Happy Halloween! Samhain Sona! Today started out with a beautiful sunrise and warm temperatures. I've got my fingers crossed that it will be a temperate night for Trick or Treating. This is my first time trying to make a witch onigiri. I think she is cute. The hat was more difficult than expected and I ended up rushing through bits so that we could leave early for school. Part of the difficulty was the bandaged finger that I was using very gingerly this morning. As we started carving Jack'o'lanterns last night I made a long speech about knife safety to A-chan and then immediately stabbed myself in the finger while cutting my pumpkin. After my impromptu demonstration of what not to do A-chan was very careful indeed!
In the bento: Onigiri witch and hat, grapes, a few blueberries, carrot stars and turnip stars, steamed broccoli, fried tofu, a checkered apple, sauteed squash and a carrot jack'o'lantern.
The Witch has a very thick egg sheet for hair. It is pinned in place around the backside of the onigiri with uncooked soba noodles. The main part of the hat was an onigiri wrapped in nori. The hat brim was a large sheet of provolone cheese that was covered in nori and pinned in place with more soba noodles. I used blue egg sheet for the hat's decoration along with some little stars.
I can't wait to steal some of A-chan's candy tonight once she's asleep. I wish everyone a safe and fun Halloween night!
