Today’s bento theme is inspired by some Japanese blogs. I can’t remember where I saw the bentos though, but I’m pretty sure that some of us might have come across some Japanese blogs showing these kyarabens. You don’t have to create exactly the same as the actual characters, but try to add in some elements and let your kids guess what’s the bento theme.
I prepared the bentos with this loaf of fancy bread from S&P.
It comes in 4 colors in the same pack.
I planned to fix Mickey and Minnie Mouse with the bread, so I did some preparation last night. Firstly, I prepared a pink (egg white mixed with pink food gel) and orange (egg york) egg sheets. I could have used kamaboko, but I had forgotten to buy one. 
The orange egg sheet was used for Mickey’s shoes.
Then, I proceeded to cutting the details:
I cut Minnie’s ribbon with this cutter (recently bought from Jmama)
Cut another ribbon.
Cut off the tips and stack the second ribbon on the first one.
My gal helped me to cut a small oval and top it on the 2 ribbons. This will be Minnie’s element.
Draw Mickey’s hand on a piece of baking paper, and cut it out from a piece of cheese. I did the same for Minnie too.
Cut the leftover cheese with these round and oval cutters.
The smallest circles will be used for Minnie’s ribbon, while the medium sized circles are for her dress. Cut 2 ovals as Mickey’s buttons.
Wrap all ingredients with food wrapper and store them overnight in air tight container.
The next morning, I proceeded to cutting the bread with the bento box so that the sandwich will fit nicely in the box.
Cut a strip of nori and stick it on the sandwich with jam, butter or mayonnaise.
Top cheese on sandwiches, and add in some nori strips as shown.
Add in the rest of the elements.
Next, I packed the fruits in and here are the bentos:
Guess who am I? Of course, my boy could easily tell it’s Mickey by just looking at its glove.
My gal’s “Guess Who Am I” Bento.
