Recently, Japanese mothers make artistic lunchbox called “chara-ben (キャラ弁)” that is boxed meals inspired by popular characters.
In Japan, having hand-made lunchbox called “bento (弁当)” for lunch is common from kids to adults. Most of kindergartens and nursery schools don’t have cafeteria, so mothers with little children wake up early and make bento for their kids every morning. They have made various efforts in order to promote kids’ health, and chara-ben is one of them. Little children find their favorite characters in lunchboxes, and forget their least favorite food.
Today, I would like to introduce one of popular chara-ben blogger, Momo and a piece of her amazing chara-ben! Momo makes chara-ben for her two little sons every morning, and upload the photos and how to make them on COOKPAD, which is popular cooking SNS is Japan.
Anpanman chara-ben.
Kirby chara-ben.
Mickey and Minnie chara-ben.
Stitch chara-ben.
Pooh chara-ben.
Hamutaro chara-ben.
Relakkuma chara-ben.
Mario chara-ben.
Pokemon chara-ben.
Hello Kitty chara-ben. How cute!!!
According to Momo, it takes about from 30 minutes to one hours to make chara-ben every day. The secret to making well is in seeing. Now you want to make chara-ben, don’t you?
★Momo’s chara-ben blog “キミと一緒に〜太郎・小太郎・お弁当〜” (Japanese)
http://ameblo.jp/mahiro-mama/
★How to make Momo’s chara-ben (COOKPAD)
http://cookpad.com/kitchen/2400839