Does Anyone Get Creative With Their Meals?

[mamac]

I came across this article and was curious if anyone else did this for their kids.

http://www.artfido.com/blog/artistic-mom-turns-meals-into-masterpieces/

And here is her Instagram page: http://instagram.com/leesamantha#


Please share any pics of your masterpieces!

[Blackcat31]

Totally cute but NO way would I do that for my DCK's.

First because I do NOT have that kind of time on my hands

and because I would think it would encourage the kids to play with their food and they already do that on their own


Seriously, those plates are super cute but I can't feasibly see doing something so elaborate...kiwm? Even if it were my own kids and I had nothing better to do, I don't think I would go that far.

It IS a cute idea and I have to admit, I do make pancakes in funny shapes but nothing that compares to this gal. ::

[Blackcat31]

Oh, and maybe it is just me but didn't all her food/plates seem to have a "dark" or creepy side to them?

Maybe it was all the black foods/items....

[craftymissbeth]

Oh, and maybe it is just me but didn't all her food/plates seem to have a "dark" or creepy side to them?

Maybe it was all the black foods/items....

A lot of them have a Tim Burton-y feel.

Op- if I were talented enough I'd totally send ds's lunch like that, but not for the dcks. It'd take forever

[spinnymarie]

Wow. THat is not at all what I was expecting to see.
Surely she doesn't let anyone EAT those...?
#1, I can't imagine DCK, including my own, would eat several of those beautiful foods. (broccoli? no problem... broccoli with a SAUCE on it? never.)
#2, ITA, when does she do this? That would take me HOURS! (She's probably super efficient by now I'm sure!)
#3, I have enough trouble getting DCKs to EAT at lunch time, I can't imagine this would make them MORE inclined to eat.

[spud912]

I love what she did! I do get creative, but nowhere to that extent haha! Is it just me, or does it seem like most of her food consists of rice, seaweed, fruit and soup? If it were me actually eating that, I would hate to eat something and ruin the overall picture .

Here are a few of the food items I've done in the past:

[daycarediva]

I do with my own 3 boys lunches.

I do bento style lunches. Today they had a ghost sandwich, a peeled orange with celery stalk pumpkin, grapes skewered to look like ghosts and Halloween fruit snacks.

Their joke (on their napkin) was "Which ghost is the best dancer"

"The boogey man!"

[ColorfulSunburst]

when I see this kind of decoration of any meal I always think: a child has to cut off a head or a leg or some other part of "human/animal" body and to eat it....
A dish as minimum has to have food as maximum healthy food that looks pretty and nice.

[melskids]

Ain't nobody got time for that.

[MrsSteinel'sHouse]

My kids don't like mixed food or things that touch! LOL.. I think those are more about the mom than the kids I would like to see what they actually ate off of the plate.

[dingledine]

I bought the means to do some cute bento box stuff, but I don't have the time. I do occasionally put some cute bento picks into sandwiches to keep them together, and to look cute.

[mamac]

I love what she did! I do get creative, but nowhere to that extent haha! Is it just me, or does it seem like most of her food consists of rice, seaweed, fruit and soup? If it were me actually eating that, I would hate to eat something and ruin the overall picture .

Here are a few of the food items I've done in the past:

This are really cute. Definitely more my speed. . I'm not sure I could handle much more than that during lunch! ::

[mamac]

I do with my own 3 boys lunches.

I do bento style lunches. Today they had a ghost sandwich, a peeled orange with celery stalk pumpkin, grapes skewered to look like ghosts and Halloween fruit snacks.

Their joke (on their napkin) was "Which ghost is the best dancer"

"The boogey man!"

Do you have any pics of your bento lunches?

Edit: I'm sure Pinterest has a lot of ideas but I'm trying to steer clear of there for a while. . I have too much to do today and can't risk getting sucked in for the day. I'm looking for the easy way out. ::

[Angelsj]

Um, no. Just no.

And only one of my kids would even eat most of that.
Spud...LOVE the octopus/goldfish idea. Cute and easy enough to do with all of them!

[daycarediva]

Do you have any pics of your bento lunches?

Edit: I'm sure Pinterest has a lot of ideas but I'm trying to steer clear of there for a while. . I have too much to do today and can't risk getting sucked in for the day. I'm looking for the easy way out. ::

I don't take pics of them. Most of my ideas came from pinterest. It's a bad addiction for me as well.