Bentos are a Japanese method of packing lunches in an aesthetically pleasing way. Some of the bentos out there are truly edible art, and are almost too cute to eat!

I’ve been packing bento lunches for quite some time, and while my bentos will never stack up to these, it’s fun to draw inspiration from them. Check out some of the most amazing bentos I’ve ever seen below!
Zoo bento (source)
Cat bento (source)

Calvin & Hobbes (source)
Where the Wild Things Are (source)


Flowers bento (source)

Angry birds (source)

Spongebob (source)

Hello Kitty (source)

Animals (source)

Pandas (source)

Three Little Pigs (source)

Mario bento (source)


guest
How cute are those bento boxes? Man, if my mom had packed my lunches like these, I would have never complained about vegetables!
guest
I love obento! These people are true artists kuz I’ve tried making nice bento like that and it is WAY hard.
guest
Hobbes! What are you doing to Calvin?!
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cool idea,… my kids would never eat it.. they are very plain eaters.. anything to “over the top” and they wont touch it. My son (4) still doesnt like his food touching.
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My son would love these, but he would never eat them. He would just look at them and say, “that’s a cat!”
guest
If not for the fact that you then chomp into these things, I’d think these were way cute.
guest
Those bees reminds me of Adventure Time credits.
dahlia / 2942 posts
omg the pandas!
guest
These are so cute! I’d feel a bit uncomfortable eating blue rice, though.
guest
cute
sunflower / 353 posts
They’re cute but just not practical for someone busy like me. but I see my students’ lunchboxes whenever we have bento day and I think, “How cute…must be nice.” And then I go back to eating my own bento.
guest
I don’t have any idea why anyone would take the time to do this.
guest
actually bento just means boxed lunch or boxed meals. i think you are thinking of the term “kyaraben”..they are undeniably cute but don’t look like they taste very good
guest
SO CUTE~!
guest
@happyobligations@xanga - Indeed – too cute for words!!
guest
Cute, but I can’t say it looks appetizing considering I don’t know what everything is.
guest
cute, but not sure if I’d eat them afterwards…too cute to eat!