I did not start playing taking piano lessons until I was in the 4th grade. I remember thinking that my Mom should have put me in lessons much earlier. I thought that I was too old to start taking music lessons. But after I asked for lessons she did find a piano teacher for me and I took lessons through high school.
I made these lunches over the summer when I spent a lot of time with my niece and nephews. Many of these instrument and music themed lunches are very basic. I tried to include instruments that kids often study: piano, French horn, cello, voice, saxophone, guitar, trumpet, tuba, harp, violin, and drum.
Piano
My 15 year old niece made this piano out of nori (seaweed) for herself.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Top Left: Cherries
Bottom Left: Green beans
Right Side: Cooked Nishiki rice, nori, music picks
French Horn
My 12 year old nephew plays the French Horn so I made this lunch for him.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Top Left: Raspberries
Top Right: Pretzel Crisps
Bottom: Brazil nuts (in Mini Dipper), French Horn strawberry jam sandwich on wheat bread, green beans
Cello
I made this for my 12 year old niece. She plays the cello.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Cello pita sandwich with nutella and food marker details, almonds and cashews
Top Right: Carrots
Bottom Right: Cherries
Voice
I thought that voice would be a good addition to this collection so I made this lunch for myself (I am not a good singer).
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Broccoli, rice, cheese singer with food marker details, cheese notes
Top Right: Black beans with sauteed onions
Bottom Right: Plain Greek yogurt with blueberries
Saxophone
I made this lunch for my 14 year old nephew.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Top Left: Green beans
Bottom Left: Blueberries
Right Side: Walnuts, Pretzel Crisps, Saxaphone strawberry jam sandwich on wheat bread
Guitar
I made this cheese mashed potatoes guitar lunch for my 12 year old nephew.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Mashed potato and cheddar cheese guitar with black olive details, spinach leaves
Top Right: Blackberry yogurt with fruit flat musical note
Bottom Right: Green grapes
Trumpet
I made this lunch for my 10 year old nephew.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Top: Trumpet strawberry jam sandwich on wheat bread, orange bell pepper, red bell pepper
Bottom Left: Bugles
Bottom Right: Blueberries
Musical Notes
I love the combination of pasta, beets, and blue cheese but I don’t like my pasta to get pink. My LunchBots trio was the perfect box for this lunch I made for myself.
Container: LunchBots Trio
Top Left: Penne pasta with blue cheese
Top Right: Spinach leaves and musical note shaped beets (I used a cookie cutter)
Bottom: Pistachios
Tuba
My 15 year old niece plays the Tuba so I made this lunch for her.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Top Left: Peanuts
Bottom Left: Raspberries
Right Side: Tuba strawberry jam sandwich on wheat bread, salad
Harp
This is supposed to be a harp. I packed it on a day that I packed food for my Mom and 12 year old niece to eat while they were out and about. They did not know what this was supposed to be. Their guesses were Hershey Kiss or heart.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Top Left: Cottage cheese with peaches
Bottom Left: Green grapes
Right Side: Harp Pita with nutella (food marker details), carrots
Violin
I made this violin lunch for myself.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Top Left: Walnuts
Top Right: Pretzel Crisps
Bottom: Radish, strawberries, Violin peanut butter sandwich on wheat bread
Treble Clef
My niece designed and ate this lunch, we made it together. It represents the lines and spaces of the Treble Clef – Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge and Fantastic Americans Crave Enchiladas
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Enchiladas with black beans, sauteed onion, and cheddar cheese, salsa, Treble Clef on tortilla with food marker details, letter picks
Top Right: This is supposed to be fudge. I wanted to buy fudge but it was difficult to find this time of year. I quickly made fudge but the consistency is wrong so I guess my candy thermometer was wrong or I messed it up somehow.
Bottom Right: Cucumber boy with matchstick carrots
Bass Clef
My niece designed this lunch, we made it together (my 10 year old nephew drew the markings on the cow), and my 10 year old nephew ate this meal. It represents the Bass Clef – All Cows Eat Grass and Good Boys Do Fine Always
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Bass Clef cheese quesadilla, food marker lines, Bass Clef symbol flour tortilla with food marker details, letter picks
Top Right: Grass (snowpeas)
Bottom Right: Cow (cheddar cheese with food marker details), matchstick carrots
Drum
This is supposed to be a drum. I gave this lunch to my 12 year old nephew.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Onigiri (rice) drum with cheese details, matchstick carrots
Top Right: Walnuts
Bottom Right: Blueberries
Which musical instrument did you play or does your child play? Did I include it here?
Eclectic Lamb 
I love all of the lunches! You can tell a lot of thought and time went into them!
Thank you Katriel!
wow!!! amazing collection of bento!
You are so creative, all of them are awesome, can’t decide which one I like better.
Love them all! My favourite is the cello, it is so beautifully done! I grew up learning the piano and my, it’s been many years since I last played!
Thank you so much!