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A collection of all the cute & delicious bento box recipes & tutorials created on Love At First Bento. You’ll find cute bento boxes, character bento boxes (AKA kyaraben), and elegant bento boxes. Every bento box includes step by step instructions, a video tutorial, and plenty of tips for creating beautiful bento lunch boxes like a pro.

Christmas Tree Pusheen Bento Box

Make it a Pusheen Christmas for lunch with this Christmas Tree Pusheen Bento Box! Based off the Holiday Pusheen Surprise Blind Box design, this Pusheen is cute and healthy, thanks to the use of naturally dyed rice and egg. Plus, learn how to make colored egg crepes like a a pro with my easy tips & tricks!

What’s at the top of your Christmas list? For me, it’s most definitely the Holiday Cheer Pusheen Surprise Blind Box (among a multitude of other Pusheen items). I can hardly pick a favorite, they’re all so freaking cute, but my heart spasmed the hardest when I first saw the Christmas Tree Pusheen plush – which, of course, just happens to be the rarest surprise plush. While my chances of unboxing a Christmas Tree Pusheen are slim, I’ve decided to make everyone’s chances of at least receiving it for lunch a 100% guarantee, thanks to this adorable and incredibly festive Christmas Tree Pusheen Bento Box! Made from naturally dyed rice and egg crepe, this Christmastime Pusheen is as fun to make as it is to eat, and the perfect way to infuse your holidays with a little extra dose of Pusheen!

December 22, 2017April 27, 2018 by Shannon

Candy Cane Sushi Christmas Bento

Upgrade your holiday menu plans with these Candy Cane Sushi Rolls – gorgeously festive uramaki rolls that are 100% vegan, and colored naturally with homemade dyes. Full video tutorial + plenty of tips will have you rolling out festive Christmas sushi in no time!

Confession: I am a self-diagnosed candy cane addict. My symptoms include hoarding candy cane ice cream until my freezer contains more cartons than the store, inhaling peppermint-laced desserts at an unsafe velocity, and withdrawal symptoms come January, once the stores begin the candy cane extirpation process. My addiction is also to blame for these Candy Cane Sushi: brilliantly striped uramaki (inside-out) rolls that are filled with red and green veggies, fresh mint leaves, and enough holiday festiveness to put regular old candy canes to shame. Because who says that sushi can’t be incorporated into the traditional holiday fare?

December 17, 2017December 20, 2017 by Shannon

Hello Kitty Cherry Bento Box

It’s a celebration of all things pink & girly with this Hello Kitty Cherry Bento Box! This foolproof bento can be made and enjoyed by bento novices & veterans alike, and makes an undeniably perfect lunch for any die-hard Hello Kitty fan.

Whenever I need a little extra cheer and cuteness in my bento box, there are always two things that I subconsciously gravitate towards: lots of pink, and lots of Hello Kitty. I think it’s safe to say that this Hello Kitty Cherry Bento Box surpasses these requirements, since we have:

Hot pink rice “cherries”, which are colored naturally with beet powder.
Cute Hello Kitty faces that will make you swoon with every glance.

And, with the right tools, this character bento box is as easy as cherry pie to make; it’s easy enough for a complete novice to pull off, and also makes for a quick and simple lunch that any bento veteran can whip up in no time. Because, let’s face it: cute shouldn’t have to be difficult. 😉

November 19, 2017November 20, 2017 by Shannon

Halloween Pusheen Surprise Bento Box

Experience the fun of Pusheen Surprise Boxes in your lunch, thanks to this Halloween Pusheen Surprise Bento Box! Find out the one essential tool I use to easily shape Candy Corn & Frankenstein Pusheen out of rice – it does 95% of the work for you!

Have you got your hands on a Halloween Pusheen Surprise Plush yet? Ever since the Halloween “Trick or Treats!” series was revealed, I have been dying to add the Candy Corn Pusheen to my plush collection. So far, my Pusheen wishes have not yet been fulfilled; my one and only surprise box contained Mummy Pusheen (which I still totally love <3). Relentless in my pursuit, I decided to take matters into my own hands and make edible versions of my favorite Halloween Pusheens; the result is this Halloween Pusheen Surprise Bento Box, which features none other than the elusive Candy Corn Pusheen and Frankenstein Pusheen (AKA “Frankensheen”). This bento will make you OD on cute. How do I know? Let’s just say this post is being written from up in Pusheen Heaven.

October 30, 2017October 30, 2017 by Shannon

Halloween Pikachu Character Bento Box

Prepare for trouble & make it double with this Halloween Pikachu Bento Box! Learn how to turn rice the perfect “Pikachu yellow”, + tips & easy-to-follow instructions for shaping rice like a pro.

Can you believe Halloween is just under one week away? Back when I still went trick or treating (which, I am mildly ashamed to admit, was not that long ago), this would be about the time that my sister and I actually started putting together our costumes, which were either an eclectic mix of Value Village finds + old dance costumes, or recycled cosplay costumes that no one except anime fans could recognize. While I may not be dressing up as anything for Halloween this year, I did take the liberty of dressing up Pikachu in this super cute Halloween Pikachu Bento Box (which, I can assure you, is 1 million times cuter than anything I could’ve possibly worn). It’s a bento that serves as undeniable proof that Halloween + Pokemon should be on everyone’s trick-or-treating agenda (because squealing your vocal cords raw at Pokemon in costumes beats carving pumpkins any day, imo).

October 26, 2017October 30, 2017 by Shannon

Sailor Moon Noodles Bento Box

Unleash your inner moon princess by making Sailor Moon Noodles! Featuring super easy, 100% naturally colored pink noodles that look gorgeous in any bento box!

Okay, for reals: if this Sailor Moon Noodles Bento Box doesn’t have you shouting “moon prism power!” from the rooftops for all to hear in your very best pretty sailor soldier voice, then I haven’t done my job right. As a Sailor Moon superfan, I took it upon myself to produce the most elegant, magical girl infused bento box I possibly could, one that was a true ode to the celestial elegance that is Sailor Moon, that radiated edible powers of love and justice that no mortal being could resist. Just as Sailor Moon takes “cute and girly” to a whole new level of refinement, I too aimed to make this a bento that celebrated the cute side of femininity, that elevated all things pink to a “rose gold” tier of sophistication. I truly believe Sailor Moon noodles accomplish just that.

October 23, 2017July 1, 2018 by Shannon

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