Sweeten Lil Ones' Lunch Boxes With a Love Note From Mom

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The lil taste of home that mama packed for lunch tastes much sweeter when tots know it was packed with love. Back to school means back to lunch-making for many moms. When packing tasty sandwiches and snacks consider throwing in a tiny note showing your lil scholar that you're thinking of him throughout the day. We know moms are too busy to write out meaningful notes each and every morning, so we've rounded up eight lunch note options that keep it simple and sweet during the morning rush. Happy lunch-making!

Peagreen Mini Lunch Notes

Peagreen Mini Lunch Notes

Keep this handy box of Mini Lunch Notes and stickers ($10) right next to the sandwich-making station at home, and lil ones will always feel Mama's love when they open up their lunch box.

Lunch Note Jokes

Lunch Note Jokes

Peonies and Poppyseeds has a printable set of lunch note jokes (free) that will put a smile on kids' faces.

Lauren McKinsey Designs Lunch Box Notes

Lauren McKinsey Designs Lunch Box Notes

Keep the printer humming because Mama's going to want to print several sets of these! Lauren McKinsey Designs's Lunch Box Notes ($6) are sent to buyers as a PDF file that can be printed right at home. Available in both boy and girl styles, they come with 10 fun cards that will put a smile on tots' faces in the middle of the day!

Printable Lunchbox Notes, Tags, and Stickers

Printable Lunchbox Notes, Tags, and Stickers

Alphamom's printable lunchbox notes, tags, and stickers (free) are almost too cute to be thrown away. They not only encourage tots to eat their fruit, but they're simply sweet as well!

Frog Paper Prince Lunch Box Love Notes

Frog Paper Prince Lunch Box Love Notes

Make that first day back to school even more special with a cute note from Mom. Frog Paper Prince has designed a downloadable set of four lunch note designs (free) that tuck perfectly into their midday meal.

Printable School Lunch Jokes

Printable School Lunch Jokes

Help put a smile on their face in the lunch room with All For the Boys' printable school lunch jokes (free). The set of eight joke cards are the perfect lunchtime humor for the under-10 set and will keep your kids' dining companions laughing well into their next activity.

Free Printable School Lunch Box Notes

Free Printable School Lunch Box Notes

Chickabug's Printable School Lunch Box Notes (free) are a sweet addition to the lunch box with their positive and uplifting messages for kids.

Magic Message Bananas

Magic Message Bananas

Bananas are a staple in many kids' lunches, but did you ever think about including a secret message on the peel? At Come Together Kids, Laura offers a tutorial for pin-pricking messages on the peels (free) that show up by the time the kiddos eat.

Oliebollen Lunch ID Tags

Oliebollen Lunch ID Tags

Whether these are used to put lil one's name on their bags, or placed inside their lunch bags as a note, Oliebollen's free Lunch ID Tags (free) are a fun way to show tots that Mom's thinking about them throughout the day.

Lunch Box Notes

Lunch Box Notes

This set of 16 lunch box note cards ($8) celebrate little milestones throughout the school year.

The Official Lunch Survey

The Official Lunch Survey

Getting lil ones to talk about their day can be torture. They just don't want to open up. With June Pfaff Daley's Official Lunch Survey (free) kids fill out information about how their day is going, what they think about lunch, and what they would like to do after school, so it's both productive and entertaining!

Lunch Box Notes

Lunch Box Notes

This set of scratch-off lunch box notes ($15) is full of mystery and fun!