The mind behind Adventures in Bentomaking never ceases to amaze me. I could spend the whole day posting post after post on bentos from the site. Here is a Charlie Brown bento.
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Kid-Friendly Heart Day Ideas
The Crafty Crow is always a great go-to for kid-friendly ideas, like this candy heart wreath by Se7en + 1 , neopolitan cookies by Make Something Yummy, or these rose cupcake colors by Chica and Jo. (Click on the photos or the blog links for how-tos.)
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Make a LOST Spam Musubi
In honor of the final season of the completely addictive and mind-boggling show, Adventures in Bento Making provides the recipe and step-by-step how-tos (with great photos!) to making a LOST theme Spam Musubi. Pure brilliance. And to see more ideas for LOST, find more posts HERE.
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Secret Decoder Cookies
How utterly brilliant are these secret decoder cookies from Gourmet Mom on the Go? The red candy centers decipher a secret message on paper with clever use of markers. Find the how-tos HERE. {spotted on The Crafty Crow}
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Race Car Cake Topper
Cake Journal has a fabulous tutorial on creating this race car cake topper from gum paste and fondant. Find the detailed how-tos HERE.
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Love and Kisses Candy Jar
Find the how-tos for making this cute kid-friendly love and kisses candy jar HERE (filled with lovely messages and chocolate kisses) at Homemade Mamas.
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Snowflake Quesadilla
Turn a snack into a celebration of winter with these snowflake quesadilla’s from Martha. Find the how-tos HERE. 
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Sweet Snails
Turn candy into sweet snails. Find the how-tos HERE at Martha.
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Cookie Puzzle
I wonder how many kids would put the whole puzzle together before eating the pieces of this cute Christmas puzzle cookie from Martha. Find the how-tos here.
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DIY Finger Paints
Find a recipe to make your own finger paints HERE at Martha. As the paints are made with sugar and corn starch, I think the term “recipe” can apply, though how appetizing they’d be is questionable. Certainly non toxic, though.
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Cookie Art
Bake an abstract painting right in your cookie. These cookies are made by squirting food coloring on cut-out cookies, blowing it around with a straw and then baked. The genius is from Martha, as found via the kitchn.
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Thanksgiving Bentos
Turkey Placecards
Make cute li’l turkey placecards from apples, almonds and lifesavers with the instructions HERE at Woman’s Day.
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Stoplight Fruit
What a cute idea for getting kids or grownups to eat healthier: skewer up a stoplight from fruit. Find the idea HERE at Test with Skewer.
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Kid-Friendly Thanksgiving Craft Roundup
The Crafty Crow, one of my favorite go-to sites for crafts, has a lovely turkey day roundup HERE, featuring such great finds as cranberry finger paints from Learning Vicariously, this pumpkin vase from Chasing Fireflies, and an apple turkey from Chica and Jo. Oh, and they, tee hee, including the “cookie turkey dinner” … Read More ...