My fellow lunch packers, I know your struggle! Prepping lunches your kids will actually eat is no easy feat so my inner lunchbox ninja came up with a solution: a practical free printable lunchbox planner & builder. I also threw in some fun lunchbox jokes and blank notes so you can also add the most important ingredient: love!
📝 What’s Included
This handy printable set will transform school lunch prep from a chore to a breeze, so here’s what you get:
✔️Lunchbox Planner – A functional 5-day lunchbox planner with plenty of space to jot down your meal ideas for each day.
✔️Lunchbox Builder – Work on planning school lunches with your child using this cute, interactive builder. Kids can mix and match their favorite foods from different categories so you can prep lunches they’ll actually eat!
✔️Lunchbox Jokes – Add a sprinkle of LOL on your child’s lunch with these 8 pun-tastic jokes. These food-themed funnies will turn the lunch break into the highlight of the day. A bit of laughter can help with appetite, or so I’ve heard. 🙄
🍱 Lunchbox Planner
This practical lunchbox planner is like a magic wand for stress-free school mornings! Just write the week’s dates at the top and start filling the lunches for each school day.
There are separate areas for the main, fruit, veggies, and snacks & drinks, so you can create nutritious and complete lunchboxes.
Take a look at these meal prep lunch ideas if you need some inspiration. Many are kid-friendly and pretty much all of them can be customized.
And yes, it’s definitely a good idea to do this for several weeks. It’s such a relief to have those lunches planned well ahead of time, trust me!
Pro Tip: Check out my meal prep guide for tips on prepping lunches (and other meals) ahead of time and saving your sanity. Future you will thank you!
👩🏻🍳 Lunchbox Builder
Planning lunches is a lot easier with this builder sheet. It’s cute and interactive and lets you plan your kid’s lunchbox day by day. Even better, get your little one involved. They can help you pick the foods they love for a no-fail lunch every single time.
I’m sure we all want to ensure our children are well-fed, and letting them in on the lunch-building action is the easiest way to go about it.
You can decide on a main course and select the ingredients (protein, carbs, and add-ons), optionally add a hot meal, and create the perfect mix of fruit, veggies, snacks, and drinks.
🍪 Kid-Friendly Lunchbox Special Treat Ideas
At the bottom of the page, there’s an area to write down a special treat. It’s optional but a wonderful way to spoil your child a little.
No need to go storebought, though. There are lots of healthier homemade treats you can make, and a lot of them can be meal-prepped (can you tell I’m a meal-prep fanatic?). Here are some of my favorites:
- Freezer Friendly Baked Oatmeal Cups
- Breakfast Yogurt Parfait Meal Prep
- Healthy Oatmeal Waffles Recipe
- Healthy Blueberry Zucchini Muffins
- 5 Easy Healthy Overnight Oats Recipes
- Healthy Pumpkin Yogurt Muffins
🤪 Lunchbox Jokes
Keep this sheet hidden from the kids so you can add some hilarious surprises inside their lunchboxes. These 8 pun-tastic food-themed lunchbox jokes will brighten up their day, at least a little bit!
✍🏻 Blank Lunchbox Notes
These blank lunchbox notes let you write personalized messages or even cute drawings. We each have our own ways of letting our kids know we love them, so don’t be afraid to get creative!
🖨️ Grab It Now
The free printable lunchbox planner, builder, lunchbox jokes, and notes are packed in a single PDF file for easy download and printing.
- Enter your name and email in the box below and click the “Grab It Now” button.
- You’ll receive an email with the download link from where you can save the file to your device.
- Then, open it using the free Adobe Reader, or any other PDF reader app.
- These files have been designed to print on U.S. Letter paper (8.5×11″) so make sure the Scale is set to 100% before printing. Alternatively, you can resize them for another paper size and see the changes in the preview area before hitting the Print button.
Enjoy!
🎒 More Free Printables For Back-to-School
Want to conquer the school year like a pro? I’ve got you covered with even more printables to help you stay organized and add a touch of fun to your family’s routine:
📌The Ultimate School Binder – Keep all those important school papers in check with this comprehensive school binder, packed with everything from class schedules to homework trackers. And it matches the free printable lunchbox planner kit!
📌Back-to-School Checklists – Make sure you don’t forget a thing with these handy back-to-school printable checklists for school supplies, countdown activities, and more.
📌First Day of School Signs – Capture those precious first-day memories with these adorable first day of school printable photo signs. They’re a wonderful way to document your child’s growth and milestones.
So what are you waiting for? Grab these free printables and turn lunchtime into a laughter-filled adventure! 🥳
Hi!
Ginny Collins is a passionate foodie and recipe creator of Savor and Savvy and Kitchenlaughter. Indoors she focuses on easy, quick recipes for busy families and kitchen basics. Outdoors, she focuses on backyard grilling and smoking to bring family and friends together. She is a lifelong learner who is always taking cooking classes on her travels overseas and stateside. Her work has been featured on MSN, Parade, Fox News, Yahoo, Cosmopolitan, Elle, and many local news outlets. She lives in Florida where you will find her outside on the water in her kayak, riding her bike on trails, and planning her next overseas adventure.
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