School lunch packing guide

Are you packing school lunches this year and don’t know where to start?

You’ve come to the right place. I am a lunch packing pro - I’ve been doing it for over 10 years for four kids and have literally packed thousands of lunches. Now I’m sharing all of my tried and tested lunch packing tips in one place for you.

This is my ultimate beginners guide to school lunch packing. Read on for all of my best tips, tricks, links, and ideas to make school lunch packing fun and easy.

How to make lunch packing easy:

1) Get your lunch packing supplies.

You’ll need lunch boxes and containers, a bag, a drink bottle, and maybe a few fun extras. I’ve got a whole blog post here with detailed descriptions of the products I use most and why. Or you can skip the detail and go straight to my Amazon Store where I’ve gathered all of my favorite things in one easy place for you to shop.

2) Figure out what you want to pack.

I’ve got loads of lunch packing ideas for you. If you’re not sure where to start - try this list of my top 5 school lunch ideas. This is a simple one week school lunch menu that will get you a full week of lunches packed without any repeats.

3) Do your shopping

Click here to find my school lunch packing grocery list. Everything you should have on hand to make packing healthy lunches easy. Having a well stocked fridge and pantry is one of my top tips for making lunch packing easy.

4) Get packing

I’ve got several posts with lots of tips to help make it easy for you. My top piece of advice is to pack those lunches ahead of time! I’ve got a whole post about how to pack lunch as much as several days in advance with success.

Need even more tips, here are some of my top posts:

Top 5 tips for easy lunch packing

Top 5 no sandwich lunch ideas

Dozens more no sandwich lunch ideas

Easy and healthy after school snacks

How I keep apples from turning brown in the lunch

Still have questions:

Check out my Frequently Asked Questions post for even more.