Flower Power!

After doing the 'boy' dinosaur theme this week, I decided to do a 'girl' Flower Power lunch to even the score.

To make the bouquet, I started with kiwi fruit, cut like the dinosaur eggs, but with a banana slice and blueberry middle, I transformed it into a flower.

(I held the banana and blueberry in place with a cocktail stick cut in half. If you do this, PLEASE WARN YOUR CHILD so they don't eat it! I actually brought Feebz and Lollly through and showed them the process so they would remember. Later in the car, I asked Feebz what she needed to do to check that she remembered, and she answered 'Take the stick out'. Good.)

I then added halved strawberry 'roses' and blueberry 'bluebells' to finish the floral arrangement. (Lolly, who doesn't like kiwi, got a red strawberry flower instead of the kiwi and strawberry arrangment.) Several slices of ham rolled into a cone made the flower wrapping (again held in place with a cocktail stick), and a slice of cheese cut into the shape of a flower with a cookie cutter finished the bouquet.

The top layer was simply some crackers for the ham and cheese, pretzels, a string cheese and a brownie cut into a flower. An apple in the bag and a juice box finished the lunch.

Almost.

As I put the lid on the bento, I quickly racked my brain for something else I could throw in last minute and remembered these chocolate biscuits I bought in the oriental food market. A couple of these yummy treats will have made a very happy five year old.