Bento#169: Bumble Bee Bento
Today’s bento is requested by my boy. He likes the ladybug bento so much, he wanted me to fix him a bumble bee, with the same idea. I just did some slight changes in cutting the nori and I used peas and corns for the antennas.
The cutters and exacto knife used.
I placed the cutters on nori and cut out a semi circle (not quite semi though) with an exacto knife. You can also trace the circles on paper, place it on nori and cut the circles out with a pair of scissors, but using an exacto knife is faster for me. The other strips of nori were cut free hand with a pair of scissors and I used some jam to stick the nori onto the bread.
Same as previous bento, I used fish balls for the heads. And here are the bentos:
My boy’s Bumble Bee Bento with peanut butter sandwiches and fruits.
Here’s my gal’s bento.
I know that some of you are wondering how I close the bentos, and thus I decided to show it today. Most of the time, I will tilt up the cutie details for photo shooting so that you can have a clearly view of the details. But since the details are protruding out, I will have to rearrange the bento meal again to fit everything in. Here’s my gal’s bento, after a quick rearrangement.
I turned the bumble bee to the opposite direction and its head fitted well in the gap. The sandwiches were laid down flat in the silicon cup, instead of being tilted up. I try to leave some gaps behind so that I can easily rearrange the food before closing the cover. By doing so, the food won’t be “smashed”.
Use exacto knife ..cool idea!!
Arlene, it’s really fast and easier since it’s pretty sharp. Get one.
i can only see so much of love being put in there :p
Just wonder the peas & corns is it “can” type? Did u cook it or reheat it?
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Normally, for ham, saugage & seapack, do you cook them? I find it quite troublesome to cook only a slice of ham or a stick of seapack… is it safe to eat without cooking? (hehe… trying to find a simpler way
Thanks Chinnee.
Vanessa, I cook them all the time! I just boil them for a few minutes in boiling water, instead of frying the ham, wieners and etc. The same goes for the veggie, I would normally steam them first.
Oh ya, if you want to speed things up, try boiling just a small piece of artificial crab meat, ham, kamaboko (try to defroze and cut into small pieces) and anything which you want to use as decorations. Then, boil them until it’s cook, cool them down and keep them refrigerated in air tight container. Just consume them in less than 2 days, so far, it’s still fresh to me.
If you can’t finish them, must dispose them away. That’s why I only prepare a tiny little piece each time as we only need a tiny bit as decoration.
Thanks for the tips, it’s really useful to me
ack! Post didn’t go up last nite.
Oh well.
Very beautiful bumble bee. Now have ideas.
Just got back from UK and now playing catch-up with all the bento blogs for ideas.
your bug is just adorable, love them.
I like this bumble bee so much! Just like those shown in magazines leh!
Amy, mind me asking where can I get the exacto knife and how much is that? I think it will be very handy for bento-ing if I could one coz my normal knife really can’t do much tiny details like that
Thanks so much!
Caroline, I can’t remember how much I bought mine, it’s not expensive. Just try to find one from the art and craft section.
Oh … thanks a lot. I never think that you have gotten it from the art and craft section leh