This is a sponsored post in partnership with Transformers. All opinions are my own.

When I was growing up, there wasn't a show or a toy that I enjoyed more than Transformers. The idea that a car, plane, or boombox could turn into a robot ready for battle was pretty much the coolest thing imaginable. My friends and I would play with our Transformers robots for hours on end. One of my favorite Transformers robots that I owned was the Dinobot leader Grimlock, but of course, Soundwave and his cassette tape Decepticons were hard to beat. The ultimate dream was always to collect every Destructicon to build the mighty Devastator!

While I have passed on my love of Transformers to my kids, we have never taken the opportunity to watch the animated series together until now. We have obviously taken Bumblebee into battle and had imaginary clashes over Cybertron on the living room floor. However, there is something about watching the show together that helps the story come to life. That is why I'm celebrating the new Transformers Father's Day playlist on YouTube with an Autobots sandwich recipe!

Transformers Bumblebee Bento Lunch

I am so excited to show this lunch. I have been a huge Transformers fan ever since I was young. I remember creating massive battles pitting Optimus and Grimlock against Megatron and Soundwave. I always lusted after the Constructicons, however. I collected a few of them but was never able to acquire them all and combine them together to make Devastator, but I digress. 

I had the opportunity to attend and speak at the Dad 2.0 Summit in San Francisco this past weekend. There were many important conversations on fatherhood (and many fun times as well). One of the sponsors was Hasbro and they gave away a few toys from their Transformers Robots in Disguise line. These toys transform but also sync with a fun video game app. I brought the toys home and my kids were instantly enthralled. I was happy to relive my childhood through them playing with Bumblebee, Sideswipe, and Grimlock. 

I had no choice but to make a Transformers lunch today to celebrate. I chose Bumblebee because he is one of my kids' favorite characters. I modeled him after the new Hasbro line but I also tried to make the words and autobot logo as close to the original as possible. I used my kids' new Planetbox Launch lunchbox to create it in. Below is the recipe. Please visit all my social media sites so you don't miss out on much more parenting news, articles, and ideas!

Ingredients

Banana
Grape tomatoes
Blue fruit snack (for decoration)
Whole wheat bread
Flour tortilla
Wowbutter (peanut free spread) and jam
Babybel cheese
Dried blueberries
Strawberry
Lemon wedge
Black marker

Directions

1. Slice the end off of a banana and use it for Bumblebee's head. Use a middle banana piece for his chest and then cut another piece long-ways for his shoulders. Stick in toothpicks to hold it together. 

2. Draw the black facial and body features with a marker. Also, rub a lemon wedge on the exposed banana to keep it from browning. 

3. Slice a blue fruit snack in pieces and stick it to the banana for decoration. Repeat

for Bumblebee in car form as well. Place in main dish and surround with grape tomatoes. 

4. Make a peanut butter and jam sandwich. Use other fillings if desired. Cut the "Transformer" letters out of a flour tortilla. You can paste them to the top of the sandwich using a dab of peanut butter or cream cheese. I used a slice of strawberry to stand in for the Transformer logo. Place in side dish.

5. Cut large red wax circle from one side of a Babybel cheese round. Remove and use a sharp knife to cut out the details of the Autobot logo from the circle. When finished, place back on to the cheese. Arrange with dried blueberries or raisins in second side dish. Serve to your kids to achieve instant hero status!