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Fishy Bento Lunch with Chalkboard Note Area

September 12, 2012

We’ve been through variety of bento style lunch boxes over the past 2 years but I think I finally found the perfect bento box! I just love the Spencer Bento Box Container from Pottery Barn Kids. It has the perfect size compartments all in one solid box. That means no separate containers to wash and lids to loose.

There are so many fun food creation ideas for bento box lunches. Two of my favorite bento blogs are Bent On Better Lunches and Bentoriffic. If you are a parent who packs your kids lunch, then you must check out these two blogs! They were my inspiration for this fun little fishy themed lunch I made for my preschooler. 
But first, my favorite part of this lunch is the chalkboard note area that I created on the front of the lunch box container! I used chalkboard contact paper and cut it to fit. The contact paper peels on and off easily. And you must get multi-colored Chalk Ink Markers
to write and draw little notes and pictures. The markers also work on mirror, plastic, ceramics and windows!  Don’t bother trying to find them at your local stores. I called every craft store, Target, Walmart, etc, and no one carries them. You have to order them on Amazon. I also ordered the Chalkboard Contact Paper
from Amazon. It wipes clean with just a damp paper towel so I can change the note each day. And if I need to, I figure I can easily replace it or peal it off when I need to send it through the dishwasher. 

So now lets open up the bento box and see how I made this fishy lunch!

I used a variety of cookie cutters for the fish shaped cheese sandwich. A large circle cutter to cut out the bread and a smaller circle cutter for the cheese scales. A small heart cutter made a perfect cheese mouth and a small triangle for the cheese tail. The eye is a Wilton Candy Eyeball.

In the smaller compartments from left to right:

Hummus and Green Peppers = Sand and Seaweed
Goldfish Crackers = School of Fish
Blueberries = Water Bubbles
Yogurt Pretzels and Yogurt Raisins = Corral and Pebbles

I hope this inspires you to make a creative lunch for your little one!

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  1. Angeline says

    September 12, 2012 at 10:17 pm

    REALLY NICE!!!!

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  2. Little Susie Home Maker says

    September 12, 2012 at 11:03 pm

    This is really great I will share this with my niece. She has the pickiest little 5 year old. This would make eating lunch so much fun! Great post! Joining from Talent Tuesday
    Blessings,
    Susie

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  3. Randi says

    September 13, 2012 at 8:39 pm

    Found your link at the What I Learned Wednesday Link Party. This is so cute!

    Reply
  4. Ladies Holiday says

    September 13, 2012 at 10:46 pm

    This is super! I love the bento style lunch…question- does this one fit in a standard lunch box? Thanks! Saying Hi from Mom on A Time Out Hop…I host Photo Friday Link Party, I'd love to have you link up this or any other original photo from your blog. Happy Hopping!

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  5. Kara @ Petals to Picots says

    September 14, 2012 at 12:49 am

    This is a great lunch box … and some very fun snack ideas too!

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  6. [email protected] says

    September 14, 2012 at 5:48 pm

    Wow! I LOVE this! That lunch box does seem perfect. I like the idea of not having to wash all of the separate containers. The chalkboard idea was genius- I never heard of chalk ink, but I MUST check it out because I hate the way real chalk gets all over your hands! Thanks so much for sharing at Food Adventure Friday!!!

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  7. bentoriffic says

    September 15, 2012 at 1:20 am

    Love the lunch and thanks so much for the compliments 🙂 You are too kind. Have a great weekend!

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  8. Cathy Tomm says

    September 15, 2012 at 5:11 am

    So cute. I hope your kids liked to eat what you have packed.

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  9. Beth (www.livinglifeintentionally.blogspot.com) says

    September 15, 2012 at 11:23 am

    LOVE this! What a clever idea to make the bento lid a chalkboard. What kid wouldn't feel special to get a note on that! I am featuring this at TGIF this upcoming Friday =-) Thanks for linking up & have a GREAT weekend,
    Beth =-)

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  10. Trish says

    September 19, 2012 at 7:56 pm

    This is just adorable and I never even knew that there was such a thing a chalkboard contact paper – so cool! Thanks so much for sharing at Mom On Timeout!

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  11. craft storage container says

    March 8, 2013 at 2:43 pm

    Gorgeous looks!

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  12. Lauren Lanker says

    July 6, 2013 at 4:50 pm

    Sarah, I am SO doing this when I have kiddos of my own! Thanks for letting me feature this chalkboard project in my round-up of 20 DIY Chalkboard Projects. Happy weekend to you, too!

    Warmly,
    Lauren
    The Thinking Closet

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  13. خرید قسطی سیم کارت says

    February 8, 2021 at 4:38 am

    that’s so cute! keep this amazing job doing plz

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