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Konnichiwa minna! Welcome to my blog. This is mostly a place for me to save and share the wonderful bento ideas that I come across whilst surfing the web. I will also occasionally share some cute bento accessories if I come across anything ;) I will post some creations of my own once I get the hang of it :D.

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Kiki’s delivery service bento boxes and cooling bag

This cute line of Kiki’s Delivery Service bento boxes featuring Jiji is very, every high on my personal wishlist. The volume of the above bento box is 620ml + 630ml, so it is super spacious. The upper compartment has slots in the side, so it’s perfect if you prefer a salad lunch box. Do note, however, that is is not microwave proof. This item (along with the ones below) is currently cheapest at amazon.com, where it can be purchased for $11.32 (+/- €10,50 excl. shipping). Click here to see the item on amazon.com.

The above bento box comes in two sizes 650ml and 900ml and is microwave proof if you remove the lid and does not have slots like the above box does. It is currently offered cheapest here on Bentoandco (site is both in French and English), for $15,00 (€13.00) and $17.00 (€14,00), both excl. shipping. Click here to purchase either of these boxes. Make sure to sign up for their newsletter to get 10% off and to receive promo’s like free world wide shipping!

They both fit into this super adorable matching cooling bag (seriously: how cute is this?). It is reasonably priced at $14,69 (+/- €12.50) and can be purchased here at amazon.com.

Please note: I listed the sites were the items are currently cheapest, but this may change in future. So make sure to price check before you buy :).

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This Christmas themed bento by R mama is super cute and actually quite easy to make.For the green hat and scarf of the snow man you simply use cucumber. For Santa you can use the red of crab sticks. I am not entirely sure ht kind of rice seasoning R mama used (if we have to believe google translate it would be red rice), but you can always use natural food colouring when you make it yourself. Crab sticks have been used to give the reindeer it’s cute little red bow and white belly. 

Visit R mama’s website for more great bento ideas (you might wanna use google translate though as it is in Japanese).

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These adorable owl bento boxes are proof that a cute box does not have to be expensive. They can contain up to 900 ml (which is very spacious) and are microwave proof.

They can be purchased here at ebay.com for only $3,35 (€3,15). Note: please take into account that they come with free international shipping. So no shipping costs (yeay), but this also means that it can take up to a month for your item to arrive depending on where you live. But good things come to those who wait, right? ;)

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Whooottt 1000 followers! :D I am so, so grateful! You guys are the best.

To celebrate I will be adding some new features to my blog:

- Reviews of bento cookbooks (I don’t have that many yet, but that’s definitely going to change).

- Cute bento accessories I stumble across (don’t worry I will keep this to a limit; this is still mainly a food blog).

- Reviews of bentoo tols and accessories (nori punchers, rice molds etc.) that I personally use. I will include a picture of the bento for which I have used it as well.

- I will also be sharing some recipes that I have gathered whilst making bento‘s.

I also plan on sharing some of my own creations. I am still not even close to the creations of Little Miss Bento or Bento Monsters, but practice makes perfect right? :D

If there is anything else you would like to see on this blog, then please let me know by commenting or just drop me a message via the ask box :).

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I realize it’s a little early, but I just HAD to share this once I saw it. It’s a Christmas wreath made by the super talented Tomomi from Bento4kids. The ingredients are mashed potato, broccoli, two types of cheese and crab sticks as well as so mayonnaise to ensure that the cheese sticks to the broccoli.

Make sure to check out the youtube tutorial here, as well as the bento4kids youtube channel for some really helpful tutorials!

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As my trusty followers will know I am a huge fan of little miss bento creations and I just had to share this adorable, and relatively simple, halloween bento idea. The orange is created using orange deco furikake, but could definitely be achieved by store bought, organic food colouring.

For a tutorial and an explanation how she has made it, please visit Little Miss Bento’s website

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I really love your blog!! I really want to get into making these things but i don't really know where to start or even how @-@

Thank you so much! Yes some of the creations can look so complex that it seems pretty daunting to get started. But sometimes all a bento needs are a few tiny, cute touches to make it look absolutely kawaii. That’s one of the reasons why I always try to post relatively simple creations with tutorials. So make sure to click the links if you see that there is a tutorial included. I’m still a noob at it myself, so I always find tutorials tremendously helpful :D.

If you access my blog via http://kawaiiobento.tumblr.com/ directly there are some useful links to sites with recipes and tutorials. :) So make sure to check those out as well.

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Another cute Halloween bento idea! It’s made out of naval oranges, but if you would like smaller containers, you could try to make them with tangerines. The colourful fruits inside of the fruity jack-o-lanterns are melon’s!

Please check out Canadian Family for a tutorial on how to make these.

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YOUR SO TALENTS TEACH ME YOUR WAYS PLZ ㅠㅅㅠʚ♥ɞ

Awwhh thanks. But for now the things on my blog are mostly reblogs of what other people have made. Usually there is a link to a page where they explain how to make them so make sure to check the links ;D.

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I love your blog! 😍

Thank you so much! :D

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How kawaii is this Halloween themed Winnie the Pooh bento?! The yellow colour was created by mixing the rice with the yolk of a cooked egg. The little pumpkin appears to be a mini muffin with nori cutouts, but i am not 100% sure of this. This bento was created by the very talented Naohaha

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This is just too freaking cute! who knew that giving rice balls hair bows could look this lovely? And it’s easy to do too! The balls of rice in the picture are seasoned with Furikake (which you can either make or buy) and decorated with ham, onigiri and nori. For those who are not very good with scissors (like me), I would suggest food cutters to create the flower shapes).

The little cheese flower is really easy to make and great for decorating bentos! It’s usually done with ham, but it works just as well with cheese. Please visit the wonderful youtube channel of bento4kinds for a tutorial on how to make ham (or cheese) flowers.  

This lovely bento was created by the very talented Chika

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This adorable clown style bento once more shows that a bento does not always need elaborate shapes and decoration to be cute. The eyes were made with beans but I am not entirely sure what was used for the nose. Possibly a radish or an umeboshi (either would work nicely I think).

This bento was made by Fairyrosekitty (please note that this is a twitter page in Japanese).

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Who doesn’t want to eat this adorable Baymax burger? This rice burger is a great idea if you want to include rice in your bento, but want to go about it a little different.

Please see bento monster’s page for an explanation on how to make these.

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As the weather has been pretty horrible here in Holland, I just had to share this super kawaii Miffy bento by the awesome Little Miss Bento. As you can read in her blogpost (see link below) the raincoat is made out of egg sheets, but I suppose you could also use cheddar cheese if you are not confident in making those.

Source: LIttle Miss Bento.

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A really cute and elegant idea for those who prefer a salad type of bento. Probably superfluous information, but these are cherry tomatoes with a piece of mozzarella in between and a basil leaf on top.

This would probably go really well with peaces of lemon wrapped with parmaham. And perhaps some finger sandwiches?

Source: bentomamacat:

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How adorable is this little penguin? All you need is some nori for the decoration, ham for the cheeks and a nice kernel for the mouth. This bento was made by the very talented Chicchi. Please click here for the tutorial she created on how to make this kawaii penguin.

Please note that the website is in Japanese, but it has some really helpful pictures. :) So you should be able to manage with the help of Google translate.