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" When your kid is struggling in school, all you want to do is make things better.\u00A0That&amp;#039;s how mom-of-two Li Ming Lee\u00A0felt when her first born entered primary school in 2011. Ming says her then-seven-year-old son had a really tough time adjusting to the &amp;quot;big boy&amp;quot;\u00A0schedule\u00A0of staying at school for the entire day. To cheer him up, Ming started packing him fun\u00A0bento meals and notes for lunchtime so he could know that mom\u00A0was thinking of him.\u00A0Before she knew it, she was creating her very own Bento Monsters\u2014i.e.\u00A0Winnie The Pooh donuts, Hello Kitty sushi, and Minion-themed pasta\u2014for both her boys on the reg.\u00A0 Take a look at some of her beyond-brilliant creations:           #Elmo cup noodles with eggs for tea break, made some Elmo tomatoes to make the meal a little less unhealthy, lol. &#127813;&#127836; Had to dig out my old pink Elmo to pose with them. &#128513; A photo posted by Ming #bentomonsters (@bentomonsters) on Jan 7, 2016 at 6:27am PST               Pooh bear &#127855;&#128059;tuna &#128031;cups for tea. All in our tummies now. &#128586; A photo posted by Ming #bentomonsters (@bentomonsters) on Oct 20, 2015 at 6:19am PDT               Monkey soba&#127836;, for the one born in the year of the&#128018;. A photo posted by Ming #bentomonsters (@bentomonsters) on Feb 15, 2016 at 6:30am PST               Penguin pancake for @wearefreshkids digital Advent Christmas calendar. Advent day #8 - Celebrating the spirit of giving! @kidsgardening Do check out @wearefreshkids for other amazing food art throughout this month, as well as to know more about this meaningful project. Thank you @howaboutcookie n @wearefreshkids for this opportunity. A photo posted by Ming #bentomonsters (@bentomonsters) on Dec 8, 2015 at 5:53am PST               Pizza time with Michelangelo. &#128034;&#127829; Cowabunga, dude! Who grew up watching #tmnt? &#128513; Got the idea for this from Pinterest. A photo posted by Ming #bentomonsters (@bentomonsters) on Oct 5, 2015 at 6:19am PDT               &#128055;&#128061;Piggy Spam Musubi, a slight variation of the recipe from my #yummykawaiibento book. To see how to make this, pls head over to @justonecookbook&amp;#039;s blog, Nami has uploaded a video of her making this recipe from my bento book. And she is also holding a giveaway of my bento book, along with $100 worth of bento goodies from @bentousa. Opens internationally! Good luck!! A photo posted by Ming #bentomonsters (@bentomonsters) on Oct 31, 2015 at 8:27pm PDT               totoro chigiri pan, recipe updated&#128073;http://www.bentomonsters.com/2015/10/totoro-pull-apart-bread-bun.html A photo posted by Ming #bentomonsters (@bentomonsters) on Oct 24, 2015 at 7:55pm PDT               Busy today so did not make any food art. Sharing these open faced sandwich I made to share with my boys during the long weekend break. Spot the #tsumtsum ones among them. A photo posted by Ming #bentomonsters (@bentomonsters) on Aug 12, 2015 at 6:28am PDT               I baked #hellokitty #&#127827; #tart &#128523; A photo posted by Ming #bentomonsters (@bentomonsters) on Jul 14, 2015 at 6:08am PDT               French toast with a local twist, filled with kaya and banana for tea time today. Used Gardenia Hi Calcium Milk Bread Plus for this recipe.This chick &#128037;&#128035;toast &#127838;recipe is so easy, anyone can make one too. Gardenia is having a Facebook contest where you can stand to win $200 CASH and a $88 Gardenia Hamper till 29 May. More details on this as well as recipe for this french toast will be uploaded on my blog later tonight. #sg50 A photo posted by Ming #bentomonsters (@bentomonsters) on May 6, 2015 at 6:09am PDT     Needless to say,\u00A0Ming has clearly mastered the art of bento-box making, which explains why she has over 182,000 followers on Instagram and a\u00A0popular recipe\u00A0book\u00A0out now. Although she doesn&amp;#039;t make\u00A0her sons Totoro cake pops and Panda-shaped sushi for school anymore, she does whip up bent-tastic meals in her free time as a way to unwind and escape mommy stress (you know,\u00A0as we casually sit\u00A0here with Crayolas and adult\u00A0coloring books\u00A0in our laps).\u00A0 (H/T: Bored Panda) "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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