Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Lunch Made Easy: The Very Hungry Caterpillar

I've been waiting to do this lunch all week! Today's lunch is inspired by Little Miss's class at school - They are learning about Caterpillars & Butterflies. They also just finished reading "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and even created their own class story called "The Very Hungry Kid" (lol, so cute!).


If you recall in the book, the caterpillar eats through different foods on different days - some good food, some bad ;) and eventually turns into a butterfly.


For her lunch I printed a card off the computer and typed "Hope you are HUNGRY! Can you eat through all this food? Love, Mama xoxo"



I created the caterpillar sandwich cutting circular shapes for the body and stacking them (bread, cheese, bologna, repeat).
I created the caterpillar face from a piece of food color dyed provalone and colored his eyes, nose, and antennas. (There's a cherry tomoato behind it.)
There are apples, strawberries & cheese just like in the book, oh and some cantalope dices with a few blueberries scattered to fill. I created the hole in each of them, just like the pictures in the book, using a straw.
You can't forget the leaf he eats making him feel all better! I used a spinach leaf again cutting the hole using a straw.



Since he turns into a beautiful butterfly, I created one using a snack baggy and clothes pin. I filled the baggy with rainbow goldfish crackers and drew a little face on the pin. The antennas were created using a twisty tie.


There you have it - A Very Hungy Caterpillar Lunch. :)


Little Miss LOVED it when I showed her this morning. She said she can't wait to show her teacher and class.


25 comments:

  1. Such a great theme lunch and love how you made a butterfly with the baggie and clip...cute! Lovely to meet you :)

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  2. that lunch looks great! i like the leaf detail.

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  3. Brilliant! I think I'm going to put this one in rotation! I also make a butterfly with a clothespin and a snack bag. It's my go-to when I am out of ideas!

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  4. So cute. My kids love the book so I will make this lunch for my kindergartner. Thanks for the idea.

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  5. Thank you everyone for your nice comments and feedback! :)

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  6. So cute. Audrey would love a lunch like this. We may have to try something similar.

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  7. Very cute. I not seen the caterpillar sandwich before but I did see the butterfly snack. I was going to try that one one of the days.

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  8. Thanks Audrey's Mom & Moody Mom! :)
    She really loved that it went with what she was learning in class.

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  9. I've seen several of the Hungry Caterpillar bentos, but yours takes the cake! (And the apple, and the pickle, and the cheese, and one slice of watermelon....lol!)

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  10. Love this! I may have to give this a try-my youngest loves this story!

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  11. Featuring YOU over on my blog today! :) Great idea!

    Ginger

    http://www.gingersnapcrafts.com/2011/09/back-to-school-link-party-features_26.html

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  12. This is amazing! Your recipe was the most viewed last week so you are being featured this week at Tasty Thursdays!

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  13. This is one of my favorites of all I've seen online! Must pin!

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  14. This is SO creative! This is my sons favorite book right now, so I'm going to HAVE to make this! I'd love if you'd link up to my new link party! http://www.sweettreatsandgoodeats.com/2011/10/this-weeks-rfob.html

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  15. Your little miss must felt so proud of her mom and her lunch when she showed this fun sandwich to her teacher and friends ^,^
    Also, thank you so much for dropping by my blog.

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  16. this caterpiller looks so cute!!creative idea!!

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  17. Has Little Miss requested this lunch again? I know my girls would ask me to make this one over, and over. Such a detailed, fun bento Keeley :)

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  18. What a clever lunch! I love the butterfly snack too :-)

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  19. Love your lunch!! Thanks for linking up! :)

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