My kids love special lunches, especially holiday lunches. Sometimes that just means a quick note or a funny joke. This year when Kaleb opened his lunch box, he was surprised by a special St. Patrick’s Day lunch. Yep, you guessed it…a green lunch and added a couple of jokes written on shamrocks. Simple, but Kaleb loves it and it makes him feel extra special.
I used shamrock cookie cutters on the apples, kiwi and tortilla PB and J sandwiches. I really wanted to use the green tortillas, but decided that Spinach and herb did not mix well with PB and J:) There are also green grapes, green olives, pear sauce and only the green gold fish (I just separated them out of the bag from their colored friends!). I also made lime shamrock shaped Jello Jigglers, but they were not set yet. They will be added in the morning. I try to make the kids lunch the night before so there is one less thing to do in our already rushed morning.
I would love to hear what you put in your kiddos lunch and what you do to make the kids feel extra special. So far I only have one lunch to make, since Bree is half day Kindergarten and Annika is home with me, but that will change all to quickly! I would love to get Bento Boxes for the kids school lunches, but this works for now.
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so what do you get when you cross a pillowcase with a stone?!? 🙂
A Shamrock! 🙂
This is awesome! I don’t have any kids yet, but as a teacher, this year I got some mini pictures from the school pictures for free. I think they’re meant to use as an emergency picture for parents in case their kiddo is lost and I have no idea why the teachers were given some as well! Either way, they’re stickers so I’ve used a few of them in Mike’s lunches. I just stick them onto a little love note and he has an even more special note from me! Cheezy, but at least I found a way to use them and not throw them away!
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