Yum-Yum Bento Box Lucky Bag Giveaway

by Pikko on January 29, 2011

Happy Belated New Year to all our bento fans! We hope that the first month of 2011 has been a great one for all of you and that you’ve all been having fun with our cookbook!

We have some great news for you all. Maki, Quirk Books, and myself have all pitched in to offer a great giveaway in the spirit of the new year.

New Year's Lucky Bag

Three lucky winners from our giveaway will receive a Yum-Yum Bento Box Fukubukuro or “Lucky Bag”. In Japan, the fukubukuro is a sealed bag containing items of value greater than the bag it’s packaged in. Together, we’ve assembled a great lucky bag containing some great items for making your own cute bentos with our recipes!

The prizes will be in a cute bento bag and will come with a copy of Yum-Yum Bento Box. However, these are not just regular copies of the book.

Autographed Yum-Yum Bento Box

That’s right! These books are autographed by both Pikko and Maki, the only three copies in the world signed by both authors! Even if you already own a copy, wouldn’t you love to receive the bag and the signed copy? It’s easy to enter.

Four Ways to Enter

Comment on this post and tell us what subject you think makes the cutest bento. Is it a white kitty? Smiling piggies? A little boy?
‘Like’ Yum-Yum Bento Box on Facebook and leave a comment on the giveaway post.
Follow Yum-Yum Bento Box on Twitter and tweet the following: “Win a bento lucky bag and an autographed copy of Yum-Yum Bento Box from @yumyumbento!! http://tinyurl.com/6dnkfdm” Post the link to your tweet here!
‘Like’ Quirk Books’ Facebook page Home Sweet Home and leave a comment on the giveaway post there as well!

Entries that do not follow the instructions above will not be counted. Maximum of four entries per person. Only one prize may be won per person. Deadline to enter is Friday, February 4, 2011. Three winners will be drawn after closing and prizes will need to be claimed within 48 hours or the prize will be forfeit and a new winner drawn.

Bento Lucky Bag

Don’t miss out on your chance, enter to win now! If you’d like to purchase the book as a gift, the book is available on Amazon.

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maki February 1, 2011 at 5:16 pm: I like cute annimal bento, for example, bear, pig, rabbit, flog, and so on.
crystal February 1, 2011 at 5:47 pm: i like frog bentos, though i have a dream of making an amazing wonder woman bento someday
martha February 1, 2011 at 5:53 pm: i love animal bentos…and out of animals probably kitties ^^
heather c February 1, 2011 at 6:56 pm: I think that holiday bentos are the cutest!
Aline February 1, 2011 at 8:18 pm: I think animals make the cutest bento subjects. I like piggies so that’s what I would choose
Aline February 1, 2011 at 8:20 pm: http://twitter.com/#!/monkeygrl59/status/32639272666271744. Follow and tweeted.
Aline February 1, 2011 at 8:22 pm: ‘Like’ Yum-Yum Bento Box on Facebook (Aileen)
Anna February 1, 2011 at 8:26 pm: I “liked” to win a Yum-Yum Bento Box Fukubukuro on Facebook.
Kelly February 1, 2011 at 9:28 pm: I think birdie bentos are cutest – there are so many different kinds of birds and lots of colors you can use. I love them!
Kelly February 1, 2011 at 9:33 pm: I was already following you, but here is my tweet about the contest.
http://twitter.com/#!/YumStarBits/status/32657323046469632
Catherine Cua February 2, 2011 at 6:08 am: I love flowers and nature scenery. I haven’t made many bento’s but I like the over all look to be that of a blooming garden. I tend to fallow the season to get inspired.
Justine L February 2, 2011 at 6:12 am: I love penguin bentos! The baby penguin ones, especially. The little round faces are just too cute. :3
Justine February 2, 2011 at 6:23 am: My tweet: http://twitter.com/juhtothesteen/status/32789682701996032
and followed!
lisa February 2, 2011 at 8:11 am: what makes the cutest bento? love and fresh vegetables like purple / golden cauliflower. i love bentos that creatively use little quail eggs and nori to make animals like bears, racoons.

here’s my tweet: http://twitter.com/#!/LisaAteIt/status/32817543462789120
jax625 February 2, 2011 at 10:33 am: Thanks for this opportunity!!! Here is my tweet >> http://twitter.com/#!/starzinmybelly/status/32853643170418688
jax625 February 2, 2011 at 10:35 am: Personally, I love any bento with cute faces…but hello kitty bentos are my fave!
=^^=
Dominique February 2, 2011 at 2:29 pm: I think that the penguins are cutest for bentos
Leah February 2, 2011 at 3:13 pm: I think animal bentos are the cutest. There are so many possibilities though, and I love character bentos (Totoro, etc.). I think most of all, whatever the subject matter, I like to see well designed bentos, perhaps even depicting a little scene
Sandi February 2, 2011 at 3:24 pm: I think bunnies make the cutest bento!
scruffx February 2, 2011 at 7:28 pm: To me, as long as it has facial features, it qualifies as cute! I think it would be adorable to have a whole box of “character” nibbles – pork products would look like pigs, dairy-based one like cows, fish like fish and the veggies can just have their own cute expressions
Anna February 2, 2011 at 10:59 pm: I also “liked” Home Sweet Home on Facebook. All because I love your book.
Kimi February 2, 2011 at 11:21 pm: Just discovered your three other blogs – love them all!
Jess February 3, 2011 at 4:48 am: I’m aways a fan of farm animals, they make such cute bentos.
Camila F. February 3, 2011 at 1:35 pm: Little pandas make awesomw bentos! Love them!
Laura in Texas February 3, 2011 at 3:40 pm: Hi Ladies, thanks for the chance of a cool giveaway! I think kitties make the cutest bentos. Since those are relatively easy to make, that may also influence my opinion!
Mrs. P February 3, 2011 at 4:32 pm: It would be nice to see bentos that tell stories…like 3 little pigs, or charlotte’s web…hmmm, i guess animals is what i like to see. hehe.
kate McGregor February 3, 2011 at 5:19 pm: I love to make theme bentos that go along with key calendar dates – back to school, easter etc.
Brinna Boese February 3, 2011 at 6:10 pm: Wow! I don’t know if I can pick only one. I love the little mushrooms, the chicks and the penguins. I think they are all adorable!
RENA February 3, 2011 at 9:52 pm: I think that the cutest bento theme or character are bears, pokemon, and keroppi! They’re just so adorable =D
Amanda Jordan February 3, 2011 at 10:49 pm: I love the penguin onigiri, they make me wish I liked nori.
Gnoe (@graasland) February 4, 2011 at 4:20 am: HAPPY NEW YEAR! And what an awesome giveaway to start the year with.

I think ladybirds are cute in a bento! They have a literary reference in David Mitchell’s latest book: The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet. I will post the quote below.

Tweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/graasland/status/33481402951405569
And ‘liked’ yum-yum bento box as well as Home Sweet ‘Quirky’ Home on FB and commented.

QUOTE
She notices the ladybird on his thumb. ‘Tentô-mushi.’
In his eagerness to comprehend, he mishears: ‘O-ben-tô-mushi?’
‘O-ben-tô-mushi is “luncheon-box bug”.’ She smiles.‘This,’ she indicates the ladybird, ‘is O-ten-tô-mushi.’
‘Tentô-mushi,’ he says, and she nods with a schoolmistress’s approval.

[David Mitchell: The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, p.121]
Angelina Glass February 4, 2011 at 5:27 am: I love all bentos!! very rarely I have seen the CUTEST COW ever!!! (I love cows)
but, I like the variety that people come up with the most…
(but the cow is still my favorite)
Angelina Glass February 4, 2011 at 5:41 am: http://twitter.com/#!/cinderella73077

I did all FOUR!!!!
sooooooooooo hoping to win this book
my kids would LOVE to have some of those bentos!!!
all their friends would be jealous!!!

thank you for having such an AWESOME giveaway!!!
Manda Closier February 4, 2011 at 9:46 am: Followed and tweeted here http://twitter.com/#!/eldelphia
Cree February 4, 2011 at 3:51 pm: Hmmm.. animals make the cutest bentos to me. No favorite animal though, haha since they all tend to look cute when I see others make them!~
lisa huey February 4, 2011 at 4:10 pm: http://twitter.com/#!/shuckiduck/status/33662742275563520
i tweeted about the giveaway! how exciting, i’ve been interested in bento for a long time but definitely need guidance!
lisa huey February 4, 2011 at 4:14 pm: I think that inanimate objects make the cutest bentos – a smiling mushroom that isn’t made of mushroom? so cute!
Ariele Friedman February 5, 2011 at 12:28 pm: I love making bento that are inspired by video games like mario bento or zelda bento.
Ariele Friedman February 5, 2011 at 12:29 pm: http://twitter.com/arieappl
My tweet is at the top of the page.
Lori Decter Wright February 6, 2011 at 6:59 pm: I “liked” you on FB…hope to win!
Connie Yau February 9, 2011 at 1:03 pm: I love how creative you decorate your Bento, especially those smiley faces on the riceballs, colorful flowers, and cute animals with facial expressions.
Connie Yau February 9, 2011 at 1:29 pm: my tweek: http://twitter.com/#!/YaYo2U
lilly February 10, 2011 at 6:16 pm: i reallly wanna win:D XD please!!!!!!!!
lilly February 10, 2011 at 6:17 pm: reallly really badly please!!!!!!!llol