Easy Lunchbox Ideas for the Family

Collage image of 5 different packed lunchbox ideas

Back to school is in full swing around here. I now have a 1st grader and a preschooler! Wowzers!

children with backpacks on and holding lunchbox bags

Needless to say there will be a lot of lunch making going on over here, and I hope to post a round-up like this each Friday đŸ™‚  Hopefully I can help  ya’ll with some easy lunchbox ideas for everyone in the family. I try to keep the assembly of each lunch under 10 minutes.

Although some may look “fancy” it really only takes a couple extra minutes to use a cookie cutter on a sandwich, roll up some lunch meat or skewers some grapes.

Easy Lunchbox Ideas for the Family


{ School Lunch } For this Planetbox lunch there is an almond butter sandwich, alphabet cookies, fresh blueberries, oranges, cheese cracker and some chocolate for dessert.

top down image of packed metal lunchbox


{ School Lunch }  I packed an EasyLunchbox of basically the same lunch for Little D for her first day of Preschool

back to school themed packed lunchbox


{This was big D’s FAVORITE lunch this week!}

{ School Lunch } Turkey rolls, olives, fresh blueberries and pineapple, celery bites (with small container of dip), Anne’s Organic fruit snacks and snack mix.

metal lunchbox packed with kid friendly food


{ School Lunch } Turkey sandwich, fresh grapes and oranges, veggies (with small container of dip), jelly beans and black olives.

top down picture of a metal lunchbox packed with a variety of finger foods


{ Mommy Lunch } Simple salad with olives and tomatoes, raw cashews, Lara Mini bar and quinoa.

salad, couscous, nuts and larabar packed in a lunchbox


{ Mommy Lunch } Curried chicken salad on a bed of lettuce, raspberries and some mini wheat cracker.

Curried chicken salad on a bed of lettuce, raspberries and some mini wheat cracker - packed in a lunchbox

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TOOLS USED FOR THESE EASY LUNCHBOX IDEAS FOR THE FAMILY

Lunchbox: Here are the lunch boxes I used for this lunch.
Small  Sauce Container: These little containers are also great for packing salad dressing!
Metal Lunchbox: Here is one of our favorite lunchboxes used in this post.


HERE ARE MORE LUNCHBOX IDEAS WE LOVE!

Post updated September 2020

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19 Comments

  1. I just found your site and I was wondering if you could share what brand of alphabet cookies these are?

    1. Those are from Trader Joes. LOVE them!

  2. These look so good, I think I will be using them for myself at home. Thanks

  3. i have two kids in college and I work full time. I have always made them and me lunch and breakfast I sometime have time to make smoothies on top of that. It’s all a part of organizing your time. It’s not unrealistic at all! Some people are just lazy and do t care. Thank you for this article

  4. Ohhhh I wish my Mom could have made me lunches as cute as these! Amazing!

  5. Love all of these ideas! Thinking of purchasing the planetbox stainless steel Box. Curious to kNow if the insert will fit in a regular LUNCHBOX. And my 4Yo loves black olives BTW! Thanks đŸ™‚

    1. Haha! Yay for black olive love! What do you mean by the insert? I would be happy to help đŸ™‚