Homemade Bento Band
I have few bento boxes that doesn’t come with a buckle or fastener. To put them together, I just used the rubber band on it. They looks very unattractive but I was too kiamsiap (stingy) to buy the Bento belt from eBay. They cost about US$3.00 + US$2.50 (shipping charges) = US$5.50. You just do your own calculation on the currency conversion. I know the money is from advertising but then they are still money right? Why do I want to spent on something that is so expensive yet I can find other alternative like maybe using the rubber band or make them myself.
So over the weekend, I spent about RM9 on some elastic belt and buttons and came up with my own homemade Bento band.
Not only I made one, I came up with 4 different sizes of bento belt.
Firstly, I made this for Hubby’s bento box. This is the first tier.
I did not stitch up the joint so that I have a space in between as the chopstick holder.
For double tier, I made a bigger belt.
With different buttons of course.
And then I saw a black ribbon laying in my sewing box. So I just add them on top. So vain can die!
For another bento box, let’s presume it is the girl’s bento box.
I had a purple Hello Kitty button on it. And the double tier:
… a little sunshine definitely brightens up my day!
For RM9, I am able to come up with 4 bento belt and there are lots of extra elastic band and buttons left. They are very easy to made. Just a little stitch will do.
p/s: If you are interested to purchase some Bento accessory like the toothpick, bento cup, rice mould, egg frying pan or rice seasoning, please visit my Market Hall. Cheers!
athena said,
July 7, 2008 @ 4:02 pm
wahjang.. u very geng!
giddy tigress said,
July 7, 2008 @ 4:18 pm
you did it, babe! woohoo!
Where did you get that cool looking dude box for hubby?
sasha said,
July 7, 2008 @ 4:28 pm
nice ! nice!
day-dreamer said,
July 7, 2008 @ 5:43 pm
OMG nice!
Elaine said,
July 8, 2008 @ 12:14 am
you are so creative!! They look like bought one. 🙂 Can make and do biz liao, sure I will want to buy frm you. 🙂
Selena said,
July 8, 2008 @ 3:11 am
ahhhh, so sweet!
jazzmint said,
July 8, 2008 @ 10:36 am
wah u memang creative eh….liddat oso can think keke…vy cute and nice
sue said,
July 8, 2008 @ 4:04 pm
Keng ah… can save samo, and so creative 😀 Salute the Bento Queen lorrr..
a-moms-diary said,
July 12, 2008 @ 12:24 pm
So nice can die liddat (sorry borrow your trademark phrase here!). So so creative, salute you for coming up with this idea. Hey, why don’t you make some more and sell them?
allthingspurple said,
July 18, 2008 @ 9:56 am
wow..you should sell this in your markethall. its not easy to find pretty ones like that.
yours is prettier than a lot that i have seen on ebay !
Hijack Queen » Bento Mania #28 said,
August 4, 2008 @ 2:04 pm
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