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29 Oct, 2008

Lunchbox Dinosaur Sandwiches

Posted by: Meg In: Lunchbox Ideas

Lunchbox Dinosaur Sandwich Cutter

Lunchbox Dinosaur Sandwich Cutter

If you get intimidated by others’ impressive lunch boxes, please don’t! Just pick up a couple of good gadgets like this one and enjoy making your kids lunch! This dinosaur cutter turns an ordinary lunchbox sandwich into 2 dinosaurs for your child to munch during lunch.  Your kids lunch box will stand up to the rest!  Inexpensive and simple, dishwasher safe, too… I highly suggest this product to add to your lunch packing gear.

I bought one at Bed Bath and Beyond for $3, and use it several times a week to my kids’ delights.  Last week I brought a platter of kids dinosaur sandwiches to a party and they were a big hit. Several parents asked where I got the dinosaur cutter, so I thought I would spread the word here.

For a meal at home, you can stand the dinosaur sandwiches upright on a plate, and create a dinosaur scene with broccoli “trees” and other vegetable delights around your plate.  You can even add blue food coloring to yogurt to make a stream run through your dinosaur scene–I assure you it will be a hit! The cutter is also great for making buttered toast dinosaurs to go with pasta or soup.  Do you know of other easy, cute lunch box gadgets?



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1 Response to "Lunchbox Dinosaur Sandwiches"

1 | allthingspurple

November 30th, 2008 at 1:21 am

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I love these cutters too. I got the 4 in one type, with an aeroplane, bird, crocodile and penguin shapes for each sandwich. Party food is such a breeze with these cutters.

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I'm Meg, a stay home Mom of 2 interested in promoting healthy, low waste lunches for kids and grownups. I aim to present good recipe ideas for packed lunches and to analyze lunchbox products currently available. I encourage involving your kids in all aspects of food. From gardening, to nutrition, to enjoying recipes and making some up... there is a lot to learn and enjoy. Cooking with kids in the kitchen is both spectacularly messy and fun, and generally well worth the extra cleanup time...