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We’ve featured bentos now for adorable Baby Bathtime Items as well as Bedding and Naptime Essentials, but we have yet to explore the wide world of another favorite baby pastime, eating! While there are all sorts of different feeding items a new baby needs, I think the most fun to gift are patterned bibs and burp clothes, with some great bottles for good measure. Thus, this Feeding Bundle Bento was born,a cute and festive way to showcase these adorable baby necessities!
This Feeding Time themed Bento contains a 4 oz. Baby Bottle 4 Pack, Burp Cloth 4 Pack, and a Bib Bandana 10 Pack for a perfect feeding starter kit for any new parents. As far as bottles are concerned, I can’t say enough good things about the Avent Baby Bottle Set! I’ve bought both the 4 oz. and 9 oz. Bottles, along with the Sterilizer and Brush several times for different friends of mine and each have raved over how well their babies like these bottles, along with them being great for breastfeeding mothers in general as babies easily switch between the nipple design and breast. For this set I used a 4 oz. Avent Bottle 4 Pack, which was the perfect accent to the festive Bib Bandanas and Burp Clothes. I actually had two different 4 packs to choose from as far as burp cloths went, both a Blue Whales and Gray Whales themed. While both sets were nautical and adorable I went with the Blue Whales for this set, but I encourage you to look through both the Burp Cloth and Bib Bandana assortments to personalize this bento with your favorites, there’s too many amazing options to choose from!
For these and other Baby Gift Box Bentos, I used a 10 inch square box to house our gifts and it was the perfect size for this Bento! While there is certainly an extra room for more bibs, I wouldn’t recommend a smaller box as the bottles and burp cloths fit perfectly. These boxes are also great as mailable presents for if you cannot visit your mama to be but still want to send a personal and thoughtful gift. Regardless of if you are mailing or giving in person, I encourage you to stuff the top of your box, mainly the bib side of this bento, with tissue paper so that items don’t move around while shipping or wrapping, plus it makes it a fun presentation removing the tissue paper to a lovely organized baby gift!
Supplies:
- Burp Cloth 4 Pack
- Avent 4 oz. Bottle 4 Pack
- Bandana Bib 10 Pack
- Gift Box
- Tissue Paper (Optional)
PART 1: BOTTLE AND BURP CLOTH FOLDING & PACKING
This bento was easiest to fold and assemble as two sections, left and right. First, the burp cloths and bottles were packed as described below.
Start by placing your newborn bottles in a square formation in the upper left corner of your box, as shown in the photos. Using the bottles as a guide, fold your burp cloth in thirds so that it forms a long rectangle that is the width of the bottles. Turn the burp cloth 90 degrees so that the long side runs parallel to your box.
2. Taking the left end of the burp cloth, fold it up so that it is just under the height of the gift box, then fold over and crease. Fold the end over again, using the measured segment as a guide, keeping the fold over as close to the end. Repeat this process until the entire burp cloth is folded up to form a rectangular rolled up packet that is the height of your gift box.
3. Repeat the folding with the remaining burp cloths, then place them in the gift box under the bottles.
PART 2: BIB FOLDING & PLACEMENT
Next, I filled the right side of the bento with a Bandana Bib Multipack, using some extra diapers left behind from some Diaper Cake Projects for padding but you can also use tissue paper or other stuffing to add a little height.
1. Since I wanted a little extra height for the bibs in my bento, I started by making a thin stack of four newborn diapers, as shown in the photos, and used them to fill the right side of the gift box as a padded base. Next, I folded the bibs burrito style, as explained below, packing each bib as I folded it. This will create a total of two layers of bibs, so make sure to save folding your favorite patterns for last so they are the ones that show up on the top!
2. To fold your bibs, start with the bib face down as shown in the photos. Fold the edges of the bib inward, such that the short side of the bib is the width of the remaining space in the gift box.
3. Starting with the top short edge of the bib, fold the end over to create a smooth edge. Similar to how you fold up the burp cloths, roll the bib up so that the edge doesn’t overlap and it forms a burrito shaped packet that is the width of the right side of the gift box.
4. As each bib is folded and rolled up, place it loose end down in the upper right of the gift box, working from top to bottom until there are 5 bibs in an equal layer in the box. Repeat the process for the next 5 bibs, completing the second layer and finishing up your gift box!
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