Lunch Box Surprises: A Banana with a Name

Karlie & Brina’s bananas for lunch

When I make school lunches for the girls I try to put in something fun or interesting into their lunch boxes. Usually they don’t see what surprise I have added until they open their lunch box at school.  I use a variety of different notes, treats, and special items for their lunches.  One of the treats I have been doing this year is tattooing their bananas before sticking them into their lunches.  They have gotten a real kick out of seeing tattooed bananas appear in their lunch boxes!

I love discovering new and easy ways to add a little spark to their meal!  Both girls enjoy bananas and will take them in their lunches plus we typically have a variety of tattoos from random places around to put to use.  These tattoos were from the girls last visit to the eye doctor.

One day as I was tattooing their bananas Jake suggested adding their names to the bananas too.  I took a butter knife and lightly scratched their names into the bananas and drew a heart around their tattoos.  As the scratched parts became exposed to the air the lettering began to darken and this is what it looked like a short while later.  Our family usually packs lunches the night before so these went in the lunch boxes and fridge at night; the next morning when I added the ice packs the bananas looked the same as pictured above.  The girls thought these were awesome!