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Home » 25 Bento Box Lunch Ideas for Back To School

25 Bento Box Lunch Ideas for Back To School

Published: Sep 3, 2018 · Modified: Aug 23, 2020 by Arlene Mobley · This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

Can you believe it's back to school time? The summer has flown by. These 25 Bento Box Lunch Ideas for back to school are guaranteed to make back to school lunches easy.

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Bento Box Lunches make lunch fun and easy to prepare for those picky eaters. My daughter was the worst school lunch eater and would actually go all day at school without eating because she didn't like the school lunches.

Bento Box School Lunches for picky eaters

Then I found Bento Boxes and I no longer had to worry if my daughter was eating her lunch. We picked out her favorite lunch items and packed her bento box with foods I knew she would eat.

Her favorites are berries and cheese. The separate compartments of the bento box protected the delicate berries like her favorite raspberries.

It also kept her food from touching. If the bread from a sandwich touched the fruit she wouldn't eat it. Most of the time she wouldn't even eat a sandwich even when it was packed into a bento box.

She didn't like how warm the bread got from sitting in her lunch box at school until lunchtime. I finally just started packing her bento box with meat and cheese rolls. Bento Box lunches were the only way I could be sure she would eat her lunch.

If you have a picky eater check out these 25 Bento Box Lunch Ideas for back to school with a picky eater.

For more back to school lunch tips check out the tips here in the How To Pack School Lunches post.

25 Bento Box Lunch Ideas for Back to School

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  • . Last Day Of School Bento Box
  • . Taco Bento Lunch
  • . Cucumber Sandwiches Bento
  • . Kid Friendly Sushi
  • . Tackle Box Bento
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  • . LEGO Bento Box Ideas
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  • Chicken Salad Sandwich
  • . Chicken Pesto Zucchini Noodles Box
  • . Chicken Meatball Bento
  • . Picnic Sliders Bento
  • . Sailor Moon Bento Box
  • . Hearts and Stars Bento
  • . Honey Soy Sauce Chicken Bento
  • . Hello Kitty Bento Lunch Box
  • . I Love Mama Bento
  • . Christmas Themed Bento Lunch Box
  • . Monsters University Bento Box
  • . Mickey Bento Lunch

Have Bento Box Lunches made your life easier? What are some of your child's favorite foods to pack into a Bento Box?

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Packing a proper Bento Box lunch requires some cute and fun bento boxes and bento lunch box accessories for the kids.

I scoured Amazon for some fun bento boxes and accessories that are sure to please the kids. Grownups love bento boxes also so I've included a few bento box lunch container options for the adults also.

Bento Boxes for Back to School

  • Bento Lunch Box Food Storage Containers with colorful lids: Makes packing lunch boxes for multiply family member easy when you color code for each person. 
  • Ultimate Leak Proof and Air Tight Bento Box Lunch Box
  • 4 compartment, square- Happy Lunchboxes Bento Box , set of 4
  • Freshware 15 pack, black 3 compartment Bento Lunch Boxes AMAZON #1 Best Seller great for meal planning also
  • Pakkon Round Bento Lunch Box Containers With Clear Lid also great for meal planning & freezer meals
  • Sturdy Iwotou Lunch Bento Box Microwave and Dishwasher Safe Lunch Box with 5+1 Separated Containers
  • ECOlunchbox Three-in-One Stainless Steel Food Container Set
  • CoolBites Premium Bento Lunch Box with built in cooling gel pack and two trays.
  • LockandLock Square Bento Lunch Box Set with Insulated Bag + 3 Tritan Containers
  • YUMBOX Leakproof Bento Lunch Box Container (Parisian Pink)
  • Kids Food & Snack Storage - UNBREAKABLE, Eco-Friendly, BPA Free Plastic
  • GeeksHive's Rubbermaid® Bento Box Lunch Box Bundle

10 Bento Lunch Box Accessories to put a smile of all kids faces at lunch time.

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  2. 24 pack round and rectangle Silicone Baking Cups / Cupcake Liners 
  3. CUTEZCUTE Animals Food Picks and Forks
  4. Chuboos Vegetable Cutter
  5. Kotobuki Mini Condiment Containers
  6. 14 piece CuteZCute Bento Box Lunch Ham Cheese Carrot Cutter
  7. Crusty's All-Stars Sandwich Cutters
  8. Torune Bento Sandwich Cutter Mold, Animal Faces
  9. Crusty's Dinosaur Sandwich Cutter
  10. CuteZCute Bento Food Pick, 8-Piece, Honey Bee Flowers

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  1. Brett Martin

    August 12, 2016 at 11:27 am

    Thanks so much for joining us at Delicious Dishes! We love your Bento Box Ideas and hope you’ll join us again this week!

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  2. Dee

    August 07, 2016 at 3:22 am

    Just in time for school! Thanks for sharing at Merry Monday. 🙂

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  3. Sandra Watts

    July 28, 2016 at 5:27 pm

    These are really nice and handy!

    Reply
  4. Sonja @ SustainMyCraftHabit

    September 12, 2015 at 7:14 am

    These lunch ideas are so creative. I can't imagine any kid not wanting to eat their lunch when it's presented that way! I am one of the lucky ones (for now that is) in that my daughter is not a fussy eater when it comes to school lunches. At home, on the other hand, I may need to serve her suppers this way! Thank you for sharing on #HomeMattersParty!

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