Bento Buddies

A while back my friend and I were feeling both artistic and hungry, so we had a night full of bento fun! We never planned on making an Instructable out of our creations, so sadly all there is to offer here is the materials we used and the final products. Which is actually A-OK because the fun of bentos is making your own unique creations. :)
Anyway, this is how we did ours, and how they turned out.

Step 1 What we used

We didn't want to make bento boxes exactly, so what we did is went to the local Goodwill and bought a few exciting bowls and places that we saw, to build our creations on.


To decide what we wanted to use for our bentos we basically went to the grocery store and just grabbed anything and everything that was colorful, inspired us, or had promise.

Some of the needs:
-Rice (more detail on this in step 3)
-Seaweed
-Awesome bowl
-Knife

Other stuff:
-split peas
-strawberries
-pocky
-bag of sliced mixed veggies
-kiwi
-boiled eggs
-mixed nuts
-food coloring
-whatever your heart desires

Comments

[SeaLion]

There's a simpler answer...rice cooker :)

[TristaGee]

Very true! Unfortunately I'm rather lacking in the rice cooker ownership area.

[SeaLion]

That may be a bit of a problem I guess...Wish I can give you mine, but I kinda promised someone it already :3

[capricorn]

They look delicious :D

Thank you for sharing

[sarahd53]

Those are pretty cute! What a great project idea!

[scoochmaroo]

I love this. What a great project! The picture of the walrus and kitty together is my fave. But that strawberry is pretty adorable too!

[TristaGee]

Thanks! And they were so much fun to make.
The kitty and strawberry were my friends' creations, and the walrus was all me. And I agree, her strawberry was genius :D

[mary candy]

CUTE !