I think part of what he liked was that the ham and cheese were in muffin cups. For some reason the muffin cups make lunches appear fancy. (A number of the lunches I shared in the {Back to School} Lunches Without Sandwiches had them.) Ours were about $2.50 from World Market.
The crackers for the sandwiches are divided into two groups for no other reason than they seemed to look nice that way. The grapes were added to give the top compartment a side dish. I think they look pretty there.
JDaniel was given a cucumber by his speech teacher. The speech center set up a garden just outside their front door. He has loved having this special cucumber cut up and served with dip. He hasn’t been as into non-speech center cucumbers. Maybe we need to try to grow some Outside Our Front Door Cucumbers.
Cracker sandwiches as I mentioned were a hit with my son. We will have to them for lunch again.
If you like this cracker sandwich lunch, you will love these lunches too:
Apple Chicken Salad Bento Lunch
Minion Lunch with Blueberry Overalls
Who doesn’t love a cracker sandwich?! Throw in a cucumber and that’s a lunch! Glad you found a hit for all the lunches to come! –Lisa
Pierce loves when I make him these too. Sometimes I add pepperoni and olives. He calls them “Cracker Stackers”.
I did buy him a couple for his first week back at school as a special treat (starts today!). They were on managers special at Kroger for .59 cents, so I really couldn’t beat that deal!
What a great deal! I hope he has a great first day.
I love Ritz crackers– they’re so buttery! 🙂
We have those little muffin cups. Ingenious, thanks for a new twist on how to use them.
My kids have seen Lunchables in the grocery store and of course are always curious. They’re right there eye-level for the kiddos. Recently, I purchased two for a little road trip. They hated them. My kids aren’t accustomed to much pre-packaged food so I guess it tasted weird to them.
But your cute homemade lunch cubbie, now that they would dig!
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What a great idea. I must try this as my son refuses to eat ‘normal’ sandwiches. Thanks so much for sharing with the pin it party. I have pinned and shared 🙂
You just gave me the perfect lunches to pack for my kids to take to school! THANK YOU!!!!!
I love this. I know the ones you are talking about in the supermarket and I’m pretty sure they’re loaded with crap! I like to make things like that for my own lunch, much less my daughter’s. I love crackers, cheese and pepperoni. And I love berries.
What a great Mommy you are : )
I will make these for the kids lunch one day this week and see if my kids are as crazy about them as JD : )
I love a slice of colby between saltines. So delicious to me, even as an adult!
This looks so yummy! I love cracker sandwiches, they’re so non committal!
If only my daughter would eat something other than PB&J we’d be in there! This looks pretty good.
Im going to try the whole Bento box thing this year too with my little one 🙂
Looks delicious!
It does look like a fancy lunch!
crackers, cheese, and grapes–a favorite family traveling snack (or meal!)
That box would be everything Brad would eat! 🙂
What a fabulous idea! Great way to create variety in the daily lunchbox routine. I found you on the Pin-It party this week 🙂
nothing better on a cracker than cheese to me 🙂