The Fabkins super cute cloth napkins for kids have gone organic! Their napkin sets are now 100% certified organic cotton and come in several fun, kid friendly embroidered designs so you can be sure to find one that fits the style of your kid. To buy, purchase at one of these online shopping sites [...]
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You gotta love a company with the slogan “play with your food”! If you are looking for a durable, creative lunchbox for kids, the new Yubo lunchbox is definitely worth consideration. Created with a sharp focus on design, the folks [...]
***Use coupon code “xobobox” at PlanetBox to save 10% through Dec 31, 2009!!***
The new company PlanetBox recently sent me one of their lunch boxes to try out–it is now my top choice kids lunchbox to pack! In the month that I have used it, I have been very happy with its ease of use, washability, [...]
02 Nov, 2009
Kids Losing Stuff? Try These Waterproof Custom Labels
Posted by: Meg In: Lunchbox Products
How many items have been lost by your kids this school year? As a parent, lost items can be both frustrating and expensive! I was elated to find my daughter’s new jacket in the school’s Lost & Found this morning… in the past I haven’t been quite so lucky! I immediately came home to [...]
My five year old son still has trouble opening his Laptop Lunches Lunch Box. For those of you unfamiliar with Laptop Lunches, you have to push in a clasp while lifting the lid at the same time–can be quite tricky for the younger crowd. Now that he is 5, I wanted him to feel good [...]
One of the newest products entering the waste-free lunchbox market looks pretty cool: the Goodbyn Lunchbox. These funky character lunchboxes come in four colors and a set of hundreds of stickers for decorating to one’s liking. Generally speaking, kids + stickers = fun, so this lunchbox looks like it would be an easy sell [...]
16 Sep, 2009
Fabkins a Fabulous Addition to Your Waste-Free Lunch Box
Posted by: Meg In: Lunchbox Products
Fabkins sent me 2 of their kid friendly 100% cotton napkins and they have been a big hit in my kids lunchboxes. I must admit that although I have packed mostly waste-free lunches for my kids over the past few years, I have ignored the importance of a cloth napkin in making a lunchbox [...]
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- Meg: Vi, I searched online and at the Aladdin web site. It appears that they no longer make the "Lunch & Go" lunchbox. However, I have seen the lunchb
- Vi: I can't find this on their website, and walmart. Amazon says its no longer available. Where else can I find this? Is it discontinued?
- Meg: Julie, Thanks for visiting again, it is always great to see repeat readers :) The Planetbox lunch box has continued to be my go-to lunchbox for my 5
- Create Some Art from the Heart & Win a POM Wonderful Contest!
Enter POM Wonderful’s Heart Art Contest through February 28th and get a chance to win a Flip Video, POM juice, and more! In celebrating American Heart Month POM is promoting healthy heart awareness through their art contest. Create a work of art using your favorite medium and promote healthy heart awareness and POM Wonderful [...]
- Stop and Smell the Cookies!
Four days until Christmas and I’m sure stress levels are high out there! I hope that in the chaos that surrounds Christmas you are able to slow down during your day and enjoy the moment. When I feel overwhelmed I take a few deep breaths and realize how lucky I am to have my [...]
- My Favorite Gifts for Kids
I have 2 kids and 14 nieces and nephews to buy gifts for this holiday season. I like doing my shopping online and early, so that items will get delivered to my doorstep in time for Christmas. This year, I have found a collection of gifts I think are pretty neat… feel free to steal [...]
- Green Your Halloween
Halloween is quickly approaching! Now is the time to take the initiative and think Green with Halloween, along with the other big holidays approaching over the next couple of months. There are great tips for greening your holidays all over the web, one great list can be found at Kids Konserve. Many of you [...]
- xobobox gets great mention in Martha Stewart’s Everyday Food Mag!
Thanks to Gudrun of Kitchen Gadget Girl I realized that xobobox is mentioned in the September issue of Martha Stewart’s Everyday Food magazine! I feel honored to have the recognition on page 28 of their magazine where it reads:
“Looking for new ways to pack lunch for school (or the office?) We’re inspired by the fresh, [...] - Grassroots Movement Reducing Lunchbox Waste
The Laptop Lunches lunchbox has inspired a grassroots movement in Redding, California known as the Healthy Lunch and Lifestyle Project (HELP). The new nonprofit environmental program was founded and is run by Executive Director Bridgette Brick-Wells.
The program aims to create healthy lunches for kids while drastically reducing lunchroom waste. In select schools, they provide [...] - New "Healthy Lunchboxes for Kids" Lunch Ideas Book
A new book has come out by London author Amanda Grant that looks great: “Healthy Lunchboxes for Kids” (Ryland Peters & Small, 2008, $19.95). On Amazon.com, you can get the hardcover book for $15.
Based on an interview Grant did with the The Star-Ledger, the book seems to have a lot of great tips. Some [...] - Keeping it healthy on Halloween
10 tips to stop kids’ Halloween sugar overload
(summary from The Associated Press). The AP tips are printed in Bold below, while my take on the tip & what I plan on doing is printed in regular text…
These ideas help kids on Halloween feel neither deprived, nor sick to their stomachs:
-Talk with your kids, before Halloween, on [...]
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