Does anyone have about a week's worth of ideas for a four year old's packed lunch for school?

Question

Or a website you actually USE to get these types of ideas, not just one you pick off a search list!!! Thanks everyone!

Answer 1

pb& j with fruit bowl, sand wich and chips with fruit snack , a lunchable, spagettios and grillled cheese, llittle smokis and string cheese.

Answer 2

My son is almost 4 and goes to preschool 5 days a week. I found he enjoys the following:
String cheese, pudding cups, crackers, nuts, carrot/celery sticks, PB&J.
There really are so many types of "convenience" food these days the possibilities are endless. I've found that an insulated lunch bag with an ice pack works well to keep chilled food cold like cheese, yogurt, chocolate milk, etc.

Answer 3

One time saving tip: My kids used to LOVE the uncrustable sandwiches (frozen pb&j that defrosts while in the lunch box) but they were really expensive. So, what we did is we got a loaf of bread, made up the sandwiches, chopped off the crust and froze them in individual baggies. That way, each morning, I popped a sandwich in their lunch box and it defrosted before lunch.

Pair that up with a juice, some orange slices (or grapes, raisins or apples), a small baggie of goldfish and a cookie and you're good to go!

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Answer 4

Monday -PBJ
Tuesday- tuna sandwich
Wednesday - crackers and peanut butter
Thursday -ham and cheese sandwich
Friday -chicken salad sandwich

Just a few ideas. I suggest you cut the sandwiches with cookie cutters to make cool shapes. Also put cut apples, dried fruit, a bag of cereal or other healthy fun snacks and a juice box for a drink. Get creative. subscribe to family magazine. or google it.
draw a simple picture on the napkin to let your child know you love him. My Mom did that!

Answer 5

Your first consideration must be what the child eats everyday and likes enough to eat it when you are not there to prod him/her.
You next, of course want to think of healthy foods and easy to handle.
Such things as ~ thin sliced raw carrots ~ slices of apple sprayed with a little lemon juice to keep them from turning brown before lunch ~ peeled and pulled apart slices of an orange ~ cracker 'sandwiches' with peanut butter and a few raisins stuck on the peanut butter center ~ cheese hunks ~ cherry tomatoes ~ a mix of nuts and/or seeds, like pecans, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds...

If your child does not at this time eat things he/she can carry to school, I would recommend you start soon to get such a routine started, preferably at the lunch time at home.

Answer 6

you can do all sorts of different sandwiches with goldfish, fruit cups, animal crackers, grahm crackers, jell-o cups, pudding cups, granola bars, cereal bars, those little boxes of cereal make great snacks and lunches, carrot sticks, celery sticks with peanut butter to dip them in, you can also switch it up from sandwich to tortilla's with cheese and sandwich stuff inside, or they have new grab-itz with cheez-its, etc. lunchables, there are many many combo's to come up with. =)

Answer 7

grilled chicken salad
hard boiled eggs
sweet and sour chicken with rice
beef and broccoli with rice
banana and peanut butter sandwiches
roast beef sandwich

Answer 8

Sandwich, fruit, milk... you can always switch up the kind of sandwich and the kind of fruit and don't have to worry about having someone warm it up for him/her... Just one opinion.

Answer 9

hows about some food that's a good idea

Answer 10

Monday - Peanut butter and jelly
Tuesday - Peanut butter and bananas
Wednesday - Peanut butter and tuna (great grilled)
Thursday - Baloney and... peanut butter
Friday - Fishand peanut butter sandwiches.