Good afternoon, today I have two blog posts for you! Fun Food Friday, which I posted earlier today, and now an extra special post for Roald Dahl Day, which is tomorrow, the 13th September. In celebration of this fantastic author, some of the Bento Bloggers and Friends and I have come together to bring you a blog hop! Be sure to read right to the end of this post where you'll find a button to take you through to the next blog in the hop.
I made two Roald Dahl themed lunches this week. The first was based on The Twits, and was a huge hit with Small Child and his friends too, who told me all about it when they came out of school! I decided to make a second for him, which was based on The Magic Finger. When each lunch was finished I asked him to guess the book, and he got it straight away both times so I'll call that a success!
The second lunch was the one based on The Magic Finger. To make this I cut a tortilla wrap into hand shapes using a cutter, then baked them to make tortilla crisps. I coloured the tip of one finger with a red edible marker pen, and added a mini Babybel cheese with a 'flash of light' cut from the wax using a mini bento cutter. I rolled roast chicken slices and skewered them on duck picks to represent the duck family. On the side he had carrot sticks and cucumber sticks, topped with a rough gun I carved from carrot. I also included a small container of houmous to dip the veggies in. I finished the lunch off with another clementine which I again decorated with an image from the book - the girl's teacher who gets turned into a cat.
I hope Small Child enjoyed this lunch as much as yesterday's The Twits Lunch! Now, as I mentioned above, this post is part of a blog hop! If you click on the button below, you'll be taken to the next blog in the hop where you can see what Roald Dahl inspired food Jean from Bento Days has made!
Shirley Wong says
The magic finger bento is so cute, made me smile!
Grace says
Thank you! It was simple, but fun I think!
Kristi Cushman says
Totally cute, I love the decorated clementines, how clever!
Grace says
Thank you! They were quite rough and ready but luckily Small Child recognised what they were supposed to be!
Jean (Bentodays) says
Great lunches! Love your drawings!
Grace says
Thanks Jean! 🙂
Kathy says
Love both lunches and so much fun that your son was able to guess the books.
Grace says
Thank you Kathy, I'm very glad he did!
Sarah Denton says
Love the little monkeys
Grace says
They were ideal for that book! 🙂
Cristi says
Brilliant use of those naughty little monkeys! Love your fun lunches!
Grace says
He he, any excuse! Thank you!
Keitha says
Both lunches look fantastic and match the books so well.
Grace says
Thanks so much Keitha, that's a particularly great compliment coming from you!
Eileen says
Both look great!
Grace says
Thank you!
Bentomonsters says
Awesome, I love them both!
Grace says
Thanks so much!
thebeesleybuzz says
brilliant! Love your book inspired books! I am still in awe of the oliver jeffers one you did before. x
Grace says
Thank you! I loved that Oliver Jeffers one too, it was definitely one of my favourites!