Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Halloween Inspiration/Flashback

So, with Halloween coming up right away, I figured I might as well do a throwback to some of the halloween lunches I prepared last year.  I figured there was so many cute ideas, so I did a different theme each day, all week!

Today it was orange/black pumpkin day:  I used an orange babybel and cut out a star, cheese sticks with a speckled orange and black frog sneaking on top, blackberries, and carrots with stars cut out for the snack box.

For the main lunch we have orange slices with a bat pic, her sandwich was a pumpkin (complete with a cute witch hat pic) and a slice of cheddar cheese on top with the cute pumpkin face, and cheese curls with the creepy gate pic (too much fun!)

Today was SPIDERS!!!!  Her snack box wasn't in theme, but her main lunch was the attraction.  I used an orange Babybel and painted a cute face on it, then sliced some spider legs and baked the hot dogs to make spider dogs (stuck in a few wilton cady eyes to complete). added a container of ketchup for dipping and a creepy toy spider web behind.  Then she had a side of mac & cheese with a creepy spider crawling all over!!!

MUMMY DAY!  I drew a cute pumpkin face on the top of her orange container, then jello in her orance silicone mold, and few berries and some cheese string witch brooms (pretzels for the sticks), and it wouldn't be complete without a creepy gate pic behind.  Then her main lunch had a cute mummy sandwich, and a few mummy hot dogs (hot dogs wrapped in Philsbury crescent roll dough and baked), with a cute RIP pic and some berries.....don't forget the mummy juice box! (Juice box wrapped in gauze and then a face drawn on)

GHOST DAY!!!  I used my gingerbread cookie cutter for her sandwich and dressed him up with a cheddar cheese pumpkin costume and a with hat pic (drew face on with edible pens by Wilton), then we have some crunchy cheesies with a bat pic, and a few cheese string ghosts on a bed of grapes.  Her snack container had a few carrots slices (with toy eyeballs!), and some cheesy nuts n bolts and a cute ghost pic to complete.

 GHOST DAY #2...too many cute ghosts, I had to do 2 different days!  Her snack box had a cottage cheese ghost with raisin eyes and mouth, some berries and veggies with a cute ghost pic.  Then her lunch was a creepy ghost sandiwch with a marble cheese top and fruit leather cut into the word "BOO", a cheddar cheese house and a few fun pics to dress it up.  Then her treat was a couple big marshmallows with edible faces drawn on with edible marker, and some pomegranate seeds.

Hope that helps inspire others for a fun Halloween week in lunch land!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

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