de coco
4. Carrot sticks
5. Apple cuts for recess

For my pre-primary son, I prepared:
1. Franken-dog hamburger
2. Corn on the cob
3. Milk jelly with nata de coco
4. Carrot sticks
5. Kiwi fruit for recess

The Nightmare Before Christmas & The Pumpkin Wizard

Another Halloween-themed bento, inspired by The Nightmare Before Christmas movie. The nori cutting took quite some time, I had to do the other bento in fast mode :) Luckily I have that wizard hat from Bento USA. It really saves time without compromising the cuteness.

For my eldest son, I prepared :
1. The night before christmas sandwich (ham & cheese sandwich, nori, and egg-white)
2. Corn on the cob
3. Milk jelly with nata de coco
4. Leek leaf for baran
5. Apple "rabbit"

For my youngest son, I prepared :
1. The pumpkin wizard sandwich (ham & cheese sandwich and carrot)
2. Corn on the cob
3. Milk jelly with nata de coco
4. Carrot sticks and leek leaf for baran
5. Banana for recess

Bento tools for this post :

Spooky Bento

Making halloween-themed bento is just so much fun. No wonder that October is one of my favourite month for bento-ing and blogging :)

For the first day in term 4, I made the Spooky Bento for the kids. The boys love the mummy dogs so much. It made of sausage wrapped with sliced puff pastry. For the eyes, I used cheese and black sesame seeds. The scary fingers are made of puff pastry that is cut into triangle shape and rolled. I brushed the fingernails with red food colouring to make it more dramatic. And the boys said it looked so creepy :)

The worm jelly is made of milk jelly that I poured into a bunch of straws and let it set. It looks pretty cool, huh ?

So for my eldest son, I prepared :
1. Mummy dog
2. Creepy "fingers"
3. Corn on the cob
4. A bowl of jelly "worms"
5. Hard boiled egg with cheese and nori "bat"
6. Sultanas
7. "Jack O'Lantern" carrot
8. Rockmelon cuts for recess

And for my youngest son, I prepared :
1. Mummy dog
2. Creepy "fingers"
3. Corn on the cob
4. A bowl of "worms"
5. "Jack O'Lantern" carrot
6. Banana for recess 

Monster Sushi

This is the last Halloween theme for this year. I made "monster" sushi with crab stick and cucumber filling, and decorated it with carrot and nori for the nose and eyes.
Details as below :

1. "Monster" nori
2. Pork meatball with ear wood mushroom
3. Two halves of hard boiled egg
4. Carrot sticks and lettuce
5. Apple "checker"

Mr.Frankenstein and Count Dracula

Another Halloween theme, Mr. Frankenstein and Count Dracula. Happy halloween everyone, hope you get lots of treats, not tricks :)

I made Count Dracula bento for my little one, it consists of :
1. Ham & cheese croissant with Count Dracula picture on it, I cut it from nori and used cheese for the face and buttons, and black sesame seed for the eyes.
2. Corn on the cob
3. Kiwi fruit
4. Red grapes
5. Carrot "flower" and lettuce

For my eldest son, I prepared :
1. Ham & cheese croissant with Mr. Frankenstein picture on it. Again I cut it from nori and used cheese and black sesame seed for the face and eyes.
2. Corn kernel (instead of corn on the cob, easier for him to eat, as he just lost his front tooth)
3. "Ghost" hard boiled egg with nori for eyes and mouth
4. Cheese and ham rolls
5. Asparagus, carrot sticks, and lettuce