My daughter started Kindergarten this week. I spent some time with her over the weekend talking about the foods she wanted to have in her lunchbox. She picked kiwi, cheddar bunnies, cucumbers and mini sandwiches. I tried to keep her lunch looking familiar and filled with the foods she picked while switching it up a little for variety. The first week of school is exciting enough so I wanted to make sure lunch was predictable but yet fun. So, these yumboxes all look somewhat alike but not quite. How do you make your kids feel comfortable the first week of school?
MONDAY:
The theme of our Monday yumbox is "Hello Kitty on a Farm" - packing lunch with a 5 YO is so fun!
We packed our Hello Kitty lunch together with:
- Annie's Homegrown Bernie's Farm Animal Crackers
- sliced Kiwi
- Annie's Cheddar bunnies
- two mini Hello Kitty chocolate spread sandwiches
- cucumber slices
- and 1/2 a packet of fruit snacks
TUESDAY:
Tuesday we were running later than usual and just as I was trying to take a picture my daughter reminded me that we had not done her hair yet. So you will just have to take my word for it. It was cute and filled with more:
- Hello Kitty themed sandwiches
- kiwi
- cucumber slices
- Annie's cheddar bunnies
- apple slices
- 1/2 packet of fruit snacks
WEDNESDAY:
I tried to switch it up a little and my daughter had requested banana slices since another child had brought them in their lunch that day. We packed a Melody themed yumbox with:
- Annie's Homegrown snack mix
- banana slices sprinkled with Fruit Fresh (to prevent the banana from browning)
- baby carrots
- Melody stamped chocolate spread sandwiches
- kiwi slices and
- 1/2 packet of fruit snacks
THURSDAY:
My daughter laid out the food picks for me the night before and this is what I packed in her yumbox:
- a Stonyfield Organic Cherry Yogurt tube (fits folded into the compartment)
- kiwi slices
- Annie's cheddar bunnies
- two heart shaped peanut butter and jelly sandwiches
- cucumber slices and carrot flowers
- and 1/2 packet of fruit snacks
FRIDAY:
Today my daughter requested a "cute" lunch and I packed her a panda themed meal:
- Annie's snack mix
- vanilla yogurt with sprinkles
- a vanilla chip cereal bar
- two Mama and Baby Panda CuteZCute Pocket Sandwiches
- cucumber slices
- and 1/2 packet of fruit snacks
Things I used to make this lunch (contains affiliate links):
Oof, I got to this page from the Yumbox company's Pinterest page and I was hoping for useful suggestions. These lunches are horrible--nothing but carbs, carbs, carbs! You don't have to exactly follow the food group suggestions on their tray but seriously, do you feed your kid ANY protein at all? Poor kid..
ReplyDeleteHi there, I am sorry that you feel that my blog did not provide the suggestions you were looking for. Maybe these lunches do not work for your family but they work for mine! My daughter is thin and always hungry and after packing some practice lunches before the start of the school year we settled on this variety for the first week of school. We eat protein for breakfast and dinner as well as lots of veggies and she is a very healthy and happy child. I hope your find suggestions on what to pack for your child somewhere else. Best Regards, Nina | Mamabelly
DeleteHow incredibly rude. There are ways to express your feelings without outbursts such as that.
DeleteI love that your daughter helped to pick what to pack for such an important week! There's so much to say for the familiar when you are in a new environment. These are gorgeous lunches.
ReplyDeleteI love this lunch! so cute!
ReplyDeleteThank you for talking the time to share what you do for your family. Blogging should be a place where we as readers, should NOT judge what you do, how you do it or why you do it. Great ideas :)
ReplyDeleteAre there any type of lunch boxes similar to the Yumbox brand that don't cost so much??
ReplyDeleteYour lunch boxes are amazing! I don't know how you make the time, but I hope when I have kids someday I can try to come close to what you do for yours. These are so creative and healthy! :) as for now, I apply some of these lunches to my "college lunchbag." Thank you for all your time and energy!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much!
DeleteMy son's Yumbox arrived TODAY - yea! He starts pre-school (two days a week) soon and I want to make sure I get some great ideas for variety. He's 20 months old so his tastes and preferences change in a matter of minutes. Yesterday, he ate enough for five grown men. Today, he's eaten a banana and two crackers. Ughhh!!!!! I'm curious about the Fruit Fresh, what is that and where do you buy it? Kamden loves bananas so they might be a "staple" in his lunch.
ReplyDeleteNicole, I love Fruit Fresh and my local grocery store carries it in the canning section. I have seen it at target and Walmart in the canning section as well. You can also order it on Amazon It lasts a long time and keeps our fruit from browning.
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