Initial Letter Bento Lunchbox Ideas
My boys absolutely love it when I made a themed lunchbox for them. No matter if it’s a pirate bento lunchbox or based on one of their favorite characters like the Angry Birds lunchbox, lunch time is always more fun when it’s based on a theme. Our most recent lunchbox they were just as thrilled with, even though it was a bit simpler bento than some of the ones we have made in the past. This one had a theme that they loved, though, it was their Initial Letter lunchbox!
Making this lunchbox was super easy. I just made each boy their own favorite sandwiches. One of my kiddos likes peanut butter only and my other son is more creative and will go for peanut butter with jelly, honey, or butter so we mix it up.
next, I added in their favorite fruits and veggies – sliced apples, baby carrots, and cherry tomatoes. My kids love to dip, so they got some ranch in their lunchbox, too.
Finally, I added the finishing touch! I took a small handful of stick pretzels and arranged them on top of their sandwich making their first name’s initial letter out of the pretzels.
I have been working with my 3 year old on learning to spell his name, so he loved seeing the A in the lunchbox and knew which one was his immediately. I got big smiles from both of the boys as they saw their own personalized lunchbox and ate their lunches.
We took their lunches outside to our picnic table to make lunchtime even more fun, and enjoy the beautiful weather we were having. You can add in more letters throughout the lunchbox theme with abc cookie cutters and stamp out slices of cheese, thinly sliced fruit or veggies like cucumbers or watermelon, or even a cookie as a fun treat!
This looks so yummy!
This is a fantastic idea! I am going to try it in next weeks lunch for my daughter. Plus you made it super easy because her name stats with an A. Thanks for sharing!
What a cute idea for lunch.
I’ve been seeing bento boxes featured all over the place lately, and I’m really excited about it! I know my kids would appreciate something other than plain lunches.
I don’t do bento lunchboxes. If I had more time, I definitely would, though. They’re so much fun. When I make my regular lunches *sigh*, I like to add things like vegetables and fruits. I shy away from sandwiches, though. They get squishy.
I lie to add fresh veggies, dips, cheeses, sandwich bites, fruit. All the good stuff.
Initials is such a cute idea. It’s been a lot of years since I had to pack lunches, but if the internet would have been available then, I would have been all over these cute lunch ideas.
Ok, that is so cute and so stinking easy! I think my kids would love fun bento box lunches like this.
The initial idea with healthy food choices is a great idea.
The initial idea is so cute! My kids would have loved that when they were younger.
We love to make things with string cheese like an octopus, or I’ll make a ladybug with apples and raisins attached by peanut butter.
I don’t do Bento lunches but I think they are so much fun. My kids eat lunches at school because it is cheaper than us sending them and I know they are eating well.
I just love Bento boxes and this is such a neat idea!
My kids are missing out! I make them a regular lunch and nothing cute like this! I feel like once I started, they’d have to always have a cute set up.
I love the addition of the carrots. It is great to add healthy treats that she loves.
I don’t do bento, but they sure are pretty. I strive to just send healthy lunches. lol
Love it! I am totally using this idea. My boys would love this little surprise in their lunchboxes!
I like to add healthy items. Whole wheat pita stuffed sandwich, carrot sticks, mandarin oranges, broccoli.