Baseball Field Trip Lunch

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DFF, my 3rd grader, is taking a field trip to the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum.  Since I can't tag along, I wanted to make lunch special for her. Yeah, I turned into one of those crazy over-the-top moms who spends too much time looking at Pinterest. But, in my defense, I did have a month to prepare. :)
     The school requires that the lunch be sent in disposable containers. So my goal for this project was to use only recycled items I had at home. No money was spent on packaging of this lunch.  I did purchase items for the lunch though.
      First, I drew on a fruit container with a Sharpie marker and reverse painted it with craft paint from my stash. I stuck on a ton of red, silver and blue foil stars I use for my music students too.  I wasn't worried with making it look perfect.  It is going to be tossed into the trash when DFF finishes eating, after all.

Since I didn't want craft paint touching the food, I lined the interior with wax paper.  I printed off a few fun facts about the Cincinnati Reds and stuck them on the inside of the lid.

I figured, "Hey, I could decorate a couple napkins with a marker too."

So, what goes in my pretty little basket?  Well, I figured all the food should have a baseball theme, right?  So, it contains Cracker Jacks, Big League Chew, peanuts (from my friend Toni at Delta), a Baby Ruth mini,Topps Baseball Cards, and a wet wipe from Red Lobster.

I taped some paper on the top of her applesauce so it looked like a baseball. Remember to throw in a spoon.

Luckily, our Kroger sells water with Cincinnati Reds wrappers.  I took the wrapper off a large bottle and glued it on a smaller bottle. I added her name and a few more star stickers too.

Next, I made a few edibles.  This baseball bat turned out cute.  I got the idea from
http://www.inspirationmadesimple.com/2016/03/baseball-and-bat-chocolate-pretzels/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=socialnetwork .

And, I did a strawberry jelly/peanutbutter sandwich with a Babybel baseball. I just happen to have a 3-year-old at home.  So, I traced a little hand on paper to make the sandwich template. I used a paring knife to cut away the wax on the cheese to make the baseball.  I got the idea for the Babybel here, but noticed my food markers tend to bleed (notice the chocolate pretzel ball bat) so I wanted to stick with keeping the wax on.  https://i.pinimg.com/originals/2b/88/5a/2b885a4ea625aa029a8ee0aefe23dc92.jpg

No meal is complete without veggies.  A pairing knife whittled down carrots into baseball bats and cut out strips of cucumbers for baseballs. Thanks to this blog for that idea. http://www.keeleymcguire.com/2014/06/lunch-made-easy-how-to-make-baseball.html

I thought about adding sunflower seeds and a can of corn, but I just couldn't make them fit. And, That's The Ballgame, Folks! :)  (Hope she understands the bottom of her box.)