** Sandwich Wraps - Why not use tortilla shells instead of bread. Tortilla shells won't get squished if your lunchbox flips over. You can fill them with anything, Peanut butter & jelly ,Peanut butter & raisins or apple or honey or banana or anything you like with Peanut butter. How about turkey & cheese or ham & Cheese. Creamcheese and Strawberries make a great wrap. BLT wraps are Awesome!!!!
** Hot Dog with Soup - How about a thermos full of hot chicken noodle soup. Then tie some string to the end of a hot dog and drop it down in the thermos. Leaving enough string that your child can pull the hot dog out of the thermos with out touching the hot soup. Your child then takes the string off of the hot dog and places it in the bun you packed in a baggie.
** Crackers - Create your own lunchables with ritz crackers, sliced turkey, ham or pepperoni and cheese. Peanut butter and jelly crackers are a great replacement for a sandwich.
** Ham or Tuna Salad - Use crackers instead of bread with Ham or tuna salad. No soggy bread with this idea.
Veggies - Baby carrots and celery with your childs favorite dip......Yummy. Use small tupperware containers to put the dressing in or you can get small plastic throw away containers from any restraunt supply company. You could pack peanut butter instead of dressing to dip celery in.
Celery - Fill them with Peanut butter and pack a box of raisins . The kids can add the raisins to the celery to make their own "Ants on a Log". You can also fill them with cream cheese and then pack Blueberries or Strawberries for the kids to add at lunch time.
Don't forget the pickle!!
There is always room for JELL-O - Don't spend all that extra money on the Jello by the dairy section in your grocery store. Make it yourself. Use 3-4oz dixie cups fill them up with jello,Place them on a cookie sheet & put them in the fridge. After they firm up a little, cover them with plastic wrap (if you try to cover them before they set up a little you will have jello all over the place)and put them back in the fridge. Now you have your own Jello you can put in their lunch in easy throw away containers. You can add fruit or fruit juice . Don't forget ...you can get throw away containers with lids at your local restraunt supply store.
** Cookie cutter sandwich - some mom's don't like this idea because you waste some of the sandwich (I never ate the crust anyway) This is a great idea for Halloween, Christmas or Valentine's Day. Just take a cookie cutter (pumpkin, ghost, Christmas tree or heart). And cut your child's sandwich with the cookie cutter. It's a big hit!!
Breads - Banana bread is a great lunchbox filler. It's great with butter, honey or peanut butter. Cut the bread in half and face the insides together so that the toppings wont get all over the bag. The kids will eat it like a sandwich or seperate them if they want.
These ideas wont solve all your lunchbox needs, but I hope they help.
