20 Creative Christmas Lunchbox Ideas For Kids

 

 

1. Christmas Star Sandwich Lunchbox

Ingredients

• 4 slices wholemeal bread
• 2–3 slices mild cheddar cheese
• Butter or cream cheese, for spreading
• 1 extra slice cheddar cheese
• Small piece red bell pepper
• 1/3 cucumber, sliced into rounds
• 3 strawberries, quartered
• Small handful blueberries
• 1 clementine, peeled into segments
• Small handful mini pretzels

Method

1. Lightly spread the bread with butter or cream cheese, add the cheddar, and close the sandwiches.
2. Use a large star-shaped cutter to cut out three small star sandwiches.
3. Cut three smaller stars from the extra cheddar.
4. Cut tiny stars from the red pepper and place one on top of each cheese star.
5. Sit one decorated cheese star in the middle of each sandwich.
6. Pack the star sandwiches into the lunchbox with cucumber rounds, strawberries, blueberries, clementine segments, and pretzels.

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2. Polar Bear Sandwich Lunchbox

Ingredients

• 2 slices seeded or wholemeal bread
• 2–3 slices cooked turkey or chicken
• 2 tablespoons cream cheese
• 2 thick banana slices
• 1 cucumber slice
• 3 black olive pieces
• 1 small strip red bell pepper
• Extra cucumber slices
• Strawberries, quartered
• Small handful blueberries
• 2 small snowflake-shaped crackers or biscuits

Method

1. Make a sandwich with the bread, turkey, and a little cream cheese.
2. Spread a smooth layer of cream cheese over the top slice.
3. Place one banana slice on each upper side of the sandwich to make the bear’s ears.
4. Put a cucumber round in the centre for the muzzle and add a little cream cheese on top.
5. Add two tiny black olive pieces for the eyes and another piece in the centre of the muzzle for the nose.
6. Place the little red pepper strip underneath for the mouth.
7. Arrange cucumber slices around the bear sandwich and fill the smaller compartments with strawberries, blueberries, and the snowflake crackers.

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3. Polar Bear Yogurt Dip Lunchbox

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup thick Greek or vanilla yogurt
• 2 banana slices
• 3 blueberries
• 2 small cheese sandwiches, cut into fingers or triangles
• 1 clementine, peeled
• Extra bread and cheddar as needed

Method

1. Spoon the thick yogurt into a small bear-shaped or round lunchbox pot.
2. Place two banana slices near the top to make large eye patches.
3. Sit one blueberry in the middle of each banana slice.
4. Add another blueberry lower down for the nose.
5. Make simple cheddar sandwiches and cut them into small kid-friendly pieces.
6. Pack the yogurt bear with the cheese sandwiches and peeled clementine.

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4. Mini Pancake Christmas Lunchbox

Ingredients

• 4–5 mini pancakes
• 1/2 banana, sliced
• 2 strawberries
• Small handful blueberries
• 1/3 cup thick Greek yogurt
• 1–2 tablespoons maple syrup
• Small handful pretzel sticks

Method

1. Cook or prepare the mini pancakes and let them cool completely.
2. Stack the pancakes in the main lunchbox compartment.
3. Top a few with banana slices and a small strawberry piece.
4. Add chopped strawberries and blueberries to another compartment.
5. Spoon thick yogurt into a small lidded section or dipping cup.
6. Pour the maple syrup into a separate leakproof silicone cup.
7. Add a few pretzel sticks alongside the pancakes.

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5. Santa Croissant Lunchbox

Ingredients

• 1 croissant
• 2 slices cooked turkey or ham
• 1 slice mild cheese
• 3 tablespoons cream cheese
• 1 wide piece red bell pepper
• 1 strip mozzarella or mild white cheese
• 3 small mozzarella balls or pieces
• 2 black olive rings
• 1 thin curved strip red bell pepper
• Strawberries
• Cucumber slices
• Blueberries

Method

1. Slice the croissant through the centre and fill it with turkey or ham and cheese.
2. Spread or pipe cream cheese over the lower half of the croissant to create Santa’s beard.
3. Place the red pepper piece at the top like a pointed Santa hat.
4. Add a strip of mozzarella along the bottom of the pepper for the white hat trim.
5. Add a small mozzarella ball at the tip of the hat.
6. Place two black olive rings above the beard for the eyes.
7. Add two small curved pieces of mozzarella above the beard for the moustache, then place the red pepper strip underneath for the mouth.
8. Pack with strawberries, cucumber, and blueberries.

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6. Christmas Ornament Bagel Lunchbox

Ingredients

• 1 small wholemeal bagel
• 3 tablespoons cream cheese
• 1/3 cucumber
• Small piece red bell pepper
• 1 small piece cheddar cheese
• 2 slices wholemeal bread
• 1–2 slices cheddar, for the sandwich fingers
• 1 clementine
• Small handful blueberries

Method

1. Slice the bagel in half so you have two round pieces.
2. Spread the cut sides generously with cream cheese.
3. Cut thin curved strips of cucumber and lay them across the cream cheese like stripes on a Christmas bauble.
4. Dice the red pepper very finely and scatter the little red squares between the cucumber strips.
5. Cut two tiny rectangular pieces of cheddar and place one at the top of each bagel half to make the ornament hanger.
6. Make a simple cheese sandwich and slice it into thin fingers.
7. Pack the ornament bagels with the cheese sandwich fingers, clementine segments, and blueberries.

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7. Reindeer Slider Lunchbox

Ingredients

• 4 mini wholemeal rolls
• 4 small slices cheddar cheese
• 8 mini pretzels
• 4 cherry tomatoes or small red grapes
• Small pieces mozzarella or cream cheese
• 8 tiny black olive pieces
• Strawberries
• Cucumber sticks
• Cheddar cubes
• Small round crackers

Method

1. Split the mini rolls and add a slice of cheddar to each.
2. Close the rolls and push two pretzels gently into the top of each one to make antlers.
3. Add two tiny dots of cream cheese or little mozzarella pieces for the eyes.
4. Place a tiny black olive piece in the middle of each white eye.
5. Attach a cherry tomato or red grape to the front of each roll for the reindeer nose.
6. Arrange the reindeer sliders in the main lunchbox section.
7. Fill the remaining compartments with strawberries and cucumber, cheddar cubes, and crackers.

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8. Croissant Reindeer Lunchbox

Ingredients

• 2 small croissants
• 2 slices cheddar cheese
• 4 mini pretzels
• 4 tiny dots cream cheese
• 4 tiny black olive pieces
• 2 cherry tomatoes
• 1 clementine
• Strawberries
• Cucumber sticks
• Small round crackers

Method

1. Slice each croissant and tuck a slice of cheddar inside.
2. Push two mini pretzels gently into the upper sides of each croissant to make antlers.
3. Add two small dots of cream cheese to the front of each croissant.
4. Press a tiny olive piece onto each dot for the eyes.
5. Add a cherry tomato to each croissant for a bright red Rudolph nose.
6. Pack the croissant reindeer with clementine segments, chopped strawberries, cucumber sticks, and crackers.

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9. Strawberry Christmas Tree Waffles

Ingredients

• 2 round waffles
• 3–4 tablespoons thick Greek yogurt
• 3 strawberries, finely chopped
• 2 banana slices
• Small handful blueberries
• 1 clementine
• Extra yogurt, for dipping

Method

1. Toast the waffles until lightly golden, then let them cool.
2. Cut each waffle into large triangular Christmas tree shapes.
3. Spoon small amounts of thick yogurt into some of the waffle pockets.
4. Press chopped strawberry pieces into the yogurt-filled pockets so they look like little red decorations.
5. Cut small stars from the banana slices with a mini cutter.
6. Place one banana star at the top of each waffle tree.
7. Pack with blueberries, clementine segments, and a small pot of yogurt for dipping.

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10. Christmas Pudding Sandwich Lunchbox

Ingredients

• 4 slices wholemeal bread
• 2 slices cheddar cheese
• Butter or cream cheese, for the filling
• 3 tablespoons cream cheese
• 1/4 cucumber
• Small piece red bell pepper
• Strawberries
• 1 orange or clementine
• Cucumber sticks
• Cheddar cubes

Method

1. Make two cheese sandwiches with the wholemeal bread, cheddar, and a light layer of butter or cream cheese.
2. Use a large round cutter to cut the sandwiches into circles.
3. Spread cream cheese over the top third of each round, allowing the lower edge to dip down slightly like icing on a Christmas pudding.
4. Cut tiny leaf shapes from cucumber and arrange two near the top of each sandwich.
5. Cut very small squares or circles from red pepper and place them between the cucumber pieces to look like holly berries.
6. Pack the Christmas pudding sandwiches with strawberries, orange segments, cucumber sticks, and cheddar cubes.

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