![]() These sleek lunch/bento boxes from PackIt are pretty sweet - they’re like a bento box hybrid. Thankfully, there are a lot of options out there that fit the bill. What constitutes a good lunch box, you ask? It needs to be durable, leak proof, easy to use, lightweight, roomy, and a breeze to clean. Lunch packing is an intricate art - slicing all the veggies, cutting all the crust, making sure cold food stays cold and hot food stays hot, packing it all neatly into one compartment… a good lunch box (and/or some top-notch lunch containers) will help you accomplish it all, making all your food prep efforts worth it and the midday meal a bit tastier. (I don’t know about all of you, but it’s usually me who’s carrying my kid’s sh*t into school!) We also like that the handle comes with a buckle, which makes it an easy add-on to backpacks, diaper bags, work bags, and whatnot. Much like the LL Bean bag, these (older) Skip Hop lunch bags are lightly insulated and come ready-made for ice pack storage (it has an interior mesh pocket). For now, the older zipper-style bags are still pretty easy to find. While the price is nice, we like the old ones better because they are easier to clean (new bags are NOT machine washable) easier for little kids to open and close and easier for toddlers to see what they have rather than having to dig around inside to fish for various items. **Note: These classic zip-up totes are being slowly replaced by Skip Hop’s newer and more traditional-looking lunch bags, which retail for only $10 from Skip Hop directly (they are way more pricey at Amazon…). They are high-quality and long-lasting, and have the added benefit of being machine washable, which is a HUGE perk since toddlers aren’t really ones for being neat and clean at lunchtime. The older ones with the zip-close lid are still floating around (though there are fewer options for animals), and we highly recommend them if you can find one. These used to be tied for our top pick - and we still love them - but Skip Hop has since come out with a new version that we are less keen on (see note below). Here are our favorite lunch bags for preschool and daycare! Skip Hop Zoo Kids ~ $15 I loved picking out my lunch box every year when I was a kid, and it’s so fun to be on the other end now as a parent… except for one small problem: my kiddos’ lunch bags have held up so well that they haven’t gotten to indulge in this once-annual tradition. Thanks to TinyMe for allowing us to share these printables with you.I’m literally obsessed with back-to-school shopping (my dream shopping spree would be a close call between books and office supplies), and there’s something strangely special about picking out lunch bags for the school year ahead. ![]() Have fun, and we’ll be back with more great Printables next week. So without any more subtle persuading pictures – here is a link to the downloads on the TinyMe website. Just to convince you it is worth checking these out – here is another fabulous shot of them – go on, your kids will love them If you like these free lunch box ideas, and printables – do nip along to Pinrterest to see the other Printables on the blog as well as others from around the internet too.įollow Helen Neale – Kidd圜harts’s board Printables on Pinterest. There are also a few blank ones for you to add your own messages as well. There are a few different lunch notes ones for you to slip in the lunch boxes without them having a clue what’s in store, including: These printables, as you can see, are lovely, and would brighten up any lunch box…no matter how tough the school work was proving to be! You never know, it might just help with the fussy eating too – distraction, after all, can work wonders :-D We all struggle to come up with ideas for what great food to put into our kids lunch box when they go to school don’t we? However, why not make the lunch box a little more exciting by adding a note to them, rather than agonising too much over the food inside them?
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