I bookmarked a post by Jen Renee that I’ve been meaning to share. She wrote, “It’s okay to play with your food.” I couldn’t agree more.
I love the simple food designs Jen made for her daughter. (If you are going to Pin these, please do so from the original source.)
The key is to use a cookie cutter or two, which makes me very happy because I have a huge ziploc bag of cookie cutters that don’t get used very often.
Another talented food artist is my buddy Wendy. If you want to go Pinterest-crazy with these photos, her gallery is the place to start. These are some of her kids’ lunches. I really love how she makes them special with some simple things like the way she folds the lunchmeat or layers the apples.
Inspired by Wendy’s never-ending creativity, I put some pictorial snacks out for the kids on Christmas Eve. Scarlett couldn’t stop touching everything long enough for me to take a clear picture!
Are you up for making a smiley face out of your lunch? (If you do it, please share on our Facebook page!) Not gonna happen? Choose another fun project from our Makin’ It series.
I used to cut the boys’ names out of their pb&J sandwiches, and until this post I thought I was awesome for it. I have a whole new level of kid food preparation to aspire to now. Currenlty loving and hating that.
Truly adorable though….all of them.
Going to have to try at least a few of them. Thanks for sharing!
I like to make shapes and faces out of dinner when my menu for the evening is otherwise pathetic. I created a raw tapas plate for my husband; he was so amused, he ignored the meager assortment (2 cucumbers for eyes, a handful of spaghetti for hair, bell pepper mouth…)
I really do need to get more cookie cutters.. any preferences – plastic or metal?
@Emily I have a ton of cookie cutters and generally prefer the metal ones because they tend to be sharper and hold up better over time. You can also cut harder things like veggies with them. Really either kind is pretty good though.
thanks!