Bento#162: Ladybug Bento

7. May 2009, 10:11 UhrBento, Bento Preparation, Bugs Theme, Speedy Bento, Tips on Spaghetti Stripsshoppingmum15 comments

It’s another speedy bento today, and I decorated my kids’ sandwiches as ladybugs.


I prepared some sandwiches. Since I can’t find such a big puncher, I had to cut the circles freehand.

 


I used the squid balls as the ladybug’s head. Gently wrap the squid ball with a thin layer of artificial crab meat (only use to top part). Pin a spaghetti strips on the ball so that you can easily secure it to the sandwiches.

 


I cut some smaller circles of wiener with this wheel cutter. Then, I pinned the wieners with spaghetti strips and they would be used as antennas.

 

So, here’s the end result:


My gal’s bento with a ladybug, some Thai and imported oranges and a small piece of apple. I decorated her bento with some flowers and a butterfly which are cut from cheese, ham and carrot.

 


If you wonder how I close the bentos, do you notice that there are gaps in the lunch box?

 

I would normally just tilt up the cutie details for photo shooting, then I will rearrange the food before closing the lunch box. For this bento, all I did was just to “turn” the ladybug’s head to the other direction near the apple so that I can close the lid without spoiling the details.

And I would like to clarify about using spaghetti strips and toothpicks in joining the details. Personally, I would prefer to use spaghetti strips as they are edible. Furthermore, based on my observation, the spaghetti strips will be softened after some time, probably due to moisture. So it’s less risky for little children to chew on them, as comparing to reminding them to remove the toothpicks. Not all children will be having their bentos under adult’s supervision. Try to shorten the spaghetti strips intead of securing the parts with long strips, that’s what I do mostly.

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15 comments:

  1. Ellena, 7. May 2009, 11:10

    :) You are always great with ideas with the deco… Too bad i can’t bring deco bento like tat go office or else my boss with feak out.. lolz… :) So i always remove my bento “makeup” after taking photo before packing for work.. hahaha….

     
  2. shoppingmum, 7. May 2009, 11:27

    Ellena, he check what you eat? :P

     
  3. JO-N, 7. May 2009, 15:12

    Wow! This is impressive! I guess you must be very good in arts too.

     
  4. SIG, 7. May 2009, 15:17

    I love this… this is something I could do. However, I use vermicelli as they are thinner than spaghetti.

     
  5. shoppingmum, 7. May 2009, 15:25

    Jo-N, I can only knit and crochet, but not painting. LOL!

    SIG, that’s a good tip!!! Using vermicelli is a great idea.

     
  6. Vanessa, 7. May 2009, 16:13

    U really can read my heart, i was wondering, why don’t you use tooth pick instead of spaghetti strip, n now i got the answer, a very good idea…. (*o*) <– a kiss for u

     
  7. Skinnymum, 7. May 2009, 17:14

    another stunning bento, as always…. never thought that it is so simple to put together!

    thanks so much for sharing.

     
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    what is spaghetti strips?

     
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