Bent on Bento!

Like bento and packed lunches in general? This is the swap for you!

How to Swap, in 3 easy steps!
1. Get a new bento box.
2. Fill it up with bento goodies like cute cookie cutters, food separators, bento bands, cupcake liners etc.
3. Send it out to your partner!

Key points of the Swap
To fulfill the swap requirements, your bento box has to be:
1. New and unused
2. An actual bento box! See picture and below for examples.
3. Chockful of cute bento items!
4. For hearts, pair the box up with matching chopsticks and other bento paraphenalia!

Your bento swap does NOT have to be:
1. Full of expensive items! Daiso (a $2 store) has plenty of items which would be great!
2. Be overly kawaii! There are plenty of beautiful bento boxes out there which are great for those who aren't such big fans of cute.

What is a bento?
'O-bento' is what the Japanese call a packed meal, usually lunch. Bento boxes have internal dividers, and sometimes several stacked layers, so different kinds of food sit in their own little compartments. The goal is to make the whole package as attractive as possible.

(Adapted from Bento Box)

What is a bento box?
- It's hard to define. The best thing to do is to visit the sites below and look at the many pictures if you don't know for sure what a true bento box looks like!

What is not a bento box?
- Tupperware.
- Laptop lunches.
- Dome shaped lunch boxes.
- Paper bags.

Useful links
Flickr search on Bento
Bento Box: a site about bento

**The swap nitty gritty*

This swap is international. Everyone must have at least a 4.6 rating to participate. Please message me if you don't meet these requirements but want to join in anyway! New users are welcome, and filled out profiles are always a plus!

Feel free to ask questions, or make small requests like "Check out my bento collection to make sure that you don't send me what I have!".