Dr. Seuss Day Bento Bonanza!

We're having a Dr Seuss Post Party!

 

Every March 2nd we celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday with bentos based on his books. We hope you'll enjoy this year's bunch of lunches - and share with us your Seussalicious dishes!

An InLinkz Link-up

Click here to see how we Seussed things up last year!

It's International Talk Like A Pirate Day, Bento Buccaneers!

Arr! Ahoy there me hearties!  It be International Talk Like A Pirate Day! And for the Bento Bloggers & Buccaneers, that means lunch like a pirate too! Avast! Ye've discovered the mother of all pirate lunch link-up posts - this year's link party plus all our previous pirate hops in one place, a veritable treasure trove of bento post booty ;) An' if ye've blogged some pirate grub ye're welcome to set sail with us! Yo-ho-ho, away we go!

If ye wish t' link t' this party, grab this wheel:

In 2013 we had so many bento buccaneers we needed to hop aboard two separate ships for our pirate lunch adventures! Board each one 'n hop through at yer leisure, or plunder the linky, as you wish :)

Did ye catch the year 2012's Talk Like A Pirate Day Hop?
Arrr, it were a good 'un! A treasure hunt!

  

Frozen Lunches! ♫ Do You Want To Build a Bento? ♪

Ah, summer,  the time of year warm hug loving snowmen dream of ... School may be out, but some of us are still packing lunches ... there's day camp, day care, picnics ... What could be more fun to find in your lunch box on a hot summer day than a cool Frozen themed lunch!

♫ Do you want to build a bento 

Or a preschool snack they'll love 

If you want to make their lunchbox sing 

Make Frozen anything 

It's what they're dreaming of ... ♪

Many of the Bento Bloggers & Friends have made our little Frozen fans bento lunches & snacks inspired by the delightful Disney musical. And like snowflakes, no two are alike - you'll want to see them all! Click each image to visit the blog post for a closer look, details & instructions, or to leave a comment :)

Karen of What's In Our Lunch Bags painted a cheesy Olaf & Sven sandwich for her son's lunch.  Learn her technique in this separate post.

These Sven & Olaf sandwiches were created by Sandra of One Crafty Thing:

 

Also from One Crafty Thing, the Queen Elsa on the left. Sandra credits the inspiration for Elsa's edible hair to Lunchbox Dad's Elsa bento on the right:

 

Loving Lunches' Queen Elsa features pasta hair embellished with ham:

And perhaps the most unique version of an edible Queen Elsa, this hot dog lunch by Ludicrous Mama of Biting The Hand That Feeds You :)

Robot Squirrel & the Monkeys built a Frozen bento with a marshmallow Olaf! 

Anna of Becoming a Bentoholic built her smiling Olaf with squishy soft bread! 

Jean of Bento Days used quail eggs to build her Olaf. He's so cute I don't think I'd want to eat him, I'd rather give him warm hugs & keep him :)

And the same goes for this somen noodle Olaf by Ming of Bento, Monsters!

Ming's little bento monsters wanted more Olaf... this time she made a quail egg snowman and a rice Queen Elsa: 

Rice is perfect for building an edible snowman! This onigiri Olaf bento was built by Rebecca of Bentos on the Bayou:

& this one by Yvette of Little Bento World also features instructions: 

Olaf finally gets to enjoy summer in this bento by Karen of Karenwee's Bento Diary, where he floats in a pool of rice with a reindeer pool toy ;)

& her Queen Elsa, embellished with crabstick & nori, gives me chills!

 

So does this amazing seaweed & rice creation by Shirley of Little Miss Bento. And she perfectly captured Olaf's personality with her quail egg snowman :)

Don't despair if you don't have that kind of skill, or the time to try... 

BentOnBetterLunches has an easy-peasy way to make a Frozen theme lunch, fast: use snowflake cupcake picks & a pouch of character fruit snacks  ;)

And even if you don't need to pack lunches this summer,  it doesn't mean you can't make Frozen themed food...

♫ If you don't want to build a bento, 

but maybe just a treat,

Lunchbox Dad knows just the way

To Make a Frozen Day

Complete with snacks to eat! ♪

The Bento Bloggers & Friends hope you've enjoyed our Frozen round up - and we hope you'll share yours with us...

Happy Earth Day!

It's Earth Day! Of course, some of the Bento Bloggers & Friends made Earth Day bentos :) Did you? Link up!

Lucky Lunch Link Party!

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Need some ideas for greening your lunches? Look through our links! Made a lucky lunch? Link up!

Link back with this button if you like:

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Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

The Bento Bloggers & Friends adore Dr. Seuss. Who doesn't? We've made sooo many Seussian bentos, & shared heaps of Seusserific posts via hops & link parties over the years. This bunch was from our 2012 Hop:

Since then we've gained new BBFs & made many more Seussalicious bentos, so we're having an all new Happy Birthday Dr Seuss Link Party for 2014!

Everyone's invited! Yes, you too!

Dr. Seuss once said: “Children want the same things we want.
To laugh, to be challenged, to be entertained, and delighted.”

If you want you can link back with a text link or this badge :)

For more Seusserific fun food ideas,  you might like to revisit last year's Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss Birthday Link Party, and you can also see a bunch of BBF bentos & more in this fabulous round up from BentoUSA:

Valentine's Day Hop & Link Party!

Love is in the air...  and in our lunches ♥ The Bento Bloggers & Friends have 2 Valentine themed blog hops happening now! We're sharing the lunchbox love a few days early in case you need some lovely lunch ideas for your sweethearts. Click the buttons below to hop:

Hop #1           Hop #2

   

Link up your Valentines 2014 lunches & treats below!

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Bento Bloggers & Friends Top 13 of 2013

Happy New Year!

The Bento Bloggers & Friends have packed a lot of bentos in 2013. School lunches, work lunches, outing lunches, home lunches, breakfasts, suppers, snacks... I can't even guess at the number! And for a little New Years Eve fun, we decided to try to narrow down all those bentos to our personal Top 13 of 2013, and share them here, with a link party. It may take a while for everyone to add their link - so if the party's a little dull when you get here, come back later! Like most parties it probably won't get good until later ;)

Thanksgiving Bento Link Party!

Not all the Bento Bloggers & Friends are American, so not everyone celebrates Thanksgiving this month, but we're all thankful - for many things - like having good food to make bentos with! 

We invite you to join our gathering of Thanksgiving themed lunches. All are welcome, even you Canadians who had your Thanksgiving last month! Share your leftovers too, if they're Thanksgiving themed ;) 

And since it is the month of November, AKA MOvember, you get to choose which button you link up with - this cute little Pilgrim owl perched atop a horn of plenty, or the same thankful owl, but with a "mo". You're welcome :)

If you need copy/paste codes they're at the bottom of the post, after the Link Party :)

Please link back to the party with one of these buttons!

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