Back to bento making! I had a short bento holiday because Paige had no school this week until today. On Paige’s short break we had a lot of fun going to different places and yesterday we spent the day at the Honolulu Zoo. They had a lot of new exhibits there and I posted a few pictures of our favorite animals. The kids especially loved the petting zoo and we spent a lot of time there playing with the goats. There also was an uber friendly peacock at the snack shop who kept coming around and begging for food. The peacock, who was taller than Sean, kept coming after him for his french fries. Needless to say, Sean was terrified and now hates peacocks.
Anyway on to today’s Valentine’s Day bento. I made two love birds (well, actually chickens) and used red heart picks for their combs that I found at Ben Franklin at the Market City location. I also used my very red bento box so that I could enter this into Hapabento’s “Red” themed bento contest. 
I also found this great Chinese Chicken vegetable cutter. I have a whole set of all of these vintage looking Chinese cutters that my mother in-law gave to me. I’ll have to post a picture of them so you can help me figure out what some of the cutters are.
the zoo looks like it was a GREAT time — i loved seeing the twitpics yesterday (esp. the meerkat)!!
this bento is super cute, i love their red combs and pink cheeks; and the vintage cutter is fabulous.
wonderful RED entry!
Thanks gamene!
I will miss your bento posts while you are on vacation! Hope you have a great time. 
i just loved the lovebirds
what was the heart picks called at Ben Franklin cause i want to go get some but in kaimuki ??
did your mother in law get that chicken cutter in hawaii?? or internet ??
your ideas are just so wonderful that i just have to copy them !!!!
Thanks soyzick!
I updated the post with a picture of the picks. It is the Kaimuki Ben Franklin and they have the picks near the front with all of the Valentines day stuff. Hope this helps. 
The cutters are really old, my mother in-law has had them for many years. I’ve seen some sold at Compleat Kitchen and Executive Chef but the cutters are a little different.
The cutters are amazing….the details, the details!! Are the lovebirds stuffed with anything?
Thanks notabrownbag!
I usually stuff the rice with something but Paige said she wanted them plain today. 
What cute love chickens! That veggie cutter is amazing! Such little detail!
Looks like the zoo was fun! I like the peeking through the fish area that must be fun!
Thanks Jenn!
The kids really had a lot of fun going into the tunnel to get to the center of the fish pond.
Fantastic Susan! I have every color heart pick except red, it seems >:( Those are great!
I have seen those cutters! I think they are a set of the Chinese Zodiac. Right?
Looks like you guys had a great time at the zoo!
Thanks sheri!
I must not have all of the zodiac because I have no tiger! 
aw, the chicks are very sweet. tks for sharing the pix.
Thanks javapot!
How cute are your kids!!!
Thanks mechagenkibento!
Looks like you had a wonderfu time. Love those little chicken/rooster pair. I’m hoping to get an entry made for Hapa’s contest this month…but I think I’ll have to do a little shopping first. I love the zoo, what a great trip. Can’t wait to see the whole set of cutters – the rooster is amazing.
Thanks Karina!
I can’t wait to see your entry, you always come up with the loveliest bento boxes! 
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This is great Red BOMB entry! Love the cute chicks and your cutter is awesome, very details. This entire picture is excellent with the sweet props. I see you had a great time with the kids in the zoo. Did they keep asking what is the animal, what do they eat, and ….. a lot more?
Thanks Lia!
Sean just wanted to run up to every animal and touch them. He was only afraid of the french fry stealing peacock! Paige loves animals and wants to be a vet so she wanted to see every single animal and read all of the signs.
I love that you took photos of the tigers. Yay for Year of the Tiger!
Looks like you had a blast at the zoo. What a pesky french-fry stealing peacock! Poor Sean!
Thanks hapabento!
What fun zoo pics! Too bad about the peacock that would make a fun bento maybe using pea pods as the tails feathers.
Thanks golonghorns! Great idea about using the pea pods! I’m going to have to try that.
I do love this bento
Thanks Tata Bonita!