Fun with lunchboxes

We've been having a bit of fun recently creating fantasy lunchboxes - these are the lunchboxes your child (or you) really wants but no-one seems to have actually made yet.

A recent favourite movie for our kids was how to train your dragon 2.  However we didn't seem to be able to find just the right lunchbox for them featuring Hiccup and toothless, so we made one:

We found the image on one of the many HD wallpaper sites around the internet.  Check their copyright policy before using an image but many allow private use of such images without any problem.

We then used the photo lunchbox service from lunchboxesetc.co.uk.   It was simple to upload our chosen image  and choose the colour of the lunchbox we wanted.  Just a few days later our unique lunch box arrived and we had smiles all round!  The lunch box it self was a great size, plenty big enough to hold a substantial packed lunch.

Lunch boxes - sweet!

We all know that the healthy eating police are keen to monitor what we put in our children's lunch boxes...No doubt it will only be a couple of days into the new school term before the Daily Mail has a headline about a school banning crisps or some such infringement of our human rights.  Still whilst they may be able to control what you put in the lunch box you can still exercise your right to dsplay a sweet tooth with lunchboxesetc's sweet lunch boxes.

The marshmallow lunch box is oozing with soft fluffy pink marshmallows and can be personalised with a name or message of your choice:

Alternatively you could choose the jelly bears lunch box (my favourite):

 Both of these personalised lunch boxes are available in a choice of colours, and lunchboxesetc.co.uk will add you name or message in a large font in the middle of the picture.  These super hard plastic lunch boxes, perfect for school, are only £12.99 plus P&P.

Battle of Britain lunch boxes

We enjoyed a fun 1940's themed afternoon recently at the former RAF Harrowbeer airfield, just a stones throw from lunchboxesetc towers here in Devon.

Now reverting back to moor land the base was home to Spitfires and other RAF planes during WWII and the RAF Harrowbeer volunteers did a great job evoking the sights and sounds of the era with a full size replica spitfire powered by a genuine Merlin engine being the highlight for this visitor.

The history of the area is written large on the landscape with hard standing, sentry boxes and dispersal shelters still visible around the base.  One of the dispersal bays has been restored and can be visited when open.  A low key but very satisfying afternoon.

Lunchboxesetc.co.uk now has two spitfire lunch boxes that are inspired by the heroism and bravery of "the few".  There is still plenty of time to order one in time for the start of the new school year.  Or, if you don't have a packed lunch why not use it for storage at home?  We have one very useful spitfire lunchbox to hold all our airfix kit materials - glue, scapels, paints etc.

 

Both lunch boxes are made in the UK from hardwearing plastic and feature a white handle and an easy to use clasp to securely close the box.

Lancasters and lunch boxes

Lancaster bombers have been much in the news recently, what with the Canadian Lancaster Bomber joining the Battle of Britain Flight Lancaster in the UK this summer.  The iconic British Bomber from WWII inspired one of Lunchboxesetc.co.uk's military aircraft lunchboxes

The lunchboxesetc Lancaster lunch box is available in pink, blue, green, red and yellow plastic.  Appropriately enough all lunchboxesetc lunch boxes are moulded in the UK, and meet all UK safety standards.  Perfect for taking a packed lunch to your local airshow so you can enjoy a sandwich whilst admiring the real thing!

Back to school is nearly here

Despite the fact that all ks1 children will qualify for free school meals from September at http://www.lunchboxesetc.co.uk it's been another bumper back to school season. Maybe even the prospect of free school meals can't persuade every one that school dinners will be edible! 

Lunchboxesetc's British made plastic lunchboxes can be personalised with a photo or piece of artwork or simply by adding a name to one of their many designs.  They also produce a number of off-the-shelf designs such as this amazing spitfire lunchbox:

All their lunchboxes are made in the UK from food safe plastics and meet all applicable safety standards.  Measuring approximately 23cm x 19cm x 9cm they are plenty big enough for a large pack lunch and drink plus snacks, and the hard plastic handle makes them easy to carry.  Best of all a unque personalised lunchbox is easy to spot in the melee at school and they are superbly easy to clean!

More astronaut sandwiches

After the revelations a couple of weeks ago about the packed lunches on the space shuttle, I was idly googling space sandwiches the other day and came across this story of what must be the first sandwich in space.




Now I'm not sure that, as a retailer of lunchboxes, I can condone keeping your packed lunch in your trouser pocket, it seems like a recipe for complete disaster to me, how much better to have a nice easy to clean plastic lunchbox. I imagine its not that easy just to chuck a space suit in the wash – its probably even worse than trying to keep those insulated lunch bags clean... Why the man could not have just popped it in one of our out of this world space lunchboxes is a mystery to me!

Pink lunchbox or blue lunchbox? When to decide, or do you have to decide at all?

The happy news that my sister in law is expecting her second baby in a few months got me to thinking over the weekend about matters pink and blue .

 

Over the last few years there has been an increasing amount of anti-pink publicity regarding toys and I think thats fair enough – why should all girls clothes and toys be pink and all boys stuff be blue? At lunchboxesetc we are proud to offer all our designs on both pink lunchboxes and blue lunchboxes, not to mention all colours in between (well: lunchboxes in red, green, yellow and sky blue, if we're being accurate).

So, if your daughter does want a pink lunchbox she can have a racing car lunchbox

 

 

 

or a space lunchbox:

 

 

 

 

 

 not just an owl lunchbox or a cupcake lunchbox. Equally, you can have a blue fairy lunch box:

 

 

 

 

 or a green marshmallow lunch box. That's the beauty of the custom lunch boxes at lunchboxesetc.co.uk: You decide what you want on your lunch box, You decide the colour of your lunch box so anything is possible and it will be our pleasure to turn your ideas into reality.

 

Anyway, here, specially for my sister in law are our scan photo lunch boxes (just upload your scan when ordering), they could come in very handy during a long labour on the maternity ward!