I can’t believe that I haven’t been updating this blog for so long! I was really tied up with work after being assigned with new task and new role, and there are lots of things to be rushed before Chinese New Year which is just around the corner.
Anyway, let me share one of the bento I made for my elder boy. I have so many bento pending to be posted!
Lately my boy has been reading one of the all time favourite children stories – The Hare and the Tortoise. Needless to say, he asked for a bento with that theme. It took me a while to figure out how I could put that story into a bento.
So these are the tools I used to make the bento – a bunny cookies cutter, a teddy bear shape cookies cutter, a facial seaweed puncher, a spiral shape seaweed puncher, a pair of small scissors and a small straw.
I cut the hare from the bread crust with the bunny cookies cutter. I then used the teddy bear cutter to cut the body of the tortoise from the bread crust.
To make the tortoise, I cut the head free hand from a slice of cheese, and places the teddy bear shape bread crust upside down as the body part. I decorated the body with some spiral shape seaweed cut with the spiral puncher.
Everything was pinned to the butter sandwich with tiny stripes of un-cooked spaghetti just to make sure that they don’t move around when the bento is being transported from home to school, until JY is ready to eat them.
Besides the sandwich, I included some boiled endamame, cherry tomatoes and a quail egg too. I cut some small circle on the quail egg with the small straw just to decorate it.
Does the tortoise looks like it is winning the race?
By the way, I wonder of I could consider this a bunny theme bento as well to celebrate the bunny year? Oh well, at least there was a bunny there.
Happy Chinese New Year to everyone!
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wow…excellent bento with the story..hehe…the tortoise look so real & cute, you are so creative to use the bear cutter as the body..great!!!
Happy Chinese New Year to you and family!!! 恭喜发财，万事如意！！！
Emily Ng – Thank you Emily! And wish you and family a prosperous Bunny year and 万事如意 too!!
Waseh! This is super duper ‘sai lei’!!that tortoise is so gonna WIN the race! haha..great job! oh, btw, happy birthday yo..^.^
波尼 – Thank you for the wish!
wah u r back, miss u so much
i thought ur bento having holiday…
my boy r now making his own bento in the morning
(he take bread only lah)
and he make for me too
wishing u “Happy CNY, gong xi fa cai”
june – I miss you ladies out there too! So happened I’m on leave today so I take this chance to catch up with all! Wow, I’m so proud of my little smart ‘student’! Haha…Wish you and family a prosperous Bunny year and gong hei fatt choi!!
Hello Ai Ping, miss your bentos..
How creative to use the bear shape cutter as the tortoise body..
it sure looks like a winning smile from the tortoise face while looking back at the chasing rabbit..
great story bento!
bobo – Thank you! I shall catch up with your blog too. I’ve been MIA for so long, I think it will really take me a while to browse through all the lovely bento out there!
Welcome back!!! So happy finally see you “in action” again. What a great bento to match the bunny year theme.
Yeapies – Thank you!
Love your website!!! Awesome job!!!!
linsey – Thank you for your sweet comment!
Very clever use of the bear cutter!
Cute bento.
Susan – Thanks! I hope that bear shape doesn’t make the tortoise look weird
I love it.. Never thought use the bear cutter to make tortoise body..
Happy CNY, gong hei fat choi.
Yuli Saputra – Thanks!
Gong Xi Fa Cai Ai Ping! Yes, this bento counts to CNY theme bento ^^
tatabonita – Thanks Tata for playing along with me
So cute and simple. Sometime simplicity is just the best ^^
I like your idea to use a bear cutter as tortoise body! Great job. Happy Chinese New Year
Sysyl – Thanks!
Great bento even after MIA!
Wishing you and your family a Happy & Prosperous New Year!
Angeleyes – Thanks! Wish you and family a very Happy Chinese New Year!!
What an original New Years bento! Too cute!
Bethanie – Thank you!