Family Festival Fun and a Bear Inspired Bento

I do love to create a little surprise for the Mini Mes to discover each day at school. 

Something to look forward to and a nice reminder that I am thinking about them and their day even though I'm not there in person.

Such a small thing like making food fun can make such a big difference to a child - I do hope that my attempts put a smile on their faces every lunch time!

I certainly enjoy creating their meals and trying to come up with imaginative new ideas for them to explore.

Today's lunch is bear themed...

For the sandwich (ham) I used 3 different sized circular cutters to create a head, snout and ears.

The snout is made from cheese and I've added eyes and a nose of raisins.

The crisps are prawn flavour Pom-Bears

The dessert is a chocolate Barny bear sponge 

I've added a cheese bear (made with a shaped cutter) and some raisins into a pot which Jamster will no doubt pretend are bear droppings and find hilarious!

I've added apple slices on bear food picks

I've also added a yogurt and orange juice in their lunch bags.

We met Barny bear at Lollibop over the summer and this themed lunch box was inspired by the great day out that we had as a family at the festival.

What inspires you when creating meals?

*This post is an entry for BritMums ‘Little Adventures Challenge’ in partnership with Barny, the bear-shaped snack providing a little discovery in every bite. Find out more about Barny here: www.barnyworld.co.uk*

We're going on a bear hunt...

BEARS...

Rather cute bears though!

To make our dog walking a little more exciting we decided to take some inspiration from some books this week and we first chose to make our plod across the fields into a bear hunt!

Inspired by 'We're going on a bear hunt' by Michael Rosen.

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Betty's review and giveaway

Christmas is a great excuse to indulge in rich, delicious food and a tipple or too - goodies in stockings are no exception either!

But this year, instead of the usual chocolate, you can pop in some cute yet quality treats from Betty's.

Betty's is a family business which has been handcrafting artisan chocolates, cakes biscuits and more at their Yorkshire craft bakery for over 90 years. We received some Miniature Chocolate Bears and Snowy Owls to review and the Mini Mes were thrilled, I think most children would be too!

The Miniature Chocolate Bears are made from a combination of quality white and milk Swiss chocolate with dark chocolate detailing. They are solid, creamy in both taste and texture and they would make a lovely present for a child or friend as a classy stocking filler. They come in a packet of four which is just perfect to share (or scoff all by yourself!). The Snowy Owls also come in a pack of four and are solid too. They are made from white Swiss chocolate and make another great novelty gift solution.

Delivery was fast and the items were wrapped really well to prevent damage in transit. Betty's add the special touches that create a shopping experience that makes you feel important to them as a customer. I was really pleased with both the service and products themselves.

You can pick up your products from Betty's here: http://www.bettys.co.uk

*** WIN ***

Betty's have kindly provided a set of Snowy Owls and Miniature Chocolate Bears to giveaway!

For your chance to win you can enter via the Rafflecopter entry form below before 18th December 2012.

Good luck!

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*We received some products from Betty's for the purpose of this review. The opinions given are honest and our own*