Kawaii Bento Box Ideas !!!
Below cut is 10+ ideas!!
Cherry blossom picnic-
🌸 Sakura flavored onigiri or pink rice onigiri 🍒 Tamagoyaki hearts or stars!! 🌸 strawberry & cherry blossom jelly (strawberry jelly layered with cherry blossom on top) 🍒 mini strawberry daifuku or vanilla mochi 🌸 Strawberry, peach, or lychee ramune/mogu mogu 🍒 Hanami dango 🌸 Pickled Sakura on sushi or onigiri 🍒 Peach slices or cherry slices ⭐️- extra . Flower patterned cup, pink bento box, pastel bento liner, leaf patterned dividers.
Kitty cafe bento
🐾 Cat shaped rice balls with little kitty nori faces ☕️ mini fruit sando cut into paw shapes 🐾 kitty apples or bunny apples ☕️ octopus hot dog 🐾 milk pudding with chocolate paw prints ☕️ warm strawberry or banana milk 🐾 strawberry ramune float ☕️ Fish-shaped slices of meat (Cooked) 🐾 Inarizushi ⭐️- extra. Cat-shaped box, eating outside in a cafe or book store (that it is allowed in), little cat reassurance note on the inside of the box, made by someone you know or love.
moon & star bento
🌌 Star-shaped onigiri (white & yellow rice) 🌕 Crescent moon shaped mochi 🌌 blue butterfly pea tea jelly 🌕 star shaped cheese bites 🌌 crescent cut carrot bites 🌕 Orange slices or candied orange 🌌 mochi with a blueberry in the center 🌕 Blue butterfly pea rice balls ⭐️- extra. Moon or star shaped box, cute space patterned napkins, little extra snacks shaped into planets or stars (gummies or fruit).
strawberry & shortcake themed bento
🍓strawberry jam sandwiches cut into hearts 🍰 mini pancakes with pink whip cream or butter 🍓strawberry slices with yogurt dip 🍰 pink or strawberry fillled marshmallows 🍓a little slice of shortcake!! 🍰 strawberry ramune or soda float 🍓Hardboiled egg 🍰 Strawberry-shaped Rakugan ⭐️- extra: strawberry patterned box furoshiki (the fabric tied around the box), pink bento box, red dividers.
Bunny garden bento
🐰 Flower-shaped wagashi 💐 bunny shaped rice balls with little faces 🐰 carrot-cut sausages 💐 flower-cut or bunny apples 🐰 broccoli cut into smaller pieces 💐 carrot bites 🐰 melon cream soda or mogu mogu 💐 jammy eggs ⭐️- extra: bunny shaped box or patterned furoshiki, comfort notes written on the bottom of each section with marker that won’t hurt the food, and little carrot patterned tissue around each food item.
Sanrio themed bento!
☁️ Hello kitty or other character shaped rice balls. 🍡macaroni & cheese with sanrio shapes ☁️ star-shapes potato bites or potato mochi 🍡fruit cubes ☁️ Watermelon soda or juice 🍡Hello-kitty-bow shaped cheese slices ☁️ a little grilled cheese <3 ⭐️- extra: cute patternee furoshiki, napkins, and sanrio themed fork, utensils, and reusable straws. Themed liner, and adding little bow jellies or sanrio narutomaki in a little slot might help!
rainbow bento
🌈 rainbow rice layers 🍭Rolled tamagoyaki with different fruit flavors 🌈fruit skewers 🍭dalgona with cute patterns 🌈jelly cups 🍭pudding cups ⭐️- extra: comfy blanket for picnic with your bento, nice view of surroundings, and comfortable music!
Frog pond bento
🐸 Plain white or jasmine rice ✨ Teriyaki shaped like frogs 🐸 fruit (apples, strawberry, etc) shaped like Lily pads ✨ Green melonpan or fruit Sando (green grape) 🐸 Cucumbers shaped like Lily pads! ✨ green or teal or blue mochi , Daifuku, or matcha taiyaki ⭐- Extra: Use a cute cup or bottle and drink melon soda or milk out of it, blue fruit juice, etc.
Teddy bear bento
🧸 Octopus sausage 🎀 peeled lychee 🧸 Bear-shaped pancake 🎀 Brown rice onigiri 🧸 black sesame mochinut 🎀 Star-shaped melon cuts 🧸 bear-shaped or bow-shaped crackers ⭐- Extra: Orange or yellow plaid Furoshiki and napkins, bear-themed utensils, maybe a persimmon or orange.
winter penguin bento
🐧 snowman rice balls ❄️ warm jammy eggs 🐧 ramen (no juice) ❄️ snowflake shaped carrots or cucumbers 🐧 winter rabbit apples (Pink lady or red delicious) ❄️ winter themed / star or snowflake frosted cookies 🐧 bunny egg ❄️ Blue and white konpeito and jelly cubes ⭐- Extra: Wintery hot cocoa in a bottle, or maybe some ginger or peppermint tea.
magical girl bento
💫 Star-shaped rice balls 💖 Pink omelet rolls 💫 colorful fruit 'gems' or fruit gem gummies 💖 candied fruit 💫 sugar cookies or lace cookies 💖 egg flowers 💫 octopus sausage ⭐- Extra: Wand-themed picks, Glitter patterned liner on the outside of the box, sweet strawberry milk, banana milk, or Ramune.
Festival bento
✴︎ Mini yakisoba 🎆 Takoyaki or Ikayaki ✴︎ Tamagoyaki 🎆 Mitarashi dango / mochi ✴︎ mini mochi bites 🎆cat-shaped onigiri ✴︎ quail eggs seasoned, or mini egg muffins 🎆 Mini merengue cookies ⭐- Extra: Festival liner, red and white Furoshiki, Lantern or lucky cat shaped bento box
Feel free to mix and match!
