Christmas themed lunches

These are from the week before Christmas break when school parties were in full prep mode. We had 4 parties between 2 preschools for blue, my lil ones I teach, and the 1st grader....plus teachers, staff and friends. So blogging took a back seat. As I am now comfortably sitting instead of running aorund I'm catching up. Even though the holiday has passed, perhaps some of these will be fun inspirations for next year.

Captain Barnacles 

My little one loves watching the Octonauts so we elfed up one of his favorites

In this lunch: In an Easy Lunchbox

• Elf Barnacles - Cutezcute panda peanutbutter and jelly with green tortilla chip elf hat
• Snowmen wilton cupcake mints
• Yogurt covered raisins for snow
• Carrots with elf ring
• Strawberries with snowflake pick

Jingle Bells 

 In this lunch : In an Easy Lunchbox

• Lights and Bells - Ham sandwiches, I really like the way the edges of the ham looked. My son thought the little ones looked like acorns, I thought they looked like lights.
• Red tortilla chips
• Yogurt covered raisins
• Peppermint snowmen candy
• Carrots with elf ring
• Strawberries with Snowman pick

A couple more Merry lunches

I don't always post my lunches because they aren't always as festive as the monkeys boxes. When I do play with my food my students think its the coolest thing ever, and who wouldn't want to amuse a room full of two-year-olds. The second is another of Green monkey's from before break. Perhaps my resolution in the new year will be to blog more and backlog less :).

Oh Christmas Tree 

In this lunch : In an Easy Lunchbox

• Holiday tortilla chips
• Humus with Tree pick
• Edamame and carrots
• Pommegranite with tree pick
• Chopped salad with salami tree

Let it Snow

 

 In this lunch: In an Easy Lunchbox

• Snowflake - Ham sandwich with mini snowflake cut out
• Holiday yogurt covered pretzels
• Cutie orange with Santa cut out
• Gingerbread family cookie and Gingerbread man peep
• Strawberries with snowman pick

Christmas Pizza Pockets

As part of the Immaculate Baking Program I get try try out their new products and see what creative things I can come up with. Recently I had some crescent rolls that needed to get used before expiring and decided to make pizza pockets...and then I decided to see what would happen if I put them in my cookie pan. 1 can made 6 mini pizzas. I layered a piece of crescent dough, a spoonful of pizza sauce, a sprinkle of cheese, and another piece of crescent roll dough. Press the edges to form a seal an cut off excess. They were delicious warm, though the picky kids were not a fan of them cold. So for those who don't mind cold pizza these are great for lunches, if you want it warm it makes a great after school snack or weekend lunch.

 Gingerbread Man

In this lunch : In an Easy Lunchbox

• Gingerbread man and Candy cane mini pizzas
• Gingerbread Cookie family from Pepperidge farms
• Carrots with Tree pick
• Strawberries with gingerbread men cut outs and tree pick

The last 2 never got photographed as they were eaten as an after school snack.  Both preferred warm to cold but my kids are picky, so feel free to do it your own way.

This one I featured as part of a blog hop with my Polar express lunches. If you missed it you can find it here.

Leftover Christmas lunches

As most people will agree things seem to pile up just before the holidays. Our lives are just too busy. So while yes we made our usual amount of lunches, some days I just didn't get around to sharing them on here. So while we have some down time I thought it would be a good time to catch up.

Santa Claus is Coming to Town

In this lunch : In an Easy Lunch Box

• Santa - Ham and cheese with provolone details
• Reindeer - chocolate grahams from Target
• Carrots with Santa ring
• Apple - Ho ho ho

Deck the Halls 

 In this lunch : In an Easy Lunchbox

• Ornaments - Turkey and cheese 
• Carrots with elf ring
• Grapes and strawberries with elf rings