Look at the tiny cuteness that was left in my mailbox today! These little sandwich cutters. They are each about 2 inches across and they cut and imprint a design from your bread the shape of a car, bus, airplane, or boat. It works on lunch meat and tortillas too! My son loves them and is already asking for more car and bus sandwiches. I found them on ebay for about 3 dollars and I bought it with some silicone bento cups that will fit well into his favorite bento box and some rounded ones we use too. Shipping from Japan was quite fast and the seller combined shipping and didn't charge extra for the second item. I saved the name if anyone is interested. The two items cost about 9.00 with shipping included. Its a nice way to keep the bread intake down...tiny sandwiches. When when we aren't limiting bread I tuck the extra scraps under the 
sandwich or save the bread scraps for bread crumbs later. These cutters are just another very visual tool that encourages him to eat well. My wheels are spinning right now trying to come up with something healthy to attach to these cutters. Like lettuce in his sandwiches. I know he'll eat salad now so I'm thinking that I may try adding car shaped lettuce to his car shaped sandwiches. It helps for me to think like this....how can I use this new bento gear to encourage healthy eating? I do this because in our house the better he eats the better his Autism gets. Period. I took some photos of our first sandwiches made with the cutters. They didn't photograph too well but you'll get the idea. 
They looked much better in person. For those of you with girls you're not missing out because there are plenty of cutters like this that are cat and bunny shaped, and lots of hello kitty stuff too. I got this sandwich cutter from my mom that makes tiny animal sandwiches but it does not imprint. They are also available on ebay. I just throw on some mustard or ketchup eyes and mouth and call it good. It makes 4 tiny sandwiches and cuts off most of the crust. I got the dinosaur cutter at Walmart in Anderson in case you're wondering.
I love tools that are multi purpose and that save me time and these all fit the bill. Bento tools are really cheap and save you tons of time. There are even face punches that punch out little edible die cut faces to save you time. Anyway I just wanted to share about what came in the mail today. Bento has breathed new life into our GFCFSF Diet menu and has really switched on my son's desire for meal times. This is why I share about our Bento adventures too, because it's a huge tool and opportunity for parents of picky eaters and for kids on the spectrum it visually encourages good eating. We use pictures and visuals for our kids on the spectrum to teach a variety of things that they struggle with, so why not extend this thinking to the eating struggles? I know eating can be complicated by sensory issues and speech issues and motor planning issues but this visual way of presenting food can really help other kids I think. Can't hurt to share and see right? Let me know if you want more Bento info and check the links page and Bento page on this blog for more information.
sandwich or save the bread scraps for bread crumbs later. These cutters are just another very visual tool that encourages him to eat well. My wheels are spinning right now trying to come up with something healthy to attach to these cutters. Like lettuce in his sandwiches. I know he'll eat salad now so I'm thinking that I may try adding car shaped lettuce to his car shaped sandwiches. It helps for me to think like this....how can I use this new bento gear to encourage healthy eating? I do this because in our house the better he eats the better his Autism gets. Period. I took some photos of our first sandwiches made with the cutters. They didn't photograph too well but you'll get the idea. 
They looked much better in person. For those of you with girls you're not missing out because there are plenty of cutters like this that are cat and bunny shaped, and lots of hello kitty stuff too. I got this sandwich cutter from my mom that makes tiny animal sandwiches but it does not imprint. They are also available on ebay. I just throw on some mustard or ketchup eyes and mouth and call it good. It makes 4 tiny sandwiches and cuts off most of the crust. I got the dinosaur cutter at Walmart in Anderson in case you're wondering.I love tools that are multi purpose and that save me time and these all fit the bill. Bento tools are really cheap and save you tons of time. There are even face punches that punch out little edible die cut faces to save you time. Anyway I just wanted to share about what came in the mail today. Bento has breathed new life into our GFCFSF Diet menu and has really switched on my son's desire for meal times. This is why I share about our Bento adventures too, because it's a huge tool and opportunity for parents of picky eaters and for kids on the spectrum it visually encourages good eating. We use pictures and visuals for our kids on the spectrum to teach a variety of things that they struggle with, so why not extend this thinking to the eating struggles? I know eating can be complicated by sensory issues and speech issues and motor planning issues but this visual way of presenting food can really help other kids I think. Can't hurt to share and see right? Let me know if you want more Bento info and check the links page and Bento page on this blog for more information.
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