If you haven't jumped on the muffin-tin-lunch bandwagon yet, hop aboard!
It's a terrific way to get your children to eat a variety of different foods in a fun and easy way!
We've been doing this every Monday for awhile now with different fruits, veggies, crackers and other food items chopped up into bite size pieces and my kids love it! You can put apple sauce, yogurt, carrot sticks, the possibilities are endless. They get so excited to see what different things they get!
A few weeks ago I bought a couple of silicone muffin baking cups so that I can just re-use them every day, don't use liners at all or just use the silicone pans, it's completely up to you.
Recently I ran across a blog called Sycamore Stirrings and she had a muffin tin lunch theme based on Children's Literature. You should see some of the ideas her readers came up with! They were all so incredibly creative and fun looking! So we decided we'd try this at our house with one of our favorite books, The Hat by Jan Brett.
We used cookie cutters to cut out (bread) socks (stocking cutter), (cheese) dogs and (apple) little girls. I sliced up bananas and tomatoes and put some chocolate chip teddy grahams and applesauce as well. As the children ate up (without a single complaint) I read them the book. It was a very nice lunchtime indeed…
Check out some of the other great ideas readers shared based on their favorite children's books:
- Katy from Sycamore Stirrings chose the book Mouse Mess by Linnea Asplind Riley
- Amy from Let's Explore chose the book Pinkalicious by Victoria & Elizabeth Kann
- Lisa from FrannyKate's Creative State chose Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh
Have a favorite children's book? We want to know what it is and what creative things you'd put in your tin! Please join us at Blissfully Domestic Living!
Sylvia is a craft-obsessed freelance writer and mother of two adventurous little boys who loves to knit, bake, decorate forts and catch frogs. She’s also been known to be a tad bit prudish…
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ever hear of a bento lunch box?
Yes, I have. I'm actually thinking about either ordering one of those or a laptop lunch box so that I can continue giving my little guy a variety once he starts school. Do you know of a good place to order them?
That is such a neat idea and I know my son will love this.
My grandma used to do something similar for me when I was a child and I loved it. I still have fond memories. Your children are very lucky
don't go for the laptop lunches (they're not that great)… but bentos are AWESOME!