This week I met a friend and her family at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, MA. I was happy to take the opportunity to make another Eric Carle lunch. At the museum I was pleased to also see illustrations from a favorite childhood book – Thy Friend Obadiah by Brinton Turkle.

Container: EasyLunchBoxes

Left Side: Ladybugs – grape tomatoes, black olives (attached with spaghetti), Text Signs – cheese with food coloring text, Aphids – snow peas (cookie cutter), silicone leaf, romaine, broccoli, carrots

Top Right: Stars – tortilla (cookie cutter), blueberries

Bottom Right: Crackers, ladybug picks

Above the Box: Mini Dippers with toasted pepitas and pine nuts

Other Eric Carle book themed lunches

• Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
• The Tiny Seed