Kelly - no i ordered the salt & pepper shakers off of amazon.com. The ones we had broke and i wanted our new ones to be super cute so i spent ages browsing different ones and decided on these.
Angie - Thank you! I've seen photos of a lot of incredible bentos. I agree they are really amazing. I really love a good many things about Japan and hope to travel there someday!
Mochi - Sadly i didn't make the macarons. I looked into it and got really intimidated so i decided to buy some instead. They're just so pretty had i had to take a picture!
Jjsloane - my son can be rather bossy too. It's something we're working on lol.
Ornella - Love that you looked it up! Glad to help!
Mamapicklejuice - Sure! There are tons of everyday things you can use to make bentos. For this bento i used this box. I used mini cookie cutters to cut cheese and a fruit "leather" into shapes and a regular sized cookie cutter for the sandwich. The panda is a little cup that i put raisins inside, i got him and the panda pick in the grapes from a website called, allthingsforsale.com. Oh and the grapes are in a reusable baking cup. I found mini saltines for the cheese at the grocery store near the oyster crackers. You generally just want to take up all the space in your box as possible so when you close it up and go somewhere nothing can move around and get messed up when it's time to open it up and eat. Also check out this website: anotherlunch.com . It's what really got me hooked, all of her ideas are pretty doable and still look super cute. HTH! Sorry i wrote so much. @_@