Today is Chinese New Year! It is the year of the dragon! I thought it would be fun to create a dragon lunch for JDaniel.
We had such fun dyeing beige tortilla neon green and cutting them out with cookie cutters for this meal.
The dragon has a ham inner mouth and carrot tongue.The dragon's eyes are black olives with corn pupils. I am not sure most dragons have crests on their heads, but this one has an American cheese crest.
Yes, that makes this ham and cheese sandwich with a few vegetables. JDaniel loves ham and cheese right now. This was a fun way to serve him some of his favorite foods.
Since New Year's is usually celebrated with fireworks, I gave JDaniel red grape, red strawberry, and red grape tomato fireworks to have with his dragon.
I am planning on serving Chinese carryout tonight for dinner. How will you be celebrating Chinese New Year.
This post is linked to Muffin Tin Monday.
that is SUPER CUTE!! sorry if this is a dumb question... but how do you dye the tortilla?
ReplyDeleteThat is so cute! I love it! I didn't even know it was Chinese New Year today!
ReplyDeleteThis is so cute! Love the dragon
ReplyDeleteThis is adorable! One of your finest :-)
ReplyDeleteSuch a cute dragon! I'm so impressed with your creativity! I stumbled your post and pinned it to my Kids' Chinese New Year Pinterest board at http://pinterest.com/debchitwood/kids-chinese-new-year-activities/
ReplyDeleteThat dragon is amazing! I LOVE it!
ReplyDeleteAmazing!
ReplyDeleteVery cute dragon :)
ReplyDeleteChinese New Year?
ReplyDeleteWhat a great thing to know...
I will make stir fry, and let the kids now why.
Thank you.
That is an adorable dragon!!
ReplyDeleteThank you for highlighting Chinese New Year, I happen to celebrate it :)
What a cute dragon! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThat is so creative, love it! Very cute.
ReplyDeleteI love that dragon!!
ReplyDeleteThis is too cute. Happy Chinese New Year!
ReplyDeleteI was born in the year of the dragon! And I think I need to eat this lunch!!
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I had no idea it was Chinese New Year.
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm very impressed with that dragon! :)
I love this lunch, how cute and creative!
ReplyDeleteLove your dragon!! Did you just use food coloring and brush it over the tortilla? So creative!
ReplyDeletehow cute is that?
ReplyDeleteyes, now that you did this post... i am really wanting chinese now ;)
It's sooooo cute and clever!!! I would love to eat some Chinese food right now...but I'm having some health issues that prevent me from eating too much fried/spicy food. So I guess we won't be celebrating CNY this year.
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My girls would LOVE this! Their favorite stuffed animals that they have had since they were tiny are dragons. I'll have to do this one weekend for them. Thanks for the idea and Happy Chinese New Year!
ReplyDeleteThese are adorable!
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ReplyDeleteWe've done lots with CNY and had so much fun. See our link above.
Love your dragon. :)
So fun and creative!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness how cute is that! I love it! You are so creative! My kids would love that! :)
ReplyDeleteAwesome Dragon lunch!! How did you dye the tortilla bread green??
ReplyDeleteI love these muffin tin meals - so very creative!! I'm going to have to try making some of these :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun and creative activity. I love the way the dragon came out. I will use this idea the next time I have to babysit my niece. She is going to love it.
ReplyDeleteThese are so fun, I love this one!
ReplyDeleteVery cute idea! I love the dragon!
ReplyDeleteSo cute!!
ReplyDeleteYou are my hero. That is by far the cutest lunch ever!!
ReplyDeleteVery cute & so bright & colorful! Great meal!
ReplyDeleteYour dragon turned out soo cool! Love it!
ReplyDeleteHow in the world do you dye a tortilla???
ReplyDeleteWe celebrated Chinese New Year by having French Toast! Yup. That's what my son wanted but had I known what day it was, we'd have had Chinese Toast. CUTE pics and idea!
This looks awesome! So creative. And healthy.
ReplyDeleteThat is cute! I didn't even realize it was Chineese New a year, woops.
ReplyDeleteThat dragon is seriously cute!
ReplyDeleteI was wondering what that vivid green was. Tortillas! Brilliant!
ReplyDeleteLove the dragon and I'm SOOOOOO glad I'm looking at this when I'm not at home so John doesn't see it! I'd have to figure out how to do it for him, too! (I made the mistake of telling him they celebrate for 15 days. I'm hoping I might get away with only making 2 lunches for it.)
ReplyDeleteHow fun! You know, I didn't even think about Chinese New Year. :-( Will have to correct that.
ReplyDeleteCute!! This turned out cute and looks very tasty!
ReplyDeleteYou are SO creative!
ReplyDeleteWell done Mama, well done!
ReplyDeleteoh my! That is the cutest thing! Just when I think you've maxed out the creative ideas, you prove that you have an unlimited supply!!!
ReplyDeleteI always love your muffin tins, but this one is especially cute!
ReplyDeleteLove your chinese dragon! That's so creative. :)
ReplyDeleteYou are so creative!! You will be my inspiration when I'm home more and do things like this!
ReplyDeleteSO cute and clever.
ReplyDeleteYou are too much. seriously! you spent the time and effort to die tortillas green?
ReplyDeleteYou deserve "mom of the year".
This is so neat! I love the tongue & eyes :)
ReplyDeleteSo creative! I bet he loved it. Lucky boy. :)
ReplyDeleteSuper adorable! My boys would love that. SO creative!
ReplyDeleteVery cute! I am looking for another idea for Chinese New Year right now and I might do this! (Got to leave in 45 mins, so I better get on it!) I've done several CNY bentos this past week.
ReplyDeleteThat dragon is ADORABLE!! How cute cute cute! Brilliant for Chinese New Year indeed!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing on Kids Get Crafty!
Maggy
This is so fun and creative.
ReplyDeleteOh he's darling. I can't believe how creative you are. Very fun. Can't wait to see what you make next.
ReplyDelete-Veronica
So adorable. I'm adding it to my Chinese New Year Celebration Board on Pinterest. Thanks for the idea!
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome!
ReplyDeleteThat is such a fantastic idea- love the dragon! Thank you for sharing your ideas with us on The Sunday Showcase Hope to see you next week ~Aimee
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