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Mom Of Three From Japan Comes Up With Incredibly Creative Meals For Her Kids (30 Pics)
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Kids are picky eaters. No doubt about it. From eating solely sweets, to refusing to eat anything that has touched on the plate, to hating specific ingredients so much that they go into a full-blown tantrum with no return. So, getting your kid to love the food you make is one of the biggest parenting challenges not meant to be tackled by everyone.
But one Japanese mom of three is taking her cooking skills to a whole new level. Etoni Mama is treating her children of 12, 10, and 8 years old to intricate, colorful, and mouth-watering meals that get your stomach rumbling just by looking at them.
Incredibly, the mom from Tokyo has no prior training in food art, but she is definitely a master of kyaraben. A form of character bento, kyaraben is an elaborate style of arranged bento that features fun food assembled in such a way that they look like real people and movie characters. Let’s take a look at Etoni Mama’s food masterpieces down below that work wonders for any type of food pickiness for kids and adults alike.
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Bored Panda reached out to the creator of this beautiful food art and the busy mom of three elementary school children from Tokyo to find out more about her work.
Etoni Mama said that she first started making fun dishes in order to make it more appetizing to her kids. “I first got an idea to create a face out of ingredients in order to make it fun for my picky second daughter,” the woman said.
She also said that even though her children are really strict when it comes to evaluating her creations, she still “enjoys it very much.”
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Dragonfruit'nrollerskates 4 years ago
You murdered baby baymaxes for food?!?! how DARE you?!!?!
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Lance d'Boyle 4 years ago
I'll be wontonning some of these for lunch! (thank you, thank you {bow left, bow right})
Etoni Mama added that: “When I look at the ingredients, I can imagine many characters. But since it’s the food for my daughters, it is absolutely necessary for it to be delicious.”
The woman said she doesn’t have as much spare time as she’d like, because “I work as a nursery teacher,” but it takes her about one hour to finish one intricate dish. She also said it makes her super happy to receive so much positive feedback from people of all ages and all corners of the world.
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ChinaPandas122 4 years ago (edited)
winnie the orange pooh oh i mean a ...... a idk what fruit it is in english but it's a 柚子
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Perfumista Perfumista 4 years ago
I don't normally hug my food before eating it, but in this case...
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Beryl Smith 4 years ago
All of these creations are amazing . Such talent almost too good to eat
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MiriPanda 4 years ago
The cookies are cute (apart from the Trump ones...), but is the hot food not stone cold by the time she is done? I also don't like my food to have been overly touched, mom or not (eg the eggs)
Onion rings like to make your breath smelly 4 years ago
Remember your children are also gonna eat the things on their plates...
Brian Michael 4 years ago
This isn't for kids regular meal this is for photos and maybe they eat them when they Are done. There are techniques being done to keep certain looks in the food that would take long slow set up cooking that tells me there's no way this was made for a meal.
Rebecca Broscombe-Adams 4 years ago
These are amazing and she is seriously talented but what the af? For her kids? Really? I'd need to be paid for that amount of effort. Also, where do her kids go from here? They are in for some true disappointments!
Heidi Freeman 4 years ago
Absolutely wonderful!!!! I couldn't see which ones are the Trump ones (mentioned above). I think they are all spectacular!
manon M 4 years ago
@heidi Freeman : you can Probably in his Instagram account 🤷♀️ (I haven't been to see)
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Dorothy Cloud 4 years ago
I can't imagine the time it must take her. She has an imagination with no end! Just great.
SaraFromHell with you all! 4 years ago
The undercooked eggs freaked me out...sorry on the unemployment mom.
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 4 years ago
Wow, she would have an amazing career as a professional food stylist and/or food photographer. It looks like she has also written a book (in Japanese) about the art of bento. I wonder if this started off as a hobby that she originally did for her kids but eventually evolved into creating much more elaborate food designs/bento boxes.
MiriPanda 4 years ago
The cookies are cute (apart from the Trump ones...), but is the hot food not stone cold by the time she is done? I also don't like my food to have been overly touched, mom or not (eg the eggs)
Onion rings like to make your breath smelly 4 years ago
Remember your children are also gonna eat the things on their plates...
Brian Michael 4 years ago
This isn't for kids regular meal this is for photos and maybe they eat them when they Are done. There are techniques being done to keep certain looks in the food that would take long slow set up cooking that tells me there's no way this was made for a meal.
Rebecca Broscombe-Adams 4 years ago
These are amazing and she is seriously talented but what the af? For her kids? Really? I'd need to be paid for that amount of effort. Also, where do her kids go from here? They are in for some true disappointments!
Heidi Freeman 4 years ago
Absolutely wonderful!!!! I couldn't see which ones are the Trump ones (mentioned above). I think they are all spectacular!
manon M 4 years ago
@heidi Freeman : you can Probably in his Instagram account 🤷♀️ (I haven't been to see)
Load More Replies... Dorothy Cloud 4 years ago
I can't imagine the time it must take her. She has an imagination with no end! Just great.
SaraFromHell with you all! 4 years ago
The undercooked eggs freaked me out...sorry on the unemployment mom.
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 4 years ago
Wow, she would have an amazing career as a professional food stylist and/or food photographer. It looks like she has also written a book (in Japanese) about the art of bento. I wonder if this started off as a hobby that she originally did for her kids but eventually evolved into creating much more elaborate food designs/bento boxes.
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