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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 ideas for Halloween (21–30)

Also great for Halloween! Hachiware bento

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Let’s make a Hachiware character bento with a hairstyle shaped like the auspicious number “8,” which is said to bring good luck.

Mix red and blue decorative furikake separately into portions of rice to create Hachiware’s hairstyle and ear parts.

Changing the colors boosts the Halloween vibe.

Once you place Hachiware’s face portion into the bento, attach the hairstyle and secure the ears with toasted pasta.

Create the facial features with nori and stick them on to finish.

For the cheeks, cut ham into shape and attach them as well.

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Halloween bento side dishes

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This tomato side dish is perfect for filling small gaps in a Halloween bento.

Attach face parts made with a nori punch to cherry tomatoes to make them.

The key is to stick the nori onto the tomatoes so they look like jack-o’-lantern faces.

Nori punches are sold at 100-yen shops, too.

It’s quick and easy, so it’s handy when you’re preparing a bento during a busy time.

If you can get orange or light-green cherry tomatoes, they’ll look just like real jack-o’-lanterns.

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Cute with cookie cutters! Halloween Omurice Bento

A Halloween omurice bento made with cookie cutters and cheese is perfect for the season.

Let’s make little ghosts by cutting them out of hanpen.

By slicing the hanpen into three layers, you can adjust the thickness so it’s easier to tuck inside the omurice.

Pour beaten egg into a frying pan, place the hanpen ghosts on top, and cover to steam.

Once the egg is set, remove it from the pan and wrap it around the rice.

Add facial features to the ghosts with ketchup to finish.

Try decorating cucumbers and sausages with faces too for a fun, festive Halloween bento.

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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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