Possum Magic Lunches

Well it has been an age since I've posted here properly and I think I've figure out how to make the most of the technology at my hands now.… I *think* ;)

Tomorrow is Mayflower's first day at kindy and in between my happy dance I made these 3 Possum Magic inspired lunches for the girls.

Sandwich with FooDoodler Hush sliding down a kangaroo's back, made with a sandwich stamp and star cookie cutter. Some star sprinkles added and stuck with butter.

Mango...yum

Lamington roll and mini meringue kisses

Last minute addition of pasta salad to go with some carrot and cucumber

I was really happy with how the star sprinkles worked in the big girls wraps

Miss M has same same as Mayflower with cucumber ad milk popper in the compartment not pictured from her Nude Food Movers

And Honey chose to keep her Sistema Quaddie again this year. Same same packing wise.

Belated Happy Australia Day!!

~Jackie

Christmas Lunch Round Up

Both the girls got Santa bellies today, inspired by a beautiful bauble I picked up at the local Christmas Markets

Love heart Santa <3

Honey asked for a Santa Pirate. . . as you do!

Room on the Broom Christmas lunch.

The Grinch inspired simple lunch

And a pirate for Miss M's Pirate Day at school. There was also a large morning tea/picnic with families this day, hence the skimpy lunchbox.

Details of my tools & toys can be found on this page.

~J

Disclosure: This is not a sponsored post. This post was written for Loving Lunches. No product was received for this post. All opinions expressed are my own, based on my personal experience with the product. This post may contain affiliate links.

The Very Cranky Bear Lunch

Honey loves her Very Cranky Bear books so I made her lunch about it.

Moose was made with cheese, sultanas and a cheerio; lion was nori and a corn cob; sheep CuteZCute egg mould; zebra from a banana and Bear a CuteZCute sandwich with FooDoodlers. She also had a bag of animal biscuits for snack, mandarin flower and yoghurt.

All in our Nude Food Movers.

Details of my tools & toys can be found on this page.

~J

Disclosure: This is not a sponsored post. This post was written for Loving Lunches. No product was received for this post. All opinions expressed are my own, based on my personal experience with the product. This post may contain affiliate links.

Blinky Bill Lunch

I'd hoped to take Miss M to see the Blinky Bill movie over the holidays but we didn't quite make it there. No reason she couldn't have a Blinky Bill lunch though!

Yoghurt, Lamington (very Australian!), mandarin with tree and koala pick and CuteZCute Koala.

The same day Honey took a rice panda, mini lamingtons, CuteZCute koala sandwich, mandarin flower and yoghurt.

Details of my tools & toys can be found on this page.

~J

Disclosure: This is not a sponsored post. This post was written for Loving Lunches. No product was received for this post. All opinions expressed are my own, based on my personal experience with the product. This post may contain affiliate links.

Wockets and Dragons

 The last of the Book Week lunches that I haven't gotten around to posting yet.

Miss M had just recently read 'Wocket in my Pocket' at school. This was one of her favourites when she was younger. I think she just liked all the funny names in it and hearing Mr Loving & I say them!

I was put onto a great app - Camera Lucida by some of my Bento Bloggers & Friends. Gee it makes this drawing business easy! More like tracing which is more to my skill level!

And of course I had to include Stormfly from How to Train Your Dragon for Miss M too!

Next time I think *I* will choose the image to trace. This one was a little difficult!


Details of my tools & toys can be found on this page.

~J

Disclosure: This is not a sponsored post. This post was written for Loving Lunches. No product was received for this post. All opinions expressed are my own, based on my personal experience with the product. This post may contain affiliate links.

Is There Room on the Broom for a Lunch Like Me?

Have you read Room on the Broom? Or seen the short film? It is such a wonderful story, and my girls love it! I've been meaning to make a Room on the Broom lunch for some time and finally got around to it for BookWeek. The Easy Lunchbox was for Miss M

The witch had a *cat*, and a *very tall hat*, And *long ginger hair which she wore in a plait*.

CuteZCute Cat sandwich
Ice cream cone hat
Mandarin ginger plait

 And Honey took the same but different.

I also included a cheese and breadstick 'wand' which gets lost in the story.

As does the bow from her plait.

And for Miss M's brain break I made some strawberry and mini-marshmallow mushrooms :-)

Details of my tools & toys can be found on this page.

~J

Disclosure: This is not a sponsored post. This post was written for Loving Lunches. No product was received for this post. All opinions expressed are my own, based on my personal experience with the product. This post may contain affiliate links.

Hiding Tiger Lunch

 One of Miss M's reading books at prep was 'Hiding' with various animals hiding in the tall dry grass. So I made her a 'Hiding' lunch :-)

Cherry tomatoes hiding under some beetroot, passionfruit hiding in her yoghurt, her tiger sandwich hiding (not very well) in some pretzel grass. For brain break she had strawberries, with green & gold kiwi fruit and milk in her Juice in the Box.

 Honey had the same but different. Her yoghurt was in a pouch

Honey helped to make the lunches and seemed to really go for the Vegemite while I was making Miss M's so I tried one layer of her sandwich as Vegemite. Guess which layer came home >.< Seems she just likes it straight from the jar *sigh*.

Details of my tools & toys can be found on this page.

~J

Disclosure: This is not a sponsored post. This post was written for Loving Lunches. No product was received for this post. All opinions expressed are my own, based on my personal experience with the product. This post may contain affiliate links.

Science Week Solar System Bento

 Miss M is loving everything space and particularly Solar System lately. So much who she's actually borrowed this book from the school library twice! The Magic School Bus, Lost in the Solar System was just the push I needed to finally get around to making a solar system lunch!

The Magic School bus here is a Vegemite sandwich decorated with FooDoodlers and fun picks.

I know these planets are a little out of order, but that's the way they fit in the box!

Mars (deep red cherry tomato)

Earth (circle of pear with landmass carvings. Coloured with FooDoodlers)

Venus (marshmallow coloured with FooDoodlers)

Mercury (rice crackers)

The Asteroid Belt (star mini biscuits)

Jupiter (mandarin with grape 'Red Spot')

Saturn  (Smokey Cheese)

Uranus  (Onion & Chive Cheese)

Neptune  (kiwi fruit)

Pluto (kiwi fruit offcut)

Miss M took a yoghurt pouch for her brain break this day.

Details of my tools & toys can be found on this page.

~J

Disclosure: This is not a sponsored post. This post was written for Loving Lunches. No product was received for this post. All opinions expressed are my own, based on my personal experience with the product. This post may contain affiliate links.

My Girls Took a Stroll in the Deep Dark Wood

They each found a lunch, and the lunch was good!

This is the very first lunch that Honey took to daycare *sigh*. The Gruffalo has been one of her favourite books and I love the very clever mouse! I also love that I could replicate all the 'favourite food's from the story. . .

Owl Ice Cream (sandwich ball with ice cream cone and carrot)

Roasted Fox (ham, cheese, sultana and black sesame)

Mouse on a slice of bread (FooDoodler cheese art on a sandwich)

Gruffalo Crumble (single serve apple crumble with white chocolate & FooDoodler eyes)

Scrambled Snake (FooDoodler on apple skin)

The Nut - well, Honey's daycare is nut free so I substituted grapes instead.

I knew Miss M would want to join in the fun so I made her a Gruffalo Favourite Food Bento too.

Gruffalo Crumble (singel serve apple crumble with white chocolate & FooDoodler eyes)

Owl Ice Cream (sandwich ball with ice cream cone and carrot)

Mouse on a slice of bread (FooDoodler cheese art)

Nut (Bento pick)

Roasted Fox (pepperoni & cheese with FooDoodler)

Scrambled Snake (FooDoodler on apple skin)

And both girls got milk in their Juice in the Box. Which version do you like best?

Would you take your Juice in the Box on a stroll through the deep, dark wood? 

I'm sure if you win one, a stroll would be good!

Details in this previous post!

Details of my tools & toys can be found on this page.

~J

Disclosure: This is not a sponsored post. This post was written for Loving Lunches. No product was received for this post. All opinions expressed are my own, based on my personal experience with the product. This post may contain affiliate links.

Thomas the Tank Engine Daycare Lunch

All aboard! Did you know that Thomas the Tank Engine is 70 this year? He's in pretty good shape don't you think? All the more reason to celebrate him in a lunchbox!!

I've used the Thomas pasta before as a bit of fun for both the girls. Today it was honey's turn to take it for lunch. She also has a Thomas shaped egg, coloured with FooDoodlers.

That egg mould I also used to create Thomas sandwiches! I felt so very clever!!

What do you think? Perfect to accompany Honey's yoghurt, mandarin, popcorn and Juice in the Box milk, right?

Don't forget to read up on this previous post about how you can WIN a Juice in the Box starter bundle to help keep your little ones chugging along ;-)

Details of my tools & toys can be found on this page.

~J

Disclosure: This is not a sponsored post. This post was written for Loving Lunches. No product was received for this post. All opinions expressed are my own, based on my personal experience with the product. This post may contain affiliate links.