This was almost a litterless school lunch ideas post…but then I realized…I slip up once in a while…sometimes an occasional yogurt container or juice box gets packed; contributing to this Almost Litterless School Lunch Ideas post. Before you think me un-pin-worthy…take a look…we can strive for littlerless lunches…and then forgive the occasional slip. These school lunch tips might make your life easier…
Almost Litterless School Lunch Ideas…
- Open pre-packaged snacks and pop them in reusable containers. Keep the trash at home.
- Use a stainless steel refillable bottle for water.
- Use easy to open resuable containers.
- Use silicone muffin cups as dividers in lunch boxes. It turns regular containers into Bento boxes without the fancy cost.
- Encourage kids to bring home containers (if they aren’t home you can’t pack them)
- Use compost, recycling, and garbage containers in your home to direct litter to the right place.
Also, I think it’s important to mix up your littlerless lunches. Switch up your fruits, veggies, dairy, and protein. Offer a choice of healthy foods.
Total aside: my son hates sandwiches. They boomerang back home every single time I send a sandwich for school lunch. So instead, he gets crackers & protein. Or a wrap. Proving sometimes you have to think outside the sandwich for school lunch ideas.
And yes, sometimes I slip. I’m sure June Cleaver would have sent a yogurt container once in a while…if they had yogurt containers back in Beaver’s day.
My Easy School Lunch List as well as my Easy Hot Lunch List FREE printables are super handy for putting together an Almost Litterless School Lunch.
Great ideas, I especially like the one of using silicone muffin cups! My best tip is to use square/rectangle containers. I find they are easier to open than round ones!
Yeah, using silicone muffin cups as dividers in lunch boxes is my favourite too – now why am I never clever enough to think of something like that?
Thats a great idea! Im really bad for the litterless lunches, but I didnt really know how! Love this post!
Great ideas! I always struggle to find lunch ideas and packing ideas that are healthy for the kids and environment… I love my plastic containers.
These containers look so great!! I so have to get some and ditch the litter 🙂
Oh my! You are so crafty! What a great idea, using the silicon cupcake liners.
I need tips on how to organize my containers!
very good ideas
These containers are perfect
Thanks for the hints – I can always use new recipes OR more containers as my son likes to put them on the table and forget to get them!
M
Thanks for you suggestions we are now doing litterless lunches everyday !!
AWESOME IDEAS.LOVE ALL THESE.THANKS
My daughter always uses reusable container for the grandkids school lunches