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Your source for bento tips, recipes, and ideas!

Posted by Pikko on Oct 9, 2019

Tutorial: Frankenstein (or Hulk) Spam Musubis

Learn how to make cute Frankenstein (or Hulk) spam musubis!

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Posted by Pikko on Sep 7, 2016

Announcing Yum-Yum Bento Box All Year Round

Yum-Yum Bento All Year Round: Box Lunches for Every Season will be released in late December, just in time for people to start the new year.

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Posted by Pikko on Oct 29, 2015

Making Mini Breakfast Mummies

Make Halloween breakfast a little bit brighter with these cute little wrapped sausages!

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Posted by Pikko on Oct 20, 2015

Bloody Eyeballs Bento

Who’s ready to eat some bloody eyeballs served over spaghetti guts for lunch?

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Posted by Pikko on Oct 13, 2015

Tutorial: Halloween Cuties With Painted Cheese Part 1

Learn how to paint little cheese characters for Halloween to put on sandwiches and bagels!

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Posted by Pikko on Oct 30, 2012

Jack-O-Lantern Snack Musubis

With Halloween coming up and Buddy showing an extreme interest in all things Halloween, I decided to make them some snack onigiri for school today.

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Posted by Pikko on Oct 20, 2012

2012 Halloween Picnic Bento

EEEEEK! Here’s a spooky Halloween themed picnic bento with skull musubis and haunted chicken.

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Posted by Pikko on Oct 17, 2011

How to Make Severed Hot Dog Fingers

Find out how you can make these terribly disgusting hot dog fingers. Great for Halloween bentos!

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Tutorial: Frankenstein (or Hulk) Spam Musubis

Posted by Pikko on 10-9-19

Making Mini Breakfast Mummies

Posted by Pikko on 10-29-15

Tutorial: Making Halloween Kitty Cats

Posted by Pikko on 10-27-15

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Tutorial: Pink Piggie Peanut Butter Jelly Sandwich

Tutorial: Pink Piggie Peanut Butter Jelly Sandwich

Posted by Pikko on Oct 12, 2015 in Tutorials | 0 comments

How to make a cute pink piggie peanut butter and jelly sandwich!

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Out With The Old And In With The Organized

Out With The Old And In With The Organized

Posted by Pikko on Oct 11, 2015 in Blog | 0 comments

With Adventures in Bentomaking on a new server, it’s time to kick my cluttered structure to the curb.

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Yum-Yum Bento Box on Instagram

Yum-Yum Bento Box on Instagram

Posted by Pikko on Oct 10, 2015 in Yum-Yum Bento Box | 0 comments

Yum-Yum Bento Box is now on Instagram, so be sure to follow us.

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Mac and Cheese with Ham Bento

Mac and Cheese with Ham Bento

Posted by Pikko on Feb 21, 2014 in Everyday Lunches | 7 comments

I packed Baby Girl a quick mac and cheese bento with little strips of ham for added flavor.

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Musubi and Spam Bento

Musubi and Spam Bento

Posted by Pikko on Feb 11, 2014 in Everyday Lunches | 0 comments

After a weird pick of “musubi and ham sandwich” me and Baby Girl end up making her a musubi and spam bento.

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Two Sammie Bento

Two Sammie Bento

Posted by Pikko on Feb 7, 2014 in Just for Kids | 8 comments

Baby Girl came home from school yesterday and said, “Mommy, I’m starving, I only ate peaches for lunch.”

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VIDEO: How to Make a Star Pizza Bento

VIDEO: How to Make a Star Pizza Bento

Posted by Pikko on Sep 17, 2013 in Tutorials | 2 comments

Watch a video on how to make a star pizza bento with leftover pizza!

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Easter Bento Demo Tomorrow at Celebrations

Posted by Pikko on Mar 15, 2013 in Blog, Easter, Events, Yum-Yum Bento Box | 1 comment

Tomorrow I will be at the Celebrations store in Mapunapuna (next to Ben Franklin) to do an Easter bento demonstration.

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