It can get so boring packing the same old things into kids lunch boxes each week, especially when you have a picky eater which can limit your choices.
Mixing things up with fun presentation can not only help your kids to feel more excited and enthusiastic about their lunches, but sometimes even encourage them to try something new and eat more healthily.
Here are some of my favourite fun and healthy lunch ideas for kids that can liven up lunch time.
- Tortoise Themed Lunch
- Space Themed Lunch Ideas
- Number Themed Lunches
- TMNT Lunch
- Pac Man Lunch
- Butterfly Lunch Ideas
- Disney Frozen Olaf Lunch
- Baby Bel Cheese Monsters
- Use Pop Chef to create fun shaped sandwiches and fruits
- Tex-Mex Mayhem Wrap
- How to make Lego Sandwiches for Kids Parties
- Easy Christmas Star Sandwiches
- Healthy Rainbow Sandwiches Kids Lunch Idea
What if your kids don’t love sandwiches? Here are some healthy and tasty non sandwich lunch ideas to fill up your kids Bento box.
- Tuna Pasta Salad
- One Pan Mexican Rice
- 31 Ryvita Lunch Ideas
- Frozen Banana Penguins
- Silly Star Pasta Salad
- Pizza Rolls
- Cracker Sandwiches
- Puff Pastry Pizza
- Shaped Rotis
- Frushi (Fruit Sushi)
- Energy Bites
- Fine Motor Rainbow Snack Activity
- Healthy Avocado Frozen Yoghurt Bark Snack For Kids
- Easy And Healthy Funny Face Pizzas
And here are a few recipes for easy to make home made treats for the lunch box:
- Easy Jam Tarts to Make With Kids
- Elderflower Flapjack Oat Bars
- Easy Decorated Biscuits
- Sugar Free Apple Biscuit Recipe
- Elderflower Fairy Cakes
- Lemon and Chia Seed Muffin Cakes Recipe
- Energy boosting carrot, apple and chia muffins
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Using a Bento style lunch box can help to fit in different types of food, and save lunch time from being boring. I have been using a kids Bento box from Mon Bento for Mr R for the past few months and the format of the lunch box makes it easy to include non sandwich lunches like rice, pasta or salads along with separate boxes to include portions of fruit and veg.
The top of the kids Mon Bento box includes a circle design which can be switched and changed to add variety to the look of the lunch box too (as you can see we have the owl) You get these all included with the bento box.
Inside the box are two compartments for fruit, veg, snacks or small portions of food on the upper layer.
These rest on a shelf that separates them from the larger bottom compartment where you can send in larger portions of rice, pasta, salads or place your child’s sandwiches in this section.
The lid then clips in place firmly to keep all of the lunch in place and prevent things moving around within the lunch box.
Mon Bento lunch boxes can be delivered to 50 countries and the kids lunch boxes are available in Blueberry, Banana, Kiwi or Raspberry colour schemes. (Our box is Kiwi as seen in the pictures). A kids box is €19.95 (15.60 GBP)
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Lunch box provided for review from Mon Bento
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They look like fun.
Oh these all look great! I particularly like the Olaf lunch – my youngest would love that!
Oh that lunch box looks fab! We love Bento lunches and often the kids will have them at home x
I hated sandwiches as a child. Non-sandwich lunch box options are so important!
So many great options! I love the fun shaped foods best 🙂 and chocolate anything.
What great ideas….So much fun! I love the Olaf one x
I keep seeing these Bento lunch boxes over on Instagram, they make lunch time look fun!
Kay | http://www.mummyburgess.co.uk xxx
They look great but more importantly what great value! We have gone thru a range of other boxes and they don’t last or look so versatile. Thnx for the review & you have some great photos – really tasty food!
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I love the non-sandwich ideas, I am always looking for new ideas for the school lunchboxes! Thanks for linking up with #TriedTested
love this, keeping food fun 🙂 #triedtested
What a fab looking set! I think I’d be quite happy to use this myself.
Thanks for linking up with #TriedTested and a very happy new year to you x
Yum Yum!
I don’t know how I missed this earlier, but Pinterest just showed it to me. Thank you for including my TMNT lunch!
you’re welcome! 🙂