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Think those amazingly darling bento lunches on Pinterest are out of reach? Think again my friend. Here i have compiled a compendium of cuteness for all your lunch making needs.
Skip Hop Zoo Kids Insulated Lunch Box, EurekaUnicorn
Lookit, this stylish, insulated lunch bag, machine washable, BPA-free, with cute unicorn face, and darling rainbow zipper pull! Unicorns are all the rage with kids today in case you didn’t know. Let the photo speak for itself.
Jar Melo Scratch Art Notes in Hologram Glitter Pattern Scratch Magic Notes
Use your imagination to scratch off the black coating to reveal a secret silver holographic underlay. Have a blast writing love notes, test day affirmations, inside jokes, and/or sweet doodles on these awesome non-toxic notes. We gave these out in goody bags at my daughter’s birthday party and the kids had a lot of fun with them!
Fit & Fresh Cool Coolers Ice Packs for Lunch Penguin Shapes
Brighten up your darling’s day with these slim reusable ice packs in happy, bright colors like pink and purple. They’re non-toxic, food safe, BPA-free, and totally adorbs!
Wilton Assorted FoodWriter Edible Color Markers Set, Edible Food Markers
Turn sweet and savory treats into fun works of art with this set of edible color markers. Use them to fancify cookies, bread, even cheese! The fine-tip pens are great for writing letters, numbers, outlines, and the bold-tip pens are perfect for larger drawings. Grab a sweet treat and get creative! It’s a great way to customize treats for a special someone. So fun, so easy to use, you can’t go wrong. (If you ‘mess one up’ you can stick it in your mouth and try another one!)
CutezCute Bento Eyes Food Picks
Stick these cuties on anything from cupcakes to hotdogs. Stick them on some broccoli! Stick them on a hard-boiled egg! Stick them on a meatball! Get ready to make your child the envy of the lunch table. Mwuah ha haaah!
Torune Bento Sandwich Cutter Mold, Animal Face
This is one main cutter that will cut a piece of bread into four smaller pieces at the same time. Great for sandwiches, easy to hold, comes with a four animal face bread press, including duck, cat, pig, and bear. The pig is my fav, but they are all super
Joyoldelf Vegetable Cutters Stainless Steel Fruit and Cookie Cutter Shapes
Ok, so this is what you use to make those cute shapes in fruit or vegetables like in those ubiquitous edible fruit arrangements. The cool thing about these ones is you won’t slice your digits and have to go to the urgent care on a Tuesday morning from using them. They have a protective green cover over the metal parts so you only have to worry about the lunches. Safe and easy to use you just place the shape where you want it and push down using your palm and Voila! Every lunch should have hearts, stars, and flowers inside,
Talisman Designs Cherry Chomper Cherry Pitter
Isn’t trying to eat cherries with pits just the pits?! This funny little cherry chomper pits a cherry quickly and safely and is so smartly designed a young kid could use it. My girl was four when she started her chomping career. Be careful though, this company will make you want to buy all of their kitchen gadgets cause they are so fun!
Thermos Funtainer Food Jar, Paw Patrol
THERMOS jars will keep your hot foods hot and your cold foods cold all through the school days. Their wide mouth is easy to fill, serve from, and clean. If you want to turn some ho-hum soup to hooray for lunchtime pick one with your kiddos fav cartoon character on it and show them you’re paying attention to them always.
Wilton Edible Glitter, Gold Stars
Really want to dazzle your babe? Add a touch of this edible glitter cakes or cookies and wait for the oohs and
Once Upon a Farm Organic, Cold Pressed, Refridgerated Kids Applesauce
OMG! These applesauce pouches are dee-
Fluffy Stuff Cotton Candy
For super special days only (your adopted babe’s Gotcha Day, the last day of school, so on) toss one of the state-of-the-art moisture resistant, airtight bags into your sweetie’s lunch bag. These colorful snacks are delicious and fresh, just like when you were a kid! And maybe throw one in your purse to enjoy a bag of fluffy, pink, pillowy goodness at your desk at work while you’re at it. You deserve it mama/dada!!
CuteZCute Bento Ham Cheese Carrot Cutter, Letters
Ya got the patience to cut out some itty bitty letters out of your little one’s ham and cheese slices to place them on a bed of rice? Well you are a special kind of parent, I think the word is . . . saint. Good on ya! And, here you go!
CuteZCute Bento 3D Food Pick, 8-Piece, Panda
Are you kidding me with this cuteness? Total eight pieces of Panda 3D food picks. This food pick set includes 4 different panda designs, like sitting panda, laying panda, and tree posing
Tovolo Pancake Pen
This coolio dispenser holds 3-cups of pancake batter and has easy flow silicone tip so you can create fun shape pancakes: letters, numbers, fill pancake molds or create perfectly round pancakes with one squeeze. The pen body is ergonomically shaped for comfort and made of durable contoured plastic for a comfortable grip and control,
Pirate’s Booty Snack Puffs, Aged White Cheddar
I’ve yet to meet a kid (or adult) who doesn’t love this one. Pirate’s Booty SnackPuffs, Aged White Cheddar is a gluten-free treat made from puffed rice and corn, blended with real aged white cheddar cheese and baked perfectly to pirate perfection. Ahoy
Perfect Stix GreenWooden Cutlery Forks
These sturdy Eco Friendly forks, made of smooth Birchwood (no splinters!) may not be as awe-inducing for your kiddos, but they are 100% Compostable, thus 100% awesome. These are a great alternative to plastics and expensive corn based products and isn’t reusing, reducing, and recycling a pretty loving and magical thing to do?!
Annie’s Organic Bunny Fruit Snacks
Watch these tasty, organic, bite-sized snacks that are gluten-free and vegan jump into your sweetums mouth. They include 100% daily value of vitamin C and contains real fruit juice.
I seriously need to step up my lunch making game after reading this.
tamara, some days i use these gems, other days it’s seriously embarrassing what is in my kid’s lunch. i definitely don’t pack all of these on the daily! 🙂
Edible markers are SO much fun! They’ve completely changed my baking and decorating experience.
i just found out about them recently. all i’ve used them on so far is cookies and white bread. i also haven’t used them on my hubbies food, but that could be a sweet surprise for him.
Annie’s is a good brand, we use it quite often
thank you jasmine. i hope you and yours have a happy thanksgiving week. i’m thankful you took the time to read my article and to leave me a comment. xx