I got my child a brand new Scooby Doo Mystery Machine lunch box, looking to pack some fun lunches, what are some ideas that you have done in the past? Which ones were a hit and which ones failed?

I got my child a brand new Scooby Doo Mystery Machine lunch box, looking to pack some fun lunches, what are some ideas that you have done in the past? Which ones were a hit and which ones failed?

Use shaped cookie cutters for the sandwiches.

Use shaped cookie cutters for the sandwiches.

:yeahthat: And C_Jo loves when I put his sammich in the pink container with the heart on the outside. Especially when he pulls it out during a lunch meeting with other fellas. :smile:

:yeahthat: And C_Jo loves when I put his sammich in the pink container with the heart on the outside. Especially when he pulls it out during a lunch meeting with other fellas. :smile:

Ahhhhh that's so sweet of you :huggy:

Ahhhhh that's so sweet of you :huggy:

I'm not very affectionate, so I have to show my love with lunch meat.

PBJ. Every day for 12 years. That way your gym teacher will call you "Peanutbutter and Jelly Girl." :yay:

I'm not very affectionate, so I have to show my love with lunch meat.

AWWWW!

I was thinking pretzel kabobs with cheese and pepperoni on pretzel skewers.

AWWWW!

I was thinking pretzel kabobs with cheese and pepperoni on pretzel skewers.

That is a good idea. My son loves anything that has pepperoni on or in it.

How much are school lunches?

I'm not very affectionate, so I have to show my love with lunch meat.

:lmao: I'll just keep quiet on this one.

I'm not very affectionate, so I have to show my love with lunch meat.
hmmmmmmmm weird, usually 4d shows me affection with his meat :confused:

:lmao: I'll just keep quiet on this one.

My :gossip: look like two slices of canadian bacon :bawl:

PBJ. Every day for 12 years. That way your gym teacher will call you "Peanutbutter and Jelly Girl." :yay:
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I found this...

Recipes for Back to School (School Lunches, Snacks) - and More Great Family Fun Recipe Ideas (http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/family/specialfeature/backtoschool_food_sf/)

Use shaped cookie cutters for the sandwiches.

dollar store has the sandwich cutters. I bought one that is heart shaped and one that's a star. :buddies:

How much are school lunches?

In Calvert Co. they are $2.25 for the lunch and $.55 for Milk. It just keeps going up.:otter:

In Calvert Co. they are $2.25 for the lunch and $.55 for Milk. It just keeps going up.:otter:

When i was in school It was a $1

In Calvert Co. they are $2.25 for the lunch and $.55 for Milk. It just keeps going up.:otter:

:yeahthat: It's $2.40 for middle school.. which my kiddo just started.. can't wait to see how much she spends on the alacarte menu :faint:

When i was in school It was a $1We paid fiddy cent and had to buy a token on the way into school in the morning. If we lost the money or the token or forgot to buy the token in the morning, we were outta luck.

Kwillia hasn't whipped out her recipe for octo-dogs yet?

Kwillia hasn't whipped out her recipe for octo-dogs yet?


:killingme:buddies:

Magic Kitchen Cookbook, Stephanie Karpinske, Book - Barnes & Noble (http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Magic-Kitchen-Cookbook/Stephanie-Karpinske/e/9780696237324)

This is a great book. We've had so much fun with it. :yay:

:yeahthat: It's $2.40 for middle school.. which my kiddo just started.. can't wait to see how much she spends on the alacarte menu :faint:

My kiddo was so excited for the ala carte line....I am wondering how much she will spend on lunch also...

My kiddo was so excited for the ala carte line....I am wondering how much she will spend on lunch also...

We had fun last year with one of the kids blowing money for that ala carte thing or whatever....

We had fun last year with one of the kids blowing money for that ala carte thing or whatever....

yeah we had to have that shiat blocked when I sent him in w/ $30 and 1 1/2 weeks later it was gone :eyebrow:

I'm not very affectionate, so I have to show my love with lunch meat.

what kind of lunch meat?

what kind of lunch meat?

Tube steak.

Tube steak.

:smack:
Roast Beef!

AWWWW!

I was thinking pretzel kabobs with cheese and pepperoni on pretzel skewers.
will you come make my lunch for me?

I'm making two lunches this year.... Thing one only likes peanut butter and honey and doesn't like most snacks. Thing two asked for a honey and jelly sandwich... He got pb&homemadej. Punk!

I once picked up a 3 foot black snake and put it in my lunch bag. Took it back to the shop and set it on my super's desk so I could take it home after work.
He looked inside.
That went over real good :lol:

I got my child a brand new Scooby Doo Mystery Machine lunch box, looking to pack some fun lunches, what are some ideas that you have done in the past? Which ones were a hit and which ones failed?

Walmart had a great sandwich cutter: makes two dinosaurs and didn't waste much. I love making "homemade" trail mix: some popcorn, chocolate chips, M&M's, peanuts, raisins, etc. And you can vary it day by day.

Homemade peanut butter crackers went over well too.

And don't forget the napkin that has "I WUV U" written in bright red marker with a great big kiss in bright red lipstick on it!

My two youngest are both in high school and I still make their lunches. :doh: Spoiled!!!!

We paid fiddy cent and had to buy a token on the way into school in the morning. If we lost the money or the token or forgot to buy the token in the morning, we were outta luck.

Damn, I remember those days. I forgot all about the token:lol:


Wow, I'm getting old :ohwell:

I rather make their lunches till they are older like when they can get a job and buy their own. On fridays i'll let them buy lunch or get them something special. Other then that its brown bag'n it! My kids love pb and j all the way!

I rather make their lunches till they are older like when they can get a job and buy their own. On fridays i'll let them buy lunch or get them something special. Other then that its brown bag'n it! My kids love pb and j all the way!

I like the once a week idea that they can buy lunch. Or maybe let them pick from there favorite meal of the week and they can buy lunch on that day. Seems like the school lunches are so high in Carbs. and for mine it seems to make them gain a little weight. They spend all summer running around and burning everything off. Then go back to school and sit most of the day. This is the first year I'm trying to pack lunch everyday.

Hey, does anyone know where I can get a couple of those hard plastic sandwich boxes in LP?

Hey, does anyone know where I can get a couple of those hard plastic sandwich boxes in LP?



I got a ton of them from Walmart

I got a ton of them from Walmart

Thanks. Looks like I'll be braving Walmart at lunch. :cds:

My daughter loves the smuckers peanut butter and jelly sandwiches that you get fromt the freeze isle.
I also do my own lunchables I put in cheese there favorite meat cut up and cut up the block of cheese it's really good and they love it.

Hey, does anyone know where I can get a couple of those hard plastic sandwich boxes in LP?

Family Dollar in Leonardtown had some with characters when I stoped in there today at lunch time - I think there's one of them in the park

Hey, does anyone know where I can get a couple of those hard plastic sandwich boxes in LP?I always see them in the bread aisle in the grocery store, hanging from clips, not on the shelf.

will you come make my lunch for me?
Anytime :yum:

I went with pretzel kabobs and as an added bonus, since I thought Teddy Grahams were too cute/babyish I picked off their heads from their bodies, used red icing gel for the blood and called them "Decapitated Zombie Bears". They were choc chips ones so they has the "rotting flesh" virus.... it was a hit. I think next time I'll just use the bodies and save the heads for a snack when he gets home :wink:

We let our daughter buy lunch once a week. She looks at the menu for the following week and picks what day she is buying. I cannot believe ES lunches are $2.25. They also don't sound that great either at least the PES menu. Hopefully it gets better as the year goes on. Last year at Park Hall they had all sorts of things.

Anyway, I roll some sweet bologna and put some cream cheese in the middle. Sometimes she wants ham and mustard rolls. I also cut up cheese for her. She also likes banana hoagies. I put PB on a hot dog bun and put half a banana in it. That is a huge hit as well. Rachel Ray had great ideas for kids lunches on her talkshow last summer.

Today's lunch, I got creative....
chopped up leftover grilled chicken, penne pasta, ranch dressing, and shredded munster cheese, a banana, a peanut butter chip granola bar and capri sun. I tried the pasta (sans chicken) before I served it.... it's a hit :yay:

We let our daughter buy lunch once a week. She looks at the menu for the following week and picks what day she is buying. I cannot believe ES lunches are $2.25. They also don't sound that great either at least the PES menu. Hopefully it gets better as the year goes on. Last year at Park Hall they had all sorts of things.

Anyway, I roll some sweet bologna and put some cream cheese in the middle. Sometimes she wants ham and mustard rolls. I also cut up cheese for her. She also likes banana hoagies. I put PB on a hot dog bun and put half a banana in it. That is a huge hit as well. Rachel Ray had great ideas for kids lunches on her talkshow last summer.

I took your idea about letting my son buy lunch once a week-thanks! And you're right, the PES lunches look like nothing but "junk".

I took your idea about letting my son buy lunch once a week-thanks! And you're right, the PES lunches look like nothing but "junk".

Welcome! It's a compromise, so everyone wins. Yeeeaa!