Bento Summer School
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A Series Of Bite-Size Bento Lessons
Join the Kawaii Bento Club and some of your favorite bento blogs for an online course in kawaii (cute) bento this summer. The online classes will include weekly lessons and challenges so you'll be ready to pack fun-filled, nutritious, eco-friendly, bento box lunches for your kid's when they go back to school in the Fall. Plus, bento boxes are an excellent way to provide healthy, portion-controlled meals for the entire family!
Experienced bento friends are welcome to hang out in the teacher's lounge.
July 30th Update: Due to schedule complications, classes are being extended through September and will resume starting the week of August 9th. ECOLunchesBoxes.com has very generously joined Bento Summer School as a sponsor of the Blue Water Bento Competition!
Experienced bento friends are welcome to hang out in the teacher's lounge.
July 30th Update: Due to schedule complications, classes are being extended through September and will resume starting the week of August 9th. ECOLunchesBoxes.com has very generously joined Bento Summer School as a sponsor of the Blue Water Bento Competition!
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Bento Summer School Info.
Classes start on Monday, June 14th, 2010.
Weekly lessons and challenges will be right here! If you won't be joining us on Facebook, be sure to bookmark this page and check back each week for updates and assignments.
- Cost: Totally free!
- Where: Online, right here!
- Sign-up now on Facebook or sign the Roll Call guestbook below.
- Lessons and assignments will be posted here every week.
- Work at your own pace.
- Participate as much or as little as you want.
- Invite your friends! Everyone is welcome.
- Questions & Comments
Enter To Win A FREE Stainless Steel ECOlunchbox!
If you've already been following the Bento Summer School classes and have been sharing your bentos through blog posts and photos, you are already one step ahead for this contest sponsored by ECOlunchboxes!
Latecomers are always welcome to jump in and join the fun too! Just complete one homework assignment from any of the weekly lessons below to qualify! Then be sure to become a fan of ECOlunchboxes on Facebook and tag yourself in this photo to enter!
Postponed - Coming Soon!
- Week 7: Finding Inspiration
- Finding inspiration for creating bento is something that all occasional bento makers and dedicated bento hobbyists alike can find tricky. Even if you aren't making 'character' lunches, it's easy to get stuck packing the same meal day in day out. Especially with fussy eaters to cater for and a limited budget for lunch items.
Sponsors
Special thanks to these amazing companies!
ECOLunchBoxes.com has very generously offered to sponsor the Blue Water Bento Competition for our students! This is a great opportunity to show-off your skills and win some awesome prizes. Be sure to become a fan of their Facebook page for contest updates.ECOLunchBoxes offers a wonderful assortment of eco-friendly, stainless steel lunch boxes, handmade cotton lunch bags and sustainable bamboo utensils for a completely waste-free lunch. Their products are 100% plastic-free, waste free, lead-free, BPA-free, PVC-free and vinyl-free. If you're looking for a green lunch kit that is also stylish and beautifully made, ECOLunchBoxes are a great choice for you and the planet!
Enter to win a FREE stainless steel ECOlunchbox!
If you've already been following the Bento Summer School classes and have been sharing your bentos through blog posts and photos, you are already one step ahead for this contest!
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EasyLunchBoxes.com has supported the Bento Summer School project since the beginning and will be providing a complete lunch kit prize for our final bento making competition! More details on that contest will also be announced soon.EasyLunchBoxes.com is a mom-powered business started by Kelly Lester who created an awesome system for busy parents who want to make healthy, homemade lunches for their kids. The no-fuss, compartmentalized food containers make packing lunches easier than ever! They are made of durable, non-toxic, food-safe, BPA-free, phthalate-free, polypropylene (PP or plastic #5) and they are safe for refrigerator, freezer, microwave, & dishwasher. The colorful lids are great for multiple kids and the handy lunch bag coolers make travel a breeze.
Teachers & Classes
Watch for updates and schedules coming soon!
- Hosted by The Kawaii Bento Club
- Beginner Bento Recipes - Briton Donahue
- Sandwiches & Bread Bento - Susan Yuen
- Finding Inspiration - Jessica Saffron Rowlands
- Back-To-School Bento Tutorials - An independent series by Debra Littlejohn.
- More coming soon!
- Questions & Comments
The Teacher's Lounge
Do you want to help teach Bento Summer School?
If you are an experienced bento maker (or just have some awesome tips and recipes to share) and would like to help teach Bento Summer School, please let me know. We are preparing themed lesson plans for each of the 10 weeks in the course, so if you're up for the challenge (and the fun), join us in the teacher's lounge. We're just getting started and need your ideas!
Commit to as little or as much as you want. Lessons and tutorials can be created on Kawaii Bento Club pages or your own blog.
When you sign-up, you will join our backstage team where you will get access to the schedule and weekly topics so you can start planning right away.
I know it is kind of a crazy idea, but I really think this will be a fun way to bring the community together and also to create a fun learning environment for those who are finally deciding to give bento a try for the first time.
Commit to as little or as much as you want. Lessons and tutorials can be created on Kawaii Bento Club pages or your own blog.
When you sign-up, you will join our backstage team where you will get access to the schedule and weekly topics so you can start planning right away.
I know it is kind of a crazy idea, but I really think this will be a fun way to bring the community together and also to create a fun learning environment for those who are finally deciding to give bento a try for the first time.
- Submit a bento recipe or tutorial to be featured at Bento Summer School.
- Questions & Comments
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Roll Call
Are joining the class? Add your name here!
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- LOVE this summer school!!!! It is soo much fun! :D I get to spend have more bonding time with my little sister because of you THANK YOU!!! (I look forward to catching up xD)
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- Loving all of these classes. Thanks so much!
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- looking forward to week 6
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Sponsorship Opportunities
Coupons and prize donations are greatly appreciated!
We are just getting organized and are looking for sponsors. If you would like to be a part of the project and help by donating a gift certificate or bento supplies, we would be delighted for the support. Any prizes that are donated by sponsors will be awarded in a contest at the end of the 10 week course during bento making finals and graduation.
Thank you.
-Briton Donahue aka: enslavedbyfaeries
Bento Summer School Organizer / Kawaii Bento Club Leader
Thank you.
-Briton Donahue aka: enslavedbyfaeries
Bento Summer School Organizer / Kawaii Bento Club Leader
bento = box lunch
Bento is traditionally a mom-made meal that is carefully constructed with love and offers a connection to home and family while the child is away at school. To create these adorable lunches, onigiri (rice) and eggs are molded into the shapes of animals or cartoon characters and garnished with faces cut or punched out of seaweed, meats, cheese, etc. Carefully sliced fruits and vegetables are transformed into flowers, miniature animals, stars or basically, anything cute. The rice and other foods can also be dyed naturally to add even more variety to the palette. Obento is packed in a waste-free container, with a thermos and reusable chopsticks or utensils, so it is a "green" lunch!
kawaii = cute
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The Kawaii Bento Club
Where art meets lunch and they go out to play.
Bringing bento enthusiasts together to share, discover, teach and learn the adorable, edible art of creating nutritious boxed lunches with a playful twist. We are reinventing the way we feed our kids and families by preparing healthy, homemade food, making it cute and packing it in reusable, eco-friendly containers. Lunchtime has never been this much fun!
Contact
-Briton Donahue
Bento Summer School Organizer
Kawaii Bento Club Leader
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