How many parents do you know who really enjoy making their kids lunches in the morning? Not many. Maybe it’s the OCD-planner in me but I love getting creative with kids lunches and it is now a part of my weekly meal planning. I also like to have some fun with it too – cute shaped sandwiches, colorful cupcake holders and a variety of food and flavors. I cannot wait for my girls to be old enough to read so I can add some cute lunchbox notes too…

So after a poll on Insta stories last week, so many moms requested some fun and different lunchbox ideas for their kids. Both my older girls are at school in the mornings so they both get a packed lunch snack and juice bottle each day. I try to include the different food groups (a main meal or starch, fruit and veg, dairy and yoghurt, protein and snack). I am also lucky that my girls are relatively good and non-fussy eaters – they eat all of the below. These are genuine lunches that I have packed (not just pretty pictures for the blog!)

Monday

Strawberry jam or peanut butter sandwich 

Granadilla drinking yoghurt

Salami sticks

Kiri soft cheese

Carrot sticks

Green grapes

Tuesday

Mince and pasta (leftover from dinner)

Strawberry drinking yoghurt

Popcorn

Strawberries

Date and nut bar

Wednesday

Crackerbread with Bovril

Strawberry yoghurt tub

Dry worshippers biltong sticks

Banana muffins (homemade with brown bananas)

Mielie corn

Watermelon

Thursday

Hotdog roll with vienna sausage

Fruit yoghurt tube

Mini cheddar biscuits

Dried fruit stick

Apple

Celery sticks

Friday

Ham slices

Banana yoghurt tube

Dipping cheese and biscuit sticks

Cucumber

Banana

Friday treat!!! Any ONE of the below sweet treats is allowed on a Friday

I would love to hear from you.

Do you enjoying packing lunches? Do you have fussy eaters? What are your go-to lunches for your kiddies?

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