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There are plenty of ways to make lunch fun for the kids even if they are eating it at school! Here are some ideas to enhance lunchtime on St. Patrick’s Day! You can mix and match these themes and ideas in their lunch so that they can celebrate and feel all the St. Patrick’s Day cheer even while eating lunch!
St. Patrick’s Day Theme:
It’s the perfect day to make lunch fun for the kids! Here are some ideas to pack or put together for lunch that generally have to do with St. Patrick’s Day.
- Lucky Charms
- Turkey sandwich cut into the shape of a four-leaf clover
- Leprechaun face sandwich (hat of celery, cucumber, or broccoli and beard of carrots)
- Mini pizza cut into the shape of a clover
- Tortilla cut in the shape of a Leprechaun hat
Green theme:
Since the day is all about green, this is an easy way to get children to eat some greens! Here are some green foods to add to their lunch.
- Green salad: lettuce, spinach, green bell pepper, cucumbers, green olives
- Boiled egg dyed green
- Spinach tortilla turkey wraps
- Kiwi
- Green grapes
- Celery
- Green apples
- Green jello
- Guacamole
- Broccoli
Coin theme:
The children can eat their own pot of gold for lunch so that they will be rich and full from a great meal. Here are some lunch ideas that resemble coins.
- Vanilla wafers
- Chocolate coins
- American cheese circles with ritz crackers
- Banana slices
- Rolos
- Goldfish
- Popcorn
Rainbow theme:
Did the Leprechaun find gold at the end of the rainbow?! You can find out about it in your lunch. Here are some lunch ideas that resemble a rainbow.
- Rainbow fruit kabobs
- Red, yellow, green, and orange bell pepper strips
- Rainbow goldfish
- Skittles
- Fruit loops
- Marshmallow “clouds”
- Veggie straws
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-Emily Daigle, Youth Services Clerk