A Beverley Cleary The Mouse and The Motorcycle Food Art Lunch Recipe

Monday, March 29, 2021

A Beverley Cleary The Mouse and The Motorcycle Food Art Lunch Recipe

 If you talk to my family about children's books for any length of time, you won't get too far into the conversation without bringing up multiple Beverley Cleary books. She impacted my wife and me, as well as our kids, with her timeless characters such as Henry Huggins, Ramona and Beezus, and more. My personal favorite story of hers was The Mouse and The Motorcycle. I read it to my kids as soon as they were old enough. 

I still remember sitting in my classroom in elementary school and reading this book for the first time. I was so engrossed in the story that I tuned out everything else around me and thirty minutes later was startled back to reality by a noise. I wanted to be like Keith and have my own mouse named Ralph who could drive toy motorcycles around. What kid wouldn't dream of this? 

My family was saddened by her passing but in honor of Beverley Cleary's life, I made my son a Ralph S. Mouse The Mouse and The Motorcycle lunch. Can you spot the references to the book in this lunchbox? 

A Beverley Cleary The Mouse and The Motorcycle Food Art Lunch Recipe

Of course, there is Ralph made out of a tortilla with a ping pong ball helmet made from white cheese. I used cream cheese for his facial features. Then there is his iconic red motorcycle which I created using strawberries and dried fruit. The headlight is a dab of cream cheese. I also glued down the pieces with cream cheese.

However, the next nod to the book is more subtle. Ralph and his motorcycle lay on top of a sandwich that is made with nut-free spread and jelly. In chapter six, Ralph requests that Keith bring him a peanut butter sandwich for breakfast, which Keith does.

A Beverley Cleary The Mouse and The Motorcycle Food Art Lunch Recipe

I had to put an apple in the side compartment of this lunch because it is an apple core in a wastebasket in chapter three which starts Ralph on his adventures. Keith eats the apple earlier but Ralph enjoys the apple core and falls asleep, only to be discovered a little while later. 

A Beverley Cleary The Mouse and The Motorcycle Food Art Lunch Recipe

The last side compartment is my own personal touch but Ralph is a mouse so he must enjoy swiss cheese, right? I say swiss cheese because as a kid I always called swiss cheese "mouse cheese" because you always saw mice going after it in cartoons. I might be reading between the lines but I think Ralph would be ok with this addition.

I hope this lunch inspires you to go read some Beverley Cleary books and enjoy your favorite stories again with your kids!

Pin This The Mouse and The Motorcycle Recipe

15 comments:

  1. Very cute. Her name is spelled Beverly.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Every one of the hotter mouse planned PC mice has a 800 dpi scroll haggle fitting and play. No extra programming is expected to introduce the hotter mouse. Click Speed Test

    ReplyDelete
  3. Thanks for your efforts in sharing this post with us. This was really awesome. kindly keep continuing the great work. Motorcyle course

    ReplyDelete
  4. The highest point of the Warm Mouse III, warmed PC mouse, is molded like an enormous tear-drop oval. The lower part of the warmed mouse is formed like a kidney bean. The smooth, new plan gives mousing an entirely different point of view. minecraft server list

    ReplyDelete
  5. RF wireless mice generally cost less than $50 and there are even some which are available for $25. Wireless mice are light and so they are portable. This also allows users to be able to stay far away from the PC, laptop or notebooks and still work with his mouse. This is a great help for people who do presentations. Bluetooth mouse

    ReplyDelete
  6. Wow, it looks so pretty and put together nicely. I love those big green plants on each side of your door.Brake Repair

    ReplyDelete
  7. During this website, you will see this shape, i highly recommend you learn this review. Satta king 786

    ReplyDelete
  8. Zero in on the benefit
    The principal issue you wish to focus on though partaking in the Satta King 786 games is to procure a huge benefit. You should chase after the Satta assortment that includes a high probability of winning. Maybe then your fortunate assortment. There are different Satta games possible. Anyway if you are endeavoring to play each Satta King, you would perhaps not be prepared to dominate any match. Notwithstanding, if you participate in one Satta King 786, the potential outcomes of winning are overstated.

    ReplyDelete
  9. Very informative post! There is a lot of information here that can help any business get started with a successful social networking campaign. Mecanica de motos

    ReplyDelete
  10. This was a nice and impressive post I really like it you do great work.Brake Repair

    ReplyDelete
  11. Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) Going to Conducts High School & Primary School Level Examination 2023, Bihar Board 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th Class Exam Will be Conduct on March to AprilBSEB 8th Class Question Paper Month Every Year, Every year more than Lakhs of Students Appeared in this Exam, Bihar 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th Class Exam Dates Expected to be Announce Soon. In this Article, you will get Bihar 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th Class Question Paper for All Subjects. These Question Paper are Based on 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th Class Prescribed by Bihar Board

    ReplyDelete
  12. Oh, this looks soo adorable! My kids will really like it for sure! Thanks for sharing.
    www.curatedleads.org/contractor-website-design

    ReplyDelete

 
site design by Design Chicky (© copyright 2015)