My kids LOVE making bentos. Ours aren’t quite the traditional rice, fish, veggies but they are fun.
Today they were inspired by some cute artistic bentos and decided to make some of their own. They weren’t in thew mood for rice so we went with the traditional meal in our house, peanut butter and honey with almonds, cheese, and carrots. I made them each one then they made their own. (Rachel’s was Tetris with a flower, the other two had smiley faces with cheese and almond hair and accessories.) Here are the kids’ versions (beware of the blur–the kids took the pictures). This is also a very frugal way of making kids meals–use what is on hand–even if it is something the kids don’t like, and get creative (they ate the whole thing, and Issac doesn’t like cheese, Esther doesn’t like almonds, and they all ate the crust.
The Hobbit
Dragon spell
I really like your version of fun kid food because the kid still has the whole sandwich. I still wonder if there are a bunch of adults who won’t eat crust.
I let my boys play with food, but they don’t have as much fun as yours do. My daughter loves to play, not eat. I am not a neat nut, but for some reason, they think if they can play with it, then they don’t have to eat it…unless it’s peanut butter play-doh, which they still remember making and eating up…