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Ghosts and pumpkins too! A collection of bento box ideas perfect for Halloween

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Graduated from Kunitachi College of Music, Faculty of Music (now: Department of Music Culture and Education, Early Childhood Music Education major). In elementary school, my homeroom teacher was Jun Kusaba, a game researcher. After graduating from university, I worked as a kindergarten teacher for 10 years and as an after-school childcare instructor for 7 years, then took a position as a music teacher at an international school in Singapore. In addition to music education, I engaged in activities that introduced Japanese culture, traditional games, and recreational activities, working with many children. Later, through freelance writing, planning, and editing at Shogakukan, I met many delightful adults and experienced the joy of communicating and sharing. Drawing on the perspective cultivated in the field of education and my experience as an editor, I provide practical information with an emphasis on both input and output, mainly in areas related to music and children. My hobbies include instruments, singing, handicrafts, toys, drawing, traditional games, the outdoors, and books. My special skill is spinning-top tricks.
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A person from the melodic hardcore boom generation who loves music, photography, and eating. I’ve been going to live houses for over 20 years. I’m at the age where summer festivals are starting to feel tough physically. I sometimes try shooting live photos and videos for MVs. I’m not great at English, so I often listen to straightforward Japanese rock that hits directly, but if someone recommends something, I’ll listen to anything—Western or Japanese—broadly and casually. I like cooking while listening to music; it’s a nice way to relieve stress.

How about making a bento that’s perfect for Halloween?A bento featuring Halloween-only motifs like pumpkins, ghosts, and black cats will put both kids and adults in a festive mood the moment they open it.With a little creativity, familiar ingredients like nori, cheese, and sausages can be transformed into a wonderful Halloween bento!If you brainstorm ideas together with the kids as you make it, the time spent making the bento will become a special memory, too.Here, we’ll introduce Halloween bento ideas that are cute to look at and easy to make.

Ghosts and pumpkins, too! A collection of recommended bento lunch ideas for Halloween (11–20)

Anpanman Halloween bento

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Anpanman Halloween bento

When it comes to children’s heroes, Anpanman is the first that comes to mind.

It’s no exaggeration to say every child goes through an Anpanman phase, and he’s also one of the easiest and most popular characters for bento art.

Let’s add a special twist to an Anpanman bento and make it perfect for Halloween! Turn your rice balls into Anpanman—think Jack-o’-Lantern-style Anpanman or pumpkin-shaped onigiri—and use pumpkin in the side dishes to make a salad and more.

Kids will be thrilled with this slightly different, Halloween-themed Anpanman!

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GeGeGe no Kitaro

[Character Bento] - Halloween: GeGeGe no Kitaro Edition -

GeGeGe no Kitaro

When you think of Halloween, you probably picture ghosts—but lately, monsters and yokai have also become Halloween mainstays as “scary, non-human creatures,” right? Speaking of Japanese yokai… yes, GeGeGe no Kitaro! Let’s boost the Halloween mood with character bentos that feature Kitaro and his yokai friends.

The main Kitaro is an onigiri, and his trademark bangs that cover one eye are made with pasta.

And of course, Eyeball Father makes an appearance too (lol).

Pack in your favorite characters like Nurikabe, Ittan Momen, and Nezumi Otoko!

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Chicken sauté grave bento

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Chicken sauté grave bento

A slightly horror-themed bento that depicts a desolate graveyard—the kind of tombstones and skulls you often see in zombie movies—this is a chicken sauté “grave” bento.

Make and pack the bento as usual, then cut the main chicken sauté into a rectangle, place it on the rice, and add lettering with nori and cheese.

For a more realistic look of “soil” where the gravestone is stuck, use seasoned rice, mixed rice, or takikomi gohan.

The quail-egg skulls add just the right touch too! How about this for a Halloween bento for a boy or your husband?

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Halloween decorative rice balls

[Happy Halloween!] Simple and cute☆ Halloween-themed decorative rice balls

Halloween decorative rice balls

Even the classic rice balls that always go into a bento can be turned into a Halloween character lunch with just a few tweaks.

Round white rice balls can become a skeleton or a mummy, and rice balls made with ketchup rice can transform into a jack-o’-lantern.

Eyes and noses are easy to make by cutting roasted seaweed.

For the mummy onigiri, wrap a seaweed-covered rice ball with thin strips of cheese to finish.

It’s an easy menu that will make your child’s face light up with surprise when they open their lunch box.

Give it a try!

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Hirakawa Masako (Bōkarisuto: Sakata Mizumako)

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Roll bread sandwich

[Kids Bento] Easy Halloween Decorated Roll-Pan Sandwich Bento Obento [Lunch Box] #298

Roll bread sandwich

If you usually pack rice-based bento but want something cute and special for Halloween, how about making a bento with mini roll sandwich buns? Fill the rolls with your favorite ingredients like egg salad, ham, fresh vegetables, or sausages, then decorate the tops with seaweed and cheese to create pumpkin faces, mummy faces, or bandage designs.

Even if you’re not good at detailed character bentos, this is an easy way to give it a try, don’t you think?

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