do you have any snack ideas for school lunch box?

Answer 1

fruit cups
jello cups
ppudding cups
animal crackers
ritz crackers
peanut butter crackers
cereal
yogurt

Answer 2

Get a bag of baby carrots (and mabye some other veggies like celery, cucumber slices, broccoli etc.) and put some in a ziploc bag with a little container of salad dressing/dip. Also, kids love doing things themselves - pick up some of those little cracker/peanut butter or cheese combos, those are usually a favourite. And if you want something sweet in there but with some nutrional value, try something like fruit leather or a plain apple or banana. Flavoured crackers are always a good option too, or dry cereal.

For an actual lunch, nothing beats something warm and tasty compared to a boring old sandwich (I remember throwing mine out almost everyday in elementary school - yikes!) Get a thermos and fill it with something hot from the tin (like ravioli, zoodles, baked beans etc.) or maybe spaghetti, macaroni or a casserole... If you do this not long before they leave for school, it will stay nice and warm until noon time. Above all, encourage your child to be open and honest with you about what he or she likes or doesn't eat at school. Oftentimes kids are afraid to tell their parents they didn't eat b/c they didn't like their lunch. There's no sense in wasting money on stuff your kids don't like since there are loads of options.

PS - I mentioned peanutbutter, but I don't think it's a good idea for any child to bring peanuts or peanutbutter to school nowadays since so many children are deathly allergic (my own brother was, but times have changed since then and I think some schools don't allow it anymore)

Answer 3

Apples, Fruit Cups, Jello Cups, Pudding Snacks, Yogurt, Carrot, Cookies, Apple sauce, Chips, Cracker with chesse you know those little packets, Cheese Sticks, Peanut Butter and celery, Orange Slices, Bananas, Pretzels,

Answer 4

these were some of my snacks as a kid:
-carrot sticks (of course this was pre-baby carrots:) or any cut-up raw veggies, like cucumbers, peppers, etc...
-cheeze-its or goldfish
-pudding snacks
-applesauce packs
-fruit roll ups
-fruit snacks
-i loved it when my mom took the time to make p-butter sandwiches on ritz crakcers! that was always a "special" snack.
-oh, celery sticks with p-butter and raisins are good too
-little boxes of raisins
-sunflower seeds, out of shell
-doritos (sometimes)
-potato chips (sometimes)


that's all i can think of.

a special lunch when i was a kid was ABC's and 123's heated up and put into a thermos....they were still hot by lunch time and that was always very cool!

i know...lunch has changed alot since i was a kid, but i still smile when i think about those hot little meatballs:)

take care.

Answer 5

I would say peaches, pears, grapes (best), chips, apples, gronala bar maybe, there are alot of snacks but you have to choose if you want to pack a healthy snack or not so healthy snack, depends on what you want. Depends on what the child wants to. Maybe not pick the snack for your child, and let the child pick, like choices. So the child will think "okay well i have a choice of so and so what do i want". it was just a thought.

Answer 6

Seasonal fruit
Frozen corn, peas, and soybeans - they might defrost in time for snack, and keep the rest of the food cold. (Soybeans seem to be really popular with our kid.) For a REAL treat, barbecue corn in the husk for dinner one night, making several extras. Then cut off corn and put it in a little container. VERY tasty.
Raisins and prunes promote "regularity".
Extra firm tofu cut into little pieces. It's actually quite good, and a texture that toddlers love.
Dried kiwi, dried blueberries, dried pineapple, dried papaya.
Flavored rice cakes.
Ritz crackers, graham crackers, all kinds of crackers of course.
Pasta, especially tortelinni and mini-raviolis. Once again, left over from dinner the night before.
Rice crackers without salt.

I agree with the other person who recommends sushi - hilarious! Our 2 yr old was actually eating sushi with fish eggs the other night. His vegetarian mom was horrified!

We try to go with healthier snacks in our household, no need to get to the pre-packaged stuff TOO soon.

Answer 7

My kids are 2 and 3 years old and they love baby carrots, apple wedges, and peanut butter or you could put in some homemade fruit salad which is really easy to make, or even crackers and cheese cubes. I guess you could put in some kind of sweets but some schools prefer you not to send sweets. I hope this helps. It really depends on what your child will eat.

Answer 8

Fruit snacks that are made with 100% juice, cookies made with whole wheat flour, fresh fruit. Try to stay away from items that have a lot of added sugar because it can make the child sluggish in the afternoon, making it harder for them to pay attention in class.

Answer 9

Ind boxes of Raisins
Nutri Grain Bars
Ind applesause cups (with throw-away spoon)
Granola bars

There are soooooo many individual size servings lately - choose what your child likes to eat and then go looking for that in single servings.

Answer 10

You could do a mini fruit salad, pretzels and cheese, ants on a log, trail mix, and Chex.com has alot of snack type recipes too.
Hope that helps!

Answer 11

Apples to dip in vannila yougart. Vannila wafers, I loved oranges already sliced due to the lack of time in the lunchroom, grapes,