Still searching for the perfect lunch bag for your lil one? Here's a collection that fits every style. From preppy to techie, we've found the lunch bag for your student that's seriously cooler than any paper bag. Made with kids in mind, these insulated packs are ready for heading back to school and keeping your child's lunch fresh and cool for lunchtime. Click through for a collection of our favorites.
14 Bags and Boxes to Make School Lunch More Fun!
School lunch doesn't have to be a bore, especially when it's served up in one of the 14 following bags and boxes. From a tongue-in-cheek take on the typical brown bag (the one shown here is actually tear-proof, leak-resistant, and insulated) to lunch boxes featuring cute critters to food-separating boxes for those picky eaters, these containers are anything but ordinary. Keep clicking to find your favorite!
Get Set For School With Our Back-to-School “Wee”drobe Essentials
Ready, set, shop! The back-to-school season is well under way and both parents and tots are shopping til they drop! Before heading out to the mall, don't miss our picks for the hottest backpacks, shoes, coats, hats, and lunch bags the lil ones will be sporting this year!
Have you heard that we're giving away back-to-school wardrobes? It's true! We're kicking off the season with a $500 gift card for a Tea Collection! Check out all of the details here!
The Best Lunch Bags For Back to School
Bye-bye brown bags! Reusable lunch sacks are better for the environment and keep midday meals intact and cool. From bags that have space for mama to leave her tot a note to bento-inspired options, we've rounded up some of the best lunch totes on the market.

Girls: 1. So Young Mother Pink Giraffe ($30), 2. Four Peas Fair Lunch Bag ($18), 3. Built Gourmet Getaway Lunch Tote ($23), 4. Go Green Bento Lunch Box System ($30), 5. SugarBooger Vintage Alphabet Lunch Sack ($15).
Boys: 1. Doodlebugz Crayola Chalkboard Lunch Tote ($24), 2. Dabba Walla British Invasion Union Jack - Kids Lunch Bag ($30), 3. Em Tanner Designs Insulted SuperBoy Lunch Tote ($34), 4. Fleurville Lunch Pak ($32), 5. Safari Explorers Lunch Box ($14).
Trend Alert: Celebrity-Crafted Food Carryalls
These days, virtually every celebrity — from Lauren Conrad to Jessica Simpson — has his or her own womenswear, footwear, accessory, and fragrance line. But celebrity lunchbags and farmers market totebags? Lately we've seen the celebrity, fashion, and food worlds collide, with all sorts of celebrity-designed carryalls for everything from our groceries to our lunch.
PartySugar and I might have been on to something when we said that we prefer to carry our farmers market goodies in style. It seems others were thinking the exact same thing. First, Whole Foods announced Sheryl Crow would be custom-designing its latest green grocery bag. Then celebrity chef Mario Batali jumped on the design bandwagon, randomly unveiling his own line of sleek lunch bags. The latest? A collaboration between Jennie Garth and the Sierra Club.
While I'm a bigger fan of some of the designs than others, if this trend encourages shoppers to be more eco-friendly — wasting less resources on plastic and paper grocery bags and lunch bags — then it's for the better. What do you think of the trend? Would you buy Sheryl's, Mario's, or Jennie's bags?
A Few of Lil's Favorite Things: September
Send your kids back to school with a hardy lunch in hand. While your children may be focused on hitting the books, there's no time like the present to make sure they are mindful of the world around them. Help them choose an Eco-friendly lunch box or lunch sack to tote and store their mid-day meal. These reusable options are economical as you won't have to invest in any brown paper bags and environmentally conscious since they make for limited debris. Don't forget to tell your tots to toss their leftovers in the compost bin.


