lunches with personality

03/12/2011

lunches with personality

This week's lunches were all about faces. As creepy as one would think that would be, the kids loved them. Even my 11-year old son, who I don't usually do cute lunches for, was asking for these.

I love this guy. Mostly his hair. I just cut off the crust from the sides and bottom beginning where the loaf dips in. I wanted him to "talk" so I added a Cheerio for an open mouth. The speech bubble is just punched cardstock. The eyes are slices of marshmallow with edible marker.

This guy was cut with a circle with sliced carrot sticks sticking out for hair. The eyes are slices of cheese stick with edible marker. The nose is an almond, and the mouth a cut from pepperoni.

The kids were off from school for a couple days, but faces were still popping up. With their bagel.

And in their salad.

Faces are an easy jumping-off point for inspiration and easy to pull together with items you already have at home.

Mar 12, 2011 10:19:19 PM | lunches

16 Comments

I'm always amazed. I love these!

Posted by: Lisa Day | 03/16/2011 at 05:24 AM

wow! You're like the Bakerella of kids lunches ;)

Posted by: Katrina | 03/17/2011 at 05:46 AM

Posted by: taniawillis | 03/17/2011 at 11:11 AM

lol These are awesome! =D

Posted by: Daniel Deibler | 03/19/2011 at 04:20 PM

Love them all but the first is definitely my favorite...that Cheerio mouth is too cute!

Posted by: Sarah Crowder | 03/20/2011 at 09:23 AM

What a great idea to hopefully get an otherwise picky eater to be interested in lunch. Thanks for sharing.

Posted by: Terry | 07/28/2011 at 06:41 PM

So I'm curious... how do you make the faces stay on during transport?

Posted by: Alison | 08/18/2011 at 11:41 AM

What great ideas,this might actually get my picky eater to eat sandwiches.

Posted by: Lisa | 08/18/2011 at 07:32 PM

awesomely cute :)

Posted by: heather | 08/19/2011 at 11:08 AM

I agree super cute.. but the way my girls sling around their bags in the mornings they would have no idea what I was going for.. I can hear them now "mom why was there ONE cheerio in my lunch today?" "Mine had HALF a piece of pepperoni! Where's the rest!?"

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