Bob the Builder (Kindergarten Bento #18)
I bought the nail picks a long time ago with the intention of doing a construction / Bob the Builder bento. At the time, he was really into using his little work bench, and we were watching Bob regularly. Then I saw this bento by JBDoodles, and had a hard time coming up with something that didn’t look like I was stealing her idea! In the end I decided just to make what I had originally envisioned. I like my Bob better, but I think her overall bento might be a bit easier on the eye. None-the-less, Kidlet will love it, I’m sure!
Roast beef and cheddar on whole grain white bread (I love this stuff. It’s got fiber but is soft and tastes like white bread. We don’t mind a good multi-grain bread, but I think the white bread makes a better canvas for cheese art 
). Bob is bologna, cheese with pepperoni hair. Tools were made from tortillas, crisped in the oven a few minutes, topped with the cheese and returned for another couple minutes to melt. The saw blade has luster dust on it to give it a metallic sheen, but that didn’t photograph well. Carrots cut into nut shapes, purple and yellow cauliflower, mixed color pear tomatoes (green and yellow). Cherry tomatoes and raspberries skewered on nail shaped picks. The picks were REALLY sharp on the end, so I clipped them with scissors (they are just hard plastic) and then filed them a little.
Time Spent: it took about 45 minutes last night, but thats because besides bob, I actually made 16 tool crackers (wrenches and drills plus the hammers and saw). I also I dulled the nail picks. Assembly this morning (including cutting the carrots by hand beacuse I realized at the last minute that I didn’t have a hexagon or octagon shaped cutter. Boggle) took about 15 minutes.
Wow!!! You go all out, girl!! I love this Bento lunch. My son would LOVE it!! Thanx for visiting my blog and leaving a comment. I left you a reply back about the squirrels. Your blog looks fun. I’ll have to check it out some more!
wow! seriously – wow!
I linked your site under a friend’s who does healthy eating for kids. I told her and her readers to check you out. Amazing! Seriously. Amazing!
Thank you so much for your kind comments!
I’m just loving your site– you do such a great job w/ your kiddos lunches.
I’m curious what bread you are using? My daughter is just getting into sandwiches and the bread I like just isn’t going over w/ her (even after I take a rolling pin to it)
By the way, I’ve started my own little sketch/idea book for my daughters lunches– you’ve given me a lot of inspiration to try some new things.
I’m using “Franz Whole Grain White”. It’s got 75 calories and 2.5g fiber per slice. They also do a hot dog bun, hooray! I don’t think they are available outside the pacific NW though. They are a family owned bakery that started here in portland over 100 years ago, and although they’ve expanded, I don’t think they’ve gone beyond washington and idaho.
Driving by thier downtown factory with the scent of baking bread heavy in the air is heaven, LOL.
It is supper cute
Wow, I am way behind. I have never heard of this before but it is really neat. I hope you do the Sunday Dinner Challenge – let me know how it goes.
Thanks– I’ll have to check the store for that bread; I’ve always associated Franz w/ that gooey-white bread (can it even really be called bread? )
I also live in Portland–not far from those wonderful smells of the bakery in fact!