Pre-K Bento Boxes – Inspiration

Our daughter started Pre-K at a local christian school this year.  Yes, yes we were going to homeschool, but to make a very long story short, we’ve decided that this year is not the time for us.  So… back to the topic at hand.  Lunches.

Sending our daughter to school meant I have to send her to school with lunch.  At first this sounded like a nightmare come true. Seriously I was not excited about making a lunch at-all!

But once again my friend Pinterest came to my rescue and I was reminded of Bento Box lunches  (and FYI: I was told that “Bento” stands for lunch, so saying a Bento Lunch is kind of silly, “Lunch, Lunch”).  Bentos have been everywhere lately.  I’ve seen them in multiple magazines, on morning news shows and all over the blogosphere (do people still use that word, I never liked it!).  Recently my dear friend Becky recently wrote about Bento box lunches too! It’s becoming quite popular.

Here’s a look at a few of my favorite Bento finds:

 

Bento Image Credits:

Mothering Corner  –  Glory Blogs: Colbalt Moon –  Susan Yuen  –  Bento Mama

Cute Food For Kids  – Cute Food For Kids  –  Parenting  –  Cute Food For Kids

 These pins can also be found on my Back 2 School Pinterest Board

Now those ideas are pretty awesome, and cute and I’m sure my daughter would just love finding one of those cute creations in her lunch, but I needed to find a few easy Bentos ideas that  were quick and easy to make.  I was happy that once again, Pinterest did not let me down.

Here are a few simple and cute Bento ideas:

Bento Image Credits:

The Lawrence Girls  –  Another Lunch   –  Wendolonia   –  The Lawrence Girls

This Lunch Box   –  Design Mom   –  Easy Lunch Boxes  –  The Lawrence Girls

These pins can also be found on my Back 2 School Pinterest Board

Later this week I’ll share a look at how I’ve been creating Bento boxes for our daughter. 

Have you made a bento box lunch before?  What do you pack in your children’s lunch for school?