Kids across the country are back to the books and that means parents are back to making school lunches. What? You've run out of ideas already?
This is why two movie-loving dads have put together a few treats for you that will make your entire family smile, even the picky eaters!
Designer Daddy, aka Brent Almond, lives in Washington D.C., and each morning he slips a secret message into his son’s lunchbox in the form of SUPERLUNCHNOTES! Brent transforms mild-mannered sticky notes into action-packed fun, starring his son’s favorite characters from movies, TV and comics.
Weighing in from the West Coast, Lunchbox Dad, aka Beau Coffron, crafts incredible bento-box lunches for his kids. His creations are based on popular movies, books and TV shows, and this time he's assembled a red-carpet worthy Summer Movie Spectacular lunch, complete with step-by-step instructions on how to build it yourself.
Check out these creations inspired by Minions, Inside Out and Jurassic World.
To make your own SUPERLUNCHNOTES, Just download these sheets that include two different sizes you or your child can color in, as well as a full-color version. You can also print and trace the superhero, then add your own message.
Summer Movie Spectacular Lunch
Ingredients:
1 banana
2 slices of whole wheat bread
Nut-free spread and jam
Colored sprinkles
Grapes and blueberries
1 slice of white cheese
1 hard-boiled egg
White, black and blue edible modeling dough (you can find it at your local craft store)
Black marker
Directions
1. Make sandwich with bread, nut-free spread, and jam. Place in main compartment.
2. Cut banana in half. Mold blue modeling dough into overalls like you would mold clay. Make goggles with white and black modeling dough and the other features with black dough.
3. Place banana Minion on top of sandwich. Spread sprinkles around banana Minion.
4. Draw cracks on hard-boiled egg using black marker. Place egg in side dish. Use white edible modeling dough to make a simple dinosaur head, neck and arm. Use black dough for the eye and teeth. Press dinosaur onto top of egg like it is coming out of it.
5. Arrange blueberries and grapes in side dish as shown. Cut slice of cheese in shape of head and neck. It is a very simple round head shape. Mold blue dough into hair by making a “snake” and pressing it down onto the top of the cheese. Use white and blue dough for the eyes and black dough for the mouth to finish Joy’s face.
6. Serve to your child!
Brent Almond is a writer, graphic designer, comic book geek and all-around pop-culture junkie. He lives in the burbs of Washington, D.C. with his husband, preschool-aged son and their fluffy, black-and-white dog. Brent chronicles his adventures and obsessions on his blog, Designer Daddy.
Beau Coffron is a husband, father and writer in the San Francisco Bay Area. On his blog, lunchboxdad.com, he posts fun kid's lunch recipes and also writes about parenting.
