Kids Lunch Bags for Snacks and Summer Camp

Have you figured out what your kid’s favorite lunch or snack is? And the first three items don’t count if it is candy, pop or chips.


At this time of year when most kids are out of school and may be packing their own lunches to take to an outdoor event or the beach, it’s a good idea to let them learn and experiment with new lunch ideas. How do you let them learn good lunch habits? You might start with leftovers you know they like. Let them pack up the leftovers in a plastic bag or container. If labeling the plastic sack, provide your child with a non-toxic dry-erase marker. This way there is no confusion as to which items go in the lunch box or which stay in the refrigerator. Using tasty leftovers is time saving and also a money saving plan.

Take your children to the store with you to pick out their pre-packed snacks, using these hints from the Cleveland Clinic and discussed on the Doctor Oz show: “The following guidelines for reading food labels are helpful in the selection of pre-packaged snacks. First determine the number of servings per package. Calories, carbs and fats are usually listed per serving. Those numbers can really climb if the package contains more than one serving.

Ideally, healthy snack labels will list:

Calories: 50 to 250
Carbohydrates: 25 grams or less
Protein: 7 to 4 grams
Fat: 5 or fewer grams (and 0 grams of trans fats)”

Another tip from WeightWatchers is to count the fiber grams as well as the fat, the more fiber grams (2 or more), the better.

Now, how do you pack a lunch that won’t wilt in the hot weather? Generally packing a lunch box or lunch sack should start with choosing the right insulated bag. Start by packing by placing the item you want coldest (and this is usually the protein or meat) at the bottom of the pack, In hot weather pack with two freezer packs right on top of the protein item. Then add the other lunch items gradually to end up with non-refrigerated items at the top. Preferably, the items at the top will be the first things you eat so there is less packing and unpacking. Remember, every time you open that lunch tote, you are letting the cold out and the heat in.

Using our newest Easy Lunch Box on our website might make all the lunch packing efficient and quick. Each Easy Lunch Box comes with two 3-compartment plastic food containers. And, of course it comes with a free freezer pack as do all of the lunch totes in our line.

Our original Cool Tote Lunch sacks make for great fun in their whimsical variety of fabric patterns and are easy to clean.

One last thing to consider in making your lunch box choices is that all of the lunch bags on our website are lead free, and our water bottles are BPA free.