Halloween "Not" so scary Bento Box

Kids look forward to Halloween every year. It’s exciting as a family to decorate, pick costumes, and prepare for Trick or treating. Well, this year due to quarantine the way Halloween is celebrated has changed. Many schools are not permitting parties and few kids are going Trick or Treating. I love Halloween and through the power of bentos was determined to create a lunch that would bring the Halloween spirit.

This week bento was inspired by Robot Squirrel and The Monkey. I love this bento because of its cute and not so scary witch just conjures up the nostalia of Halloween. I wanted to copy this witch theme bento by recreate the witch using a grape jelly Uncrustable. 
 
In the original, the witch eyes were made from jelly candy and she has carrot hair. I will do the same thing with slight changes. I used a paint brush to add a mouth. For the witch hat, I printed a hat clipart found online and used it as a templet to cutout hat on black cardstock. The belt on hat was traced using white glitter frosting. 
 
For the sides Leveled up the Halloween cuteness.  Using Autumn colored chocolate sunflower seeds that I happen to find on my way out the store. This was topped with a foam ghost. Leaf cutout cucumbers were inserted with carrots. I finished it off by adding Ghost & Bats Veggie chips. This Bento turned out Spooktacular!

In This Lunch:
· Grape jelly Uncrustable
· Sunburst Chocolate cover sunflower seeds
· Cucumbers
· Carrots
· Veggie Chips Ghost and Bats
· Dots Candy
· Black frosting

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