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If you hated being told not to play with your food as a child, then you would have loved Face Food by Christopher D Salyers.

Turning food in to art, the Japanese technique of bento is adding a bit of fun to lunchtimes across the country. Taking inspiration from anime, animals and movies, this book is filled with awesome examples of boxes, which show why the art is so popular.

Highlights include a Spiderman rice ball, Pikachu cheese on break, a Mock Lobster made from red peppers, and yummy Powerpuff Girl heads. Each box lists the ingredients required to make the faces, so why not cutesy up your lunch box and join the face food revolution?

You can pick up a copy of the book from Mark Batty Publisher now.

Technology has never looked so cute and with Nelly Pailloux's new book, Crobots you can learn how to crochet an army of adorable robots.

The technique of amigurumi hails from Japan and you can certainly see that influence in the book with geisha, ninja and sumo robots to make. There is a cute concept behind each design, ranging from mechanabots and zombiebots, to catbots and sheepbots.

Complete with crochet patterns and assembly instructions for making 20 different robots, these would be quick knits for any skilled knitter, and would make great gifts to give away (if you could bear to let them go!)

You can pick up a copy of the book from Andrews McMeel Publishing. Check out a sample project from the book, Mechanobot.