I’ve always been a fan of the bento lunches. My oldest just started pre-k this year and they provide breakfast and lunch, so in the meantime, I’m practicing my bento lunch box skills with creative after school snacks.
Both of my girls can be picky eaters, but they will eat just about anything if you present it to them in a fun way.
California Ripe Olives are kid-friendly and the perfect option for creating tasty and creative food art for the back to school season.
If you don’t have fancy sandwich cutters (I don’t), you can use metal cans or glass cups to cut the bread into shapes. I did use a heart-shaped cutter for two of these snacks.
Owl:
- Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich
- Colby Cheese
- Large California Black Ripe Olives
- Apples
- Snikiddy Baked Mac n’ Cheese Puffs
Fish
- Sweet Hawaiian Bun with Turkey and Cheese
- Extra Large California Black Ripe Olive
- White American Cheese
- Carrot Sticks
- Strawberries
Bunny
- Bologna and Cheese Sandwich
- Extra Large California Black Ripe Olives
- White American Cheese
- Colby Cheese
- Pineapple
- Cherry Tomatoes (from our garden)
Lion:
- Turkey and Cheese Sandwich
- Large California Black Ripe Olives
- White American Cheese
- Colby Cheese
- Strawberries
- Blueberries
Cow:
- Sweet Hawaiian Bun with Ham and Cheese
- Extra Large California Black Ripe Olives
- White American Cheese
- Carrot Sticks
- Apple Sauce
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Which meal is your favorite?
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Such good ideas. Neither of my kids care for olives, but I didn’t start liking them myself until about 6 months ago – which is weird, right? Now I can’t get enough.
Oh my goodness. Those sandwiches are so cute!!!
Great ideas!!!xo
Olive fingers! I want to take a bite out of that fish bento box. We would shape out a shark in our house!
I love that bunny bento! My daughter always loved it when I packed olives in her school lunch.
Oh my goodness, that owl one is soooooo adorable! I am bookmarking this page!
Neat ideas. Looks like tasty lunches.
These Bento boxes are exceptionally well done. I love the owl.
I especially like the cow. I’m a sucker for a Hawaiian roll.
There’s something about Bento boxes that I find fascinating. They’re just so cool!
That bunny Bento is so adorable. Bento boxes are just the cutest.
Now those are some bento ideas I can easily do! I love olives so even better.
I don’t think any kid can resist making olive fingers. We usually only have this at Thanksgiving – but it’s a great food anytime.
Fun with food! I love games to get your kids to eat, especially olives, yummy!
I love the adorable after school snacks! My daughter would love these!
These are all so adorable! I need to pin these for later.
I remember being so scared of black olives when I was younger, but my kids definitely aren’t afraid to eat them. My son loves them!
These sandwiches are really cute. I love the owl.
Oh so cute!!!! We love olives! Great lunch ideas!
You seriously are the cutest. I want to do these for my boys lunches
I am not a huge fan of olives. But you can use them to have fun with food.
Love all of this! Such a cute, creative way to get them eating! My kids are serious pigs, but would absolutely love all of this and probably ask for it daily!
Mu 3-year old loves to snack on olives. He eats them a lot.
Those are really cute and they all look yummy. I really like the OWL.
I can’t even! These are so cute, especially the owl!