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

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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 ideas for Halloween (21–30)

Black Cat Halloween Bento

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A Halloween black cat bento that even beginners can make easily—perfect for cat lovers too.

Once you’ve shaped the rice into a round ball, snip small cuts into the edge of the nori with scissors and wrap it around the rice.

Shape it into a cat’s face by pressing from the outside over plastic wrap.

Cut out the eyes, mouth, and ear parts from a slice of melty cheese to prepare the pieces.

Poke holes in the cat’s face with a bamboo skewer and insert the ears to secure them.

Using mayonnaise helps the parts stick together naturally.

Add a tail and a ribbon, and your cute black cat is complete.

It’s also a great idea to cut the leftover nori into tiny pieces to add expressions to sausages or boiled eggs.

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How to make ghost sausages

[Bento] How to Make Ghost Sausages / Recipe

How to make ghost sausages

Let’s make ghost sausages to liven up your Halloween bento.

Prepare skewers or toothpicks and insert them through the center of each sausage.

Use a knife to make slits about halfway through.

After boiling them once, use cheese and nori for the eyes, and ham for the mouth.

By getting creative with the eyeballs and tongue, you can create ghost sausages with different expressions.

These ghost sausages are perfect for parties too—give them a try!

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Ghosts and pumpkins too! A collection of recommended bento ideas for Halloween (31–40)

Skeleton inari-sushi bento

Cute skeleton inari sushi bento / How to make it: how to make a bento box

Skeleton inari-sushi bento

Skulls may have a scary image, but you can make an adorable character bento with them.

Shape vinegared rice into a ball and place it inside inari sushi skin.

Create the skull’s face with nori and set it on top of the rice.

Using a nori punch makes it easy.

Try using sesame seeds for the nose.

The round inari sushi shape is unique and makes the skull look cute.

Pack the bento with Halloween-themed side dishes along with the skull.

When you open the bento, it’ll feel like a cute skull and a fun Halloween party are about to begin.

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Also great for character bento! Halloween plate

[Character Bento] Halloween Plate 🎃 [#shorts]

Also great for character bento! Halloween plate

Many families probably host Halloween parties, don’t they? The dishes served at a Halloween party are a feast for both the eyes and the palate, filling the table with delights.

Let’s pack that same festive Halloween vibe into a bento.

Add main dishes like chicken or fish.

Include rice balls shaped like jack-o’-lanterns, and little white ghosts made by rolling mashed potatoes and topping them with sliced cheese.

If you add star-shaped boiled carrots, they’ll accent the whole bento.

From a bento that looks different than usual—and wonderfully so—you can almost feel the joy of Halloween.

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A cute and easy side dish with cheese

[Bento] Just cut out circles and stick them on! Easy Halloween side dish with cheese / How to make

A cute and easy side dish with cheese

This is a fun side dish where round cheese turns into colorful eyeballs.

The colorful parts used for the eyes are vegetable sheets.

You can find vegetable sheets at supermarkets or even 100-yen shops.

They’re made by turning irregularly shaped or sized vegetables into a paste and drying it into sheets.

You can arrange them in many ways, and they’re a convenient way to add vegetables easily.

With a bold look that adds color to a bento, this cheese side dish is perfect.

Besides bentos, why not serve it alongside a Halloween party feast?

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Franken and Dracula

How to make Frankenstein and Dracula Halloween Onigiri Bento: Halloween lunch recipe for Dracula and Frankenstein [Easy and Cute Character Bento Recipe]

Franken and Dracula

Let’s brighten up your Halloween bento by making two kid-favorite characters: Frankenstein and Dracula.

There are two key points for Frankenstein: the green face and the stitch marks.

Boil edamame, mash them, and spread the paste evenly over a rice ball.

Another tip is to smooth the color from the top of plastic wrap to help it blend.

For the stitches, cut nori to create the hair, stitch marks, and mouth pieces.

For Dracula, shape the rice into a long, thin triangle, then cut nori and wrap it to form the hairline.

Finally, add the eyes and stitch details, place the rice balls into the bento box, press on the cut pieces, and you’re done.

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Tamagoyaki gets a dramatic makeover!

[Bento] Halloween is coming soon! Transform your tamagoyaki in a big way ⭐ #shorts

Tamagoyaki gets a dramatic makeover!

Using the classic Japanese rolled omelet (tamagoyaki), you can make little pumpkin ghosts for bento.

After cooking the tamagoyaki, let it cool slightly and wrap it in plastic wrap.

Place the wrapped omelet on a sushi rolling mat (makisu).

When placing it, set two chopsticks side by side underneath the omelet, and then place one more chopstick on top.

Roll the omelet firmly with the mat.

When you cut it, the impressions from the mat and chopsticks will remain on the omelet, making it look like a pumpkin.

Add facial features cut from nori, and your pumpkin ghost is complete.

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