Happy New Year Bento

4. January 2010, 9:16 UhrAnimal Theme, Bento, Special Day Bentos, Speedy Bentoshoppingmum7 comments

I packed these bentos on the last day of 2009 for our trip to the floating market. We left home before 7am, so the photos were taken under the dim light of my house. Hopefully, you don’t mind about the ugly photos. LOL!

My boy has always wanted a tiger bento, especially after he’s got himself a tiger coin box from the Christmas party. Since it’s the year of tiger this year, and there are already a lot of bentoers fixing the same theme, I might as well just join in the gang. :P


I cut the ham with this panda cutter, and used the ham as the base.



Then, cut a piece of cheese with the same cutter.



Repeat the same step with a piece of smoked cheese.



But for the smoked cheese, cut out an oval for the face, and 2 smaller ovals at the ears.



Stack the ham, cheese and smoked cheese on one another.


After that, I proceeded to decorate the tigers with nori. Hence, there are the bentos:


This is my boy’s bento, with the tiger slipped in the bun.



And here’s my gal’s tigress.


I should have posted these bentos earlier, but we were pretty busy during the break. I didn’t have time to upload the photos all squeezed in my laptop system memory for the past few days. But then, it’s better to be late than never. LOL!

Happy New Year! May year 2010 be a great year for all of us.

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7 comments:

  1. KidsDreamWork, 4. January 2010, 11:39

    This is so cute! I like the smiley tiger especially! Thanks for the tutorial steps :)

     
  2. Gladys, 4. January 2010, 18:18

    Wow, you really have a lot of patience in making all these bentos! :D I have tried making bentos on my own, but I always ended up failing and throwing away what I have made:(
    Your kids are very lucky to have a bento expert mum who knows how to make such pretty and cute bentos! ^o^
    Haha, by the way, I want to ask where you bought all those cute craft punches from, cox I can’t seem to find them!

     
  3. Ellena, 4. January 2010, 20:10

    Wow..Happy New Year to you pal!!!! Another cute and innovative bento from your kitchen as usual :) So fast u made tiger bento for coming CNY le… :p

     
  4. javapot, 5. January 2010, 8:23

    cute tigres, happy new year.

     
  5. shoppingmum, 5. January 2010, 10:11

    You’re welcome KidsDreamWork. :)

    Gladsy, maybe u can try bentocraft.com. There is a link at my sidebar. :) Dun worry about out your bento looks at first, it takes some practice. After all, I think kids will just love anything we make, as long as we put in a little more effort. :)

    Ellena, I got more to come, my boy loves it la. LOL!

    Javapot, thanks! Happy New Year to u. :)

     
  6. ILikePaperCutting, 21. January 2010, 16:22

    I confess… I have spent about an hour adoring all beautiful bento photos taken by you.
    I confess… I envy your kids for being able to enjoy these beautilicious bentos.

     
  7. shoppingmum, 21. January 2010, 22:40

    ILikePaperCutting, thanks for spending time reading thru my blog. :)