Comments on: Lunch Packing Guide for Kids + Free Lunch Planner

By: Leah

Leah — Sat, 03 Aug 2024 18:04:46 +0000

This is such a great resource and tool to give kids ownership and freedom within bounds. Thank you so much! Excited to try it out this year.

By: Stephanie A Craddock

Stephanie A Craddock — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 11:29:38 +0000

These are awesome! Thank you so much for sharing them!

By: Silvia

Silvia — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 17:56:19 +0000

I love the idea of making my kids independent and part of the preparation of their meals! They have the “meanest mom” because we always eat healthy stuff but I’ve made them help in the meal preparation more and more and it seems to be working. I still prepare their school lunch. I love the idea of the checklist and having to pass inspection! Thank you!

If I am allowed, I’d like to share the cooking appliance I bought (Thermomix) which has made it possible to have a 3 and a 6 year old prepare a healthy meal for the family once a week each kid. They choose the recipe, I give them the ingredients, help with the raw meats and They follow the instructions of the thermomix letting them do the rest.

By: Monica Sharma

Monica Sharma — Thu, 13 Sep 2018 12:02:28 +0000

I did something similar for my boys, who were required (by me, the meanest mom ever!) to start making their own lunches in kindergarten. In our house you are required to have 4 parts to your lunch:
1. Fruit or Veggie
2. Entree… this could be a sandwich, leftovers, crackers and pepperoni, etc.
3. Snack (typically pretzels, chips, or a granola bar)
4. Beverage – almost always milk, although once in a while we’ll have a juice box around as a treat

Giving them these parameters helped them and now, a few years later, lunch making has become a breeze.

Printables like this, especially with examples, are so incredibly helpful for kids and really enable them to become more independent. Which is better for them and for mom… everybody wins! Love it!

By: Keri

Keri — Tue, 21 Aug 2018 02:07:17 +0000

This is wonderful!!! Any chance this could be created in Spanish? I am a teacher and we have some niños who are coming to school with just a fruit or chips or cookies.
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