Fall lunch box notes how to#
It speaks, I think, to the larger societal trend of parents obsessing and hovering over their offspring to an unprecedented degree (a parenting style which may well backfire - see, e.g., the much-talked-about Atlantic article from this past summer, “ How to Land Your Kid in Therapy.”) I may stir up some reader ire here, but this obsession over creating (or buying) the perfect lunch box note - indeed, the sending of any kind of lunch box note with great frequency – strikes me as a little icky. Some parents on Pinterest share techniques for using toothpicks to etch designs and messages into the exterior of bananas. The website CafeMom has an article suggesting gift-wrapping a sandwich with a note on the inside of the wrapping paper. Keeps track of lunch-note ideas on Pinterest, a social network popular with crafters and teachers. The flourishes can be hard to top. The article mentions one creative mom who Messages include “You’ve become so mature,” “I love you unconditionally” and “I can’t believe how creative you are.”īut some parents don’t even stop at store-bought notes. Lunchbox Love, a line of preprinted cards from Say Please, Inc., are priced at $3.99 for a small box of 12 at Pottery Barn Kids.
Pottery Barn Kids and Toys “R” Us sold packets of preprinted notes this back-to-school season. Parents hear about it when their efforts fall short.Įnter the retailers. Or they may compare lunch notes with friends. Some kids complain when they don’t get a lunch note. Now it’s an elaborate fixture of the school cafeteria. The lunch-box note used to be an occasional smiley face on scratch paper. My mom sent me a link to this story in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal about a reported increase in the use of the “lunch box note,” i.e., a little message from mom (or dad) tucked into a packed school lunch to brighten up a kid’s day.
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