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Colorful Crayon Bento Box

Head back to school in style with this Colorful Crayon Bento Box! Bursting with both color and cuteness, this edible rainbow lunch is guaranteed to make studying soooo much better (and tastier) for students of all ages!

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Forget all about those back-to-school blues with this Colorful Crayon Bento Box! These adorable rice crayons are made from 100% naturally dyed rice, and are easily molded into shape with the help of a rice mold – even a bento novice can successfully recreate this vibrant lunch! It’s basically an edible rainbow stuffed into a bento box… what more could you ask for in a lunch?

August 17, 2018September 30, 2018 by Shannon

Salted Rose Onigiri Mother’s Day Bento

These gorgeous Salted Rose Onigiri are sheer edible elegance! Made with homemade pickled rose petals and rose salt, these rice balls are guaranteed to impress with their effortless beauty and taste.

In honor of Mother’s Day, onigiri is getting an elegant, sophisticated spring makeover, and it’s all thanks to one surprising star ingredient: roses. These beautifully blushing rice balls are flecked with tart yet floral pickled rose petals, and accessorized in a shower of sparkling pink rose salt – a topping capable of turning any food item into a queen. What mother (or female, for that matter) wouldn’t fall head-over-heels for these gorgeous lunchtime jewels? And the best part: they’re super easy to make!

April 29, 2018April 30, 2018 by Shannon

Bunny Rilakkuma Easter Bento

Celebrate Easter Rilakkuma style, with this adorable Rilakkuma Easter Bento! Featuring both Rilakkuma & Kiiroitori dressed up as bunnies, this springtime bento is the perfect Easter surprise for fans of all ages!

Happy Easter fellow bento lovers! How else would we celebrate here on LAFB but with an irresistible Easter bento box? 😀 This year the Easter Bunny’s brought us an adorable Rilakkuma Easter bento! Because, let’s face it: Rilakkuma dressed up as a bunny is pretty much the cutest thing ever. And don’t forget about Kiiroitori, who’s also joining the celebration sporting his own hard-boiled egg bunny suit. I know, I know, just when you thought Easter couldn’t get any cuter.

March 31, 2018April 30, 2018 by Shannon

Milk & Cookies Bento Box (+ How to dye food blue)

Take your lunch to all new levels of cute with this Milk & Cookies Bento Box! Plus, learn how to make all natural blue food dye from scratch (spoiler alert: it takes less than 10 seconds).

I don’t think there exists a person who doesn’t love milk and cookies. Is it even possible? I’m not sure our genetics allows for such an anomaly; it’s like evolution naturally selected for humankind’s fondness of this nostalgic childhood treat. But no amount of evolution could prepare you for the cuteness that is this milk & cookies bento box – it’s cuteness of the highest, most lethal order, and it will melt your brain into a puddle of disabled neurons. (And that itty bitty little straw sticking out of the milk = finishing blow. Totally KO’d.)

October 6, 2017October 16, 2017 by Shannon

Candy Corn Onigiri

It’s time for Monthly Onigiri! For October, we’re making Candy Corn Onigiri. They’re festive, fun, and guaranteed to get you into the Halloween spirit!

If you had to pick one quintessential Halloween candy – a candy that embodies the Halloween spirit and acts as a deliciously edible symbol of the spooky holiday people either love or despise – what would it be? For me, that title would have to go to candy corn. I mean, who can look at candy corn and not instantaneously think of Halloween? I’m pretty sure it’s a visceral, inborn response. And so, it seems fitting that the first Halloween themed bento item I have for you this October are these ultra cute, ultra festive Candy Corn Onigiri.

October 2, 2017April 27, 2018 by Shannon

Pusheenosaurus (Dinosaur Pusheen) Bento Box

Pusheenosaurus is here to make your bento box prehistorically adorable!

Fun fact: little grade 2 me wanted to be a paleontologist when she grew up. Needless to say, that goal didn’t exactly pan out – Jurassic Park kind of scared me away from the profession. However, I think I just may have taken a step closer to my grade 2 occupational dreams with this bento box, which combines my dormant love of dinosaurs with my present day love for Pusheen the Cat. Say hello to the friendly feline herbivore “Pusheenosaurus” (AKA Dinosaur Pusheen), a rare species of dinosaur who’s ready to fill your next bento box with ridiculous, lethal levels of cuteness.

September 2, 2017October 16, 2017 by Shannon

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