Happy Halloween!!

In This Lunch:

Cucumber slices with pumpkin cutouts

Apple ghosties

Green grapes

Celery bats

Marble cheddar pumpkin

Soy nut butter sandwich on whole wheat

Chocolate chip granola bar

Miss Lily was Rapunzel from the movie "Tangled"

Her costume was the first dress I had ever sewn,

and it was entirely sewn by hand with no pattern...

Not a terrible job if I do say so myself :)

Happy Halloween!

Fall Lunches

In Lily's Lunch:

Green grapes

Cheddar pumpkins

Cheddar rice crackers

Carrot sticks

Green beans

Chicken and cheese sandwich on enriched white bread

Pumpkin picks

In Craig's Lunch:

Carrot sticks

Green beans

Cheddar rice crackers

Jalapeno havarti pumpkin

Black grapes

Chicken and cheese sandwich on enriched white with

lettuce and mayo

Cheddar and jalapeno havarti acorns

Halloween Party Snacks!

Ghosties invading the pumpkin patch!

We got a call from the class parent asking us to bring in cheese and crackers for the class halloween party, so this is what we sent in :)

Pumpkins: Orange cheddar
Ghosts: White cheddar and food safe marker for eyes
Crackers: Organic multigrain and organic vegetable

(Everything had to be extra nut-free since there is a child with a nut allergy in Lily's class. Did you know there is a risk of nut traces in many types of crackers and also in cheese purchased from the deli? 

Lily and I sure had an interesting time shopping for these nut-free items!)

According to Lily though, these were a big hit :)

Halloween!

Lily's lunch for the friday before Halloween:

I didn't want to send too much, since I knew there was a party at school today, so here's what she got:

Ham and cheese slice sandwich on whole wheat
Food-safe marker pumpkin outline
Icing sugar pumpkin design
Grapes
White and orange cheddar cheese ghost and pumpkin (faces drawn with food-safe marker)

I had a funny time with this one... it was my first time trying to use a stencil, and as you can see, it didn't exactly turn out. I placed the stencil over the sandwich and proceeded to sprinkle the powdered sugar, only to realize that it didn't look anything like the pumpkin stencil, so I tried to blow it off, only to make a huge mess, haha.

I ended up just drawing on a pumpkin and hoping for the best. 

She ate it anyway though, so at least that part didn't fail :) 

I haven't decided yet if I'll try more stencils or not. 

We'll see...

Pumpkin Lunch

Pumpkin Lunch:

Turkey and cheese whiz sandwich on whole wheat
Cheese slice pumpkin with fruit leather nose and mouth, and plastic googley eyes
Fruit leather pumpkins
Snow pea bats
Rosemary and olive oil Triscuit crackers
Strawberry cereal bar pumpkins

Raisin and sunflower seed pumpkin-patch soil
Dried papaya skewer
Grapes skewers
Cherry tomato skewer

Witchy Lunch

Witch-Themed lunch:

Chicken and Cheese Sandwich on Whole Wheat
Grapes on Orange Picks
Snow Pea Bats
Fruit Leather Bat and Pumpkin
Cheese Slice Whitch and Green Sprinkle Eye
Witches Brooms: Cheesey Pretzel Sticks, Fruit Leather Bristles, Tied with Twist Ties
Bat Brains: Raisins
Witches Finger: Cucumber

Ghostly Lunch

A ghosty lunch:

Ham and cheese slice sandwich on whole wheat
Cheese slice ghost
Granola bar tombstones
Raisins
Ghostie: Dora fruit snacks wrapped in a paper muffin cup, tied with a twist tie, and a face drawn on it
Strawberries

Spooky Lunch

Spooky lunch:

Bits and Bites
Marshmallow man with fan pick with sticker (found in my craft bin!)
Strawberries
Chicken and cheese slice sandwich on home made whole wheat bread
Fruit leather pumpkin
Cheese slice cat and message