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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Olympic Bento Blogger & Friends Blog Hop

Each week I usually read books with Boogs for lunch inspiration. This week we have been inspired and excited about the opening of the 2012 Summer Olympic games. We can't wait to watch the opening ceremonies Friday evening!

 Boogs was too young to remember the 2010 Winter and 2008 Summer Olympics. We have been reading about the origin of the Olympics and about the modern games. The three books we focused on during this past week are - Hour of the Olympics (audio book) by Mary Pope Osborne, Ancient Greece and the Olympics: A Non-fiction Companion to "Hour of the Olympics" by Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie P. Boyce, and Going for Gold! by Andrew Donkin. 
In Hour of the Olympics, Jack and Annie travel with their Magic Tree House to ancient Greece to bring back a poem. While there, they are able to observe the Olympics and then they get into a little bit of trouble. Fortunately, they escape in a horse drawn chariot. In the lunchbox: cheese stick Jack and Annie in the back of a pb&j horse drawn chariot with a cereal bar wheel, slices of colored quail eggs depicting the Olympic rings, salad with a carrot Olympic torch, "GO FOR GOLD" picks with orange slices and dried apricot gold medals.
Boogs loves to swim! He is super excited about watching the Olympic swimming events. In the ELB lunchbox: pretzel Olympic swimmer with cheese head and cheese swim cap, chicken & blue rice swimming pool, plum, and salad.
Olympic symbols lunch. In the ELB lunchbox: cheese gold medals, apple Olympic torch flames, pepperoni Olympic rings mini pizza, blueberries, and salad.


I am joining my fellow Bento Bloggers & Friends in a 2012 Olympics Blog Hop. Twenty-two blogs will be linking together to showcase Olympic bento and food ideas. Be sure to follow the hop button on each blog to link to the next blog's Olympic post. Next stop on the bento journey is Bento, Monsters. (All links should be live by noon on 7/27.)


Check out the wonderful sites I link to on my sidebar! If you want to see more book inspired lunches, click on the "lunches" label at the end of this post or My Story Themed Lunches Pinterest board. To see the previous Bento Bloggers & Friends hops click on the "hop" label.

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54 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 27, 2012 at 6:38 AM

    These are wonderful! I love the apple rings and flame.

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  2. karenJuly 27, 2012 at 7:20 AM

    The pretzel stick swimmer is PERFECT! They all are, but that made me snort coffee a little so has to be the winner ;)

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    1. KeithaJuly 27, 2012 at 11:25 PM

      Ha ha... I guess that is only fair. Your lunches often catch me off guard when I first see them. :-)

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  3. Keeley McGuireJuly 27, 2012 at 7:23 AM

    These are so cute!! LOL I love the pretzel stick swimmer too, so clever.

    The pizza is so smart too with the apple flames!! Love it.

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    1. KeithaJuly 27, 2012 at 11:35 PM

      Thanks, Keeley! The pizza one almost had all the Olympic ring colors but I couldn't think of anything black to put in it. Of course, now I can think of tons of things I could have used.

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  4. Shannon @ Mollys Lunch BoxJuly 27, 2012 at 7:57 AM

    Awesome lunches. We love Magic Tree House! The pizza and the apple torch are my favorite but I agree with Karen, the swimmer is PERFECT!

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    1. KeithaJuly 27, 2012 at 11:26 PM

      Thanks, Shannon. I only made the last two lunches to make up for the sad looking chariot.

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  5. Michelle | Creative FoodJuly 27, 2012 at 9:10 AM

    Loving your pepperoni Olympic Rings pizza! super cute idea and I love all the details too-- the cheese gold medals, apple torch flames.. and well ALL of the lunches are cute! The pretzel swimmer is adorable!!

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  6. UnknownJuly 27, 2012 at 9:14 AM

    They are all so cute and wonderful, love them all. :)

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  7. Emily @ Bentobloggy.comJuly 27, 2012 at 9:31 AM

    Sooo creative! I think the chariot is awesome!

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    1. KeithaJuly 27, 2012 at 11:28 PM

      Thanks, Emily. I almost did not post that chariot. It gave me a hard time. My friend thought the horse was a dog when she first saw it.

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  8. OhMarieOHJuly 27, 2012 at 9:52 AM

    Love it Keitha! I guess we would have to bring our lunches over to watch the swimming competition together. We love your Magic Tree Book inspired lunch, the Olympic symbol lunch and your swim-themed lunch. Amazing!

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    1. KeithaJuly 27, 2012 at 11:28 PM

      Thank you! I can't wait for the swimming to begin.

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  9. UnknownJuly 27, 2012 at 10:12 AM

    These are all fantastic, but my favorite is that pizza and flame torch! Great job!

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  10. Lau-rawJuly 27, 2012 at 10:38 AM

    Wow! The swimming bento is so cute!

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  11. Carla at Preschool Powol PacketsJuly 27, 2012 at 11:18 AM

    Fun, Fun!! We're excited about the Olympics too, especially because Kaia just finished a swim class and is very interested in water sports!

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    1. KeithaJuly 27, 2012 at 11:30 PM

      Thanks, Carla. I hope you are feeling well these days. Congrats on your pregnancy.

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  12. KristieJuly 27, 2012 at 11:26 AM

    Keitha, these all look wonderful! you are so creative!

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  13. Ludicrous MamaJuly 27, 2012 at 11:59 AM

    Oh good lord. Those are crazy good! Darn you!

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  14. Candy GirlJuly 27, 2012 at 12:33 PM

    I adore your pretzel swimming Boogs! Fantastic lunches all around :)

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  15. Corey @ Family Fresh MealsJuly 27, 2012 at 4:23 PM

    That pretzel swimming is so awesome!

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  16. UnknownJuly 27, 2012 at 8:37 PM

    These all look great!! :D

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  17. AnonymousJuly 27, 2012 at 9:30 PM

    I love all 3. The chariot is my favorite. Swimmers are so tough to do, but I like the pretzel stick idea. So cute

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    1. KeithaJuly 27, 2012 at 11:33 PM

      Thanks, Sarah! I took the easy way out on the swimmer. Boogs loves swimming so he HAD to have an Olympic swimmer lunch.

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  18. AnonymousJuly 28, 2012 at 7:48 AM

    Love all 3 as well..Chariot looks great!!! The opening ceremonies were fantastic!! We will watch the swimming and the diving as well.

    Grandmaman

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    1. KeithaJuly 28, 2012 at 12:33 PM

      Great! Maybe Boogs will tell you all about his favorite swimmer.

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  19. Kelly at Little Wonders' DaysJuly 28, 2012 at 10:41 AM

    These are such cute lunches! I especially like the mini pizza one. I remember reading The Hour of the Olympics with Little J and it was pretty good from what I remember.
    In regards to your question about freezing Legos and if they cracked- Fortunately, no, none of them cracked, but they were also only frozen for just over 24 hours.

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    1. KeithaJuly 28, 2012 at 12:32 PM

      Thanks, Kelly. I would not want to damage any of my son's "priceless" Legos.

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  20. UnknownJuly 29, 2012 at 12:05 AM

    Quail eggs are a nice touch!

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  21. Beth (www.livinglifeintentionally.blogspot.com)July 31, 2012 at 10:50 AM

    I just wanted to let you know that I included your fabulous blog in my Homeschooling 101 post as a great resource for Book Recommendations! Thanks for sharing all your ideas with all of us! http://www.livinglifeintentionally.blogspot.com/2012/07/homeschooling-101.html

    Beth =-)

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    1. KeithaJuly 31, 2012 at 6:43 PM

      Thanks, Beth. I am so glad you like to visit my blog and find out about the books that we read and lunches that we make.

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  22. Rebecca EnglishAugust 2, 2012 at 1:39 AM

    Wow this is brilliant, the horse is a work of art.

    Thanks for linking to the Sunday showcase.

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  23. Jill @ KitchenFunWithMy3Sons.comAugust 2, 2012 at 7:09 PM

    Cute! Featured this today on our Kitchen Fun and Crafty Friday link party! http://kitchenfunwithmy3sons.blogspot.com/2012/08/kitchen-fun-and-crafty-friday-link.html

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  24. AnonymousAugust 3, 2012 at 5:38 AM

    This post is being featured on Read.Explore.Learn. today!

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  25. Cheerios and LattesAugust 3, 2012 at 11:09 AM

    Thanks for posting. We are enjoying the olympics as I am sure you guys are as well. Thanks for linking up on Saturday Show and Tell. I hope you'll be back again this week with some more of you great ideas.
    -Mackenzie
    http://www.cheeriosandlattes.com

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    1. KeithaAugust 12, 2012 at 6:06 PM

      Thanks, Mackenzie. I love posting to and checking out the Saturday Show and Tell.

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  26. CarrieAugust 3, 2012 at 2:52 PM

    OH, how fun!! I love it! Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!!

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  27. NahhhAugust 7, 2012 at 10:14 PM

    Awesome job on both bentos! I also did swimming on my BOTW bento. I did blue rice, too. I cut my swimmers out of cheese, though. I think I would have preferred pretzels for lunch, to be honest... I looove pretzels!

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    1. KeithaAugust 12, 2012 at 6:07 PM

      Thanks. Your swimmers looked so much better than my pretzel swimmer. Thanks for stopping by.

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  28. SandyJanuary 16, 2016 at 10:20 AM

    Oh, I like it! Have fun.The horse looks nice!

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