Giraffe Bento

15. July 2010, 9:56 UhrAnimal Theme, Bento, Quail egg, Speedy Bento, Wienershoppingmum7 comments

My initial plan was to make a zoo bento, but then, due to my crazy workload this week (mommy’s out of breathe soon), I could only fix a simple giraffe. :P

This is what I did this morning:

a quail egg and 2 mini smoked wieners
I boiled some mini wieners and a quail egg.


cut off the end
Cut off the end of a mini wiener.


cut off the end diagonally
Do the same for another piece, but cut it off diagonally.


cut quail egg into halves
Cut the quail egg into halves.


join with spaghetti strips
Join all the pieces together with spaghetti strips.


pin the sandwich and add picks
I secured the wieners onto the sandwich (to prevent them from moving around) with 2 bits of spaghetti strips. I added 2 food picks as its tiny horns.


Then, I proceeded to add some nori and more details on the giraffe. So here are the bentos:

Giraffe bento
My boy’s little giraffe. He said the nose area looks like a smiley face. O.o


Sleeping Giraffe bento
This is for my gal.


Actually, I thought of wrapping the wieners with egg sheets first so that the giraffes will have the right color. But oh well, you may give it a try. :)

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7 comments:

  1. Jenny, 15. July 2010, 13:23

    Hi Shoppingmom! I’m a newbie in bento making. And I loveee loveee to read your blog, even before I started to make one for my princess. REally love your giraffe sausage. You make it look like so simple. And thanks for sharing the tips on how to make it! I agree with your boy, it look like a smiley face =)

     
  2. Lil'chan, 15. July 2010, 14:49

    First I thought, hm? How will this be a giraffe? But hey, so cute ^-^
    Your boy is right. The nose area looks like a little smiley ;)
    Really beautiful. I think it looks better than with egg-sheet turned around.

     
  3. Inspiredmomx1, 15. July 2010, 16:00

    I stared at your giraffe for a minute, re-read the post and stared again then I got it.. It does look like a giraffe! At first I thought that 2 little horns were legs. Hahaha..

     
  4. shoppingmum, 15. July 2010, 18:16

    Ah…this giraffe is really not a good one, can’t tell at first glance. LOL!

     
  5. Lia Chen, 15. July 2010, 20:35

    Don’t worry Amy … my kids recognized it as giraffe, me too. So cute and creative to use wieners and quail egg. Although everybody is agree with your boy about smiley face :D

     
  6. Iris, 16. July 2010, 3:24

    I didn’t notice the smiley face until I read the comments and re-checked the image. The giraffe looks very cute and you make it look so simple!

     
  7. KidsDreamWork, 16. July 2010, 19:30

    Oh yes, this is a cute one! And most importantly is not too complicated to try! :D