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Cute Missing Link movie themed bento lunch with Mr Link sandwich - fun food art for kids
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Missing Link Themed Bento Lunch

Cute Missing Link Themed Bento Lunch with Mr Link Sandwich. Why not have a go at making this fun movie themed lunch with your kids after taking them to see the film! 
Prep Time15 minutes
Total Time15 minutes
Course: Lunch
Cuisine: British
Servings: 1 person
Author: Grace Hall

Ingredients

For the Mr Link Sandwich:

  • 2 slices wholemeal bread
  • sandwich filling of your choice
  • ½ large carrot
  • 1 slice ham
  • pink & black food writer pens
  • 1 slice cheese
  • 1 Tbsp soft cream cheese
  • 2 edible candy eyes

On the side:

  • 6 sugar snap peas
  • 5 thick slices cucumber
  • small handful blueberries
  • 1 round slice honeydew melon
  • 4 mini cookies

Instructions

  • First make the Mr Link Sandwich. Make up a sandwich with two slices of bread and a filling of your choice.
  • Using a large round cookie cutter and a sharp knife (see my video for example), cut the sandwich into an oval shape. Place to one side.
  • Peel the carrot and discard the skin. Use the peeler to cut thin strips from the carrot. Cut the strips into lots of triangles, this will be for Mr Link's hair.
  • Using two smaller round cookie cutters and sharp knife, cut a face shape from the ham. From the offcuts, cut a nose shape and a thin semi-circle for his brow.
  • Colour the nose piece with the food writer pens - pink around the outside and two black nostrils.
  • Using a mini round cutter, cut a thin semi-circle for his mouth.
  • Spread a layer of soft cream cheese over the top of the oval shaped sandwich. Arrange the carrot triangles on top, in layers all around the outside of the sandwich for the hair.
  • Place the ham face piece on top of the carrot hair, then add the ham nose, brow, cheese mouth and two edible candy eyes to complete the face.
  • Place the sandwich in the lunch box along with the fruit and vegetable sides.
  • Pack sugar snap peas and cucumber slices, cut into leaf shapes, to represent the jungle that Mr Link came from.
  • For the fruit, cut the melon into triangles and arrange in the lunch box along with the blueberries to represent the mountains that he travels to in the film.
  • Finish the lunch with some mini cookies for a treat - they pop up throughout the film!

Video