I know this follows on fairly quickly from the last cat post, but Small Child saw those pictures and wanted a cat lunch of his own. As cats are his all time favourite animal, I agreed, especially since I'd recently seen this super cute bento from Lise at Veggie Bento and wanted to try the egg mouse.
In his lunch box Small Child had some cat tortilla crisps made with the cuteZcute cutter (thanks to Kendra at Biting The Hand That Feeds You for the idea of using the cuteZcute cutter for tortilla crisps), some cheese letters spelling out CAT, which were placed on top of a pile of cheese fishes, some carrot 'wool' (another idea borrowed from Lise!) with a little cat pick, and a boiled egg mouse.
In his second box he had some sliced apple cored with a little fish cutter, and some frozen blackcurrant yoghurt fish (tutorial for frozen yoghurt shapes here). I told him that the yoghurt would probably melt by lunchtime, but I'm hoping it may still be a little icy as I packed plenty of cool packs around his lunch.
Here is a close up of the mouse. To make it I cut a slice from the bottom of the boiled egg, cut it in two then shaped the two 'ears' with a small circle cutter. I then cut slits into the top of the egg to stick the ears in. The eyes and nose were dotted on with edible pen, and the whiskers were small pieces of dried spaghetti (I instructed Small Child to remove the whiskers before eating, although I'm sure it wouldn't do him any harm if he accidentally ate them).
I loved making this lunchbox, many thanks to Lise & Kendra for your great ideas!
Grace
Lise @Veggie-Bento says
Thanks for the link! The entire lunch is adorable!
Grace Hall says
Thanks Lise, your lunch was so cute, it couldn't help but inspire!
Caren Kruest says
You did a beautiful job with this lunch. It's adorable!
Grace Hall says
Thanks Caren, Small Child enjoyed it!
Kathy says
Adorable! I love this lunch!
Grace Hall says
Thanks very much Kathy! 🙂
Rebecca says
I love the mouse! It is just adorable.
Diana says
That mouse is so adorable! Excellent choice for your favorite Bento of the Week!
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Media Goddess says
I LOVE LOVE LOVE your mouse!!!
Rebecca says
That mouse is just too adorable!
Diana says
Great job!!
Angel Tay says
Congrats 500fans! Hope i can get the prize,Because i just start to made the bento,need this to do the bento