Over here we LOVE Pottery Barn Kids. This is one of our favorite places to shop for Back to School. Even though I want summer vacation to last forever ~ the reality is school starts in just a few weeks!
My kids love PBK’s patterned backpacks and lunch totes. We also love that items can be personalized with names & lots of other things, including superhero’s and athletic team logos. PBK has hip, stylish and durable lunchbox accessories too including utensils, Thermos, Klean Kanteen, Lunchskins, sandwich punch cutters and more.
I am thrilled to offer a $100.00 eGift Card to Pottery Barn Kids so you can get started on your Back to School shopping pronto! I want to see your favorites for Back to School on Pinterest, whether it is recipes, blog posts, products, crafts….anything at all. (It’s OK if you don’t have a Pinterest account, there are many ways to enter this giveaway ~ see below.)
To enter please follow the rules below. The winner will be chosen by Random.org and will be emailed after 8/22/2012. The more entries you have the greater chance you have to win!
For lots more lunch packing ideas please visit my Project LunchBox Page.
Good Luck!
Disclosure: The photos in this post are from Pottery Barn Kids. This is self hosted and not solicited by the Company and their subsidiaries.
Would LOVE to win this..Thank you for a chance to win…
I would love this! My daughter would be delighted to go pick out some lunch stuff!
fav lunches to pack for the kids – pbjs and grapes or turkey roll ups
favorite thing to pack in a lunchbox? larabars or good quality granola/protein bars. 🙂
Jodie, have you seen my Telluride Trail Bars?? A great homemade granola bar 🙂
https://192.163.193.237/~marlamer/2011/03/03/peanut-butter-pretzel-granola-bars-recipe/
I always add some fruit to the lunchbox!
favorite thing to pack in a lunchbox: cheese sticks
Things I’ve packed in my daughter’s lunch that have been fun and yummy…homemade strawberry shortcake and pumpkin pie after Thanksgiving. A special treat for her.
Lacie, I am all about that pumpkin pie no matter what time of year!
I’ve not packed any lunches yet as my youngest is now entering school…but I’m most excited to send him to school with notes in his bag!!! Just something fun and special!!!
Heather, notes are always so special. We love to give them and kids love to get them. Stay tuned, I will be posting super cute lunchbox Printables soon!!
A lunchbox with a hefty portion of fruit salad is the best!!
Great giveaway!
fave thing to pack? a NAPKIN! That way I am not cleaning out the box for a half hour when it’s returned to me 🙂
Hilarious Averie!!
My daughter’s only half day so I dont have to pack lunch boxes yet, but when packing lunches for traveling or picnics I love whole wheat zucchini muffins.
Sarah, we love those too. Before you know it you will be packing those daily lunches too!!
Love this giveaway – thank you! Favorite thing to pack in the lunchbox? – fruit, turkey roll ups, and homemade granola bites.
Christine, sounds like an ideal lunch box!!
“What is your favorite thing to pack in a lunchbox?” A special note from Mom!!! I forgot one day and my son told me the next morning when I asked him what he wanted in he lunch “a note! I didn’t get one yesterday!”
Heather – that is sooooo super cute. Stay tuned, I am making cute lunchbox notes for you guys!
a container with kalamata olives & grape tomatoes
Lara, my son can’t get enough kalamata olives in his lunchbox too!
My favorite thing to pack in a lunch box is yogurt. It’s an easy, no-brainer and requires no prep work.
Becca, no prep work is always nice!! Especially when in a rush 😉
favorite thing in a lunch box: apple slices with peanut butter =)
This would be so nice to win 🙂 thanks for the chance
I’m not super creative in the lunch box department. Probably my favorite to pack is pbj because my 6 year old loves them and I don’t have to think too hard about them, plus they are easy to make cute with a sandwich punch. 🙂
Kimberly, we love PB&J too . It can be very nutritious, budget friendly and quick & easy. Too bad my kids school won’t allow any nuts 🙁
we homeschool, but I always like to have some sort of treat!
Awesome Claudia – I bet you need to have lots of food around!!
My favorite thing would be serrano ham and muenster cheese roll ups. I buy a pound each and as soon as I bring it home I’ll assemble the whole pound in roll ups,cut them up and skewer a couple on a toothpick. My daughter asks for them all the time!
Jennifer, I would like to move into your house. Those sound great!!
This is an INCREDIBLE giveaway! Thanks so much! 🙂
Pasta..:)
My favorite thing to pack in my daughters lunch box is hummus and red bell pepper strips. She adores this combo and doesn’t care if it’s healthy! It’s gluten-free and gives her a much needed energy boost to finish out the school day.
My favorite thing to pack in a lunchbox is whole grain pasta salad with mixed vegetables. It’s simple, delicious and healthy. Best of all, it’s also my kids favorite thing to eat.
This is a gr8 contest…right now my kids are loving to make their own pizza, copying Lunchables but homemade tastes better!
Baby carrots, string cheese, pb&j, fruit, yogurt, noodle salads, etc. I got lots of practice during this past school year while my daughter was in kindergarten.
my son LIVES for pb&j! i don’t think he would survive without them!! & applesauce!! **fingers double crossed** would love to win this!! 🙂
Cant beat a good old PB & J!
I like to add fruit or salad, and of course water
Favorite thing to pack in a lunchbox? Chicken Salad Sandwiches. My favorite from childhood that my grandmother would make me. It always reminded me of how much she loved me and now I pass that along to my kids.
Ellison, that is sooooo sweet 🙂
Love PBK and this blog. I’ve made a bunch of your recipes. Thanks for posting the giveaway.
Apple!
My favorite thing to pack in my hubby’s lunch box is the love note I leave him every day 🙂 Foodwise, I love packing pasta with veggies for my lunches.
Sallie, gotta love those sweet notes 🙂
I love packing salads in my lunchbox!
I always add fruit and a cheese stick. Even if they don’t eat the “main attraction” those things always get consumed.
This is perfect! I’m trying to “go green” this school year, while trying to make healthier, home-made lunches. I’d love to be able to splurge on lunch stuff!!!
Favorite thing to pack? A fruit!
A fantastic giveaway!
I love all school lunch products! My kids take lunch to school everyday and these options are fantastic!
favorite thing to pack for lunch is fruit
still need to wrap my head around the kids going back to school next week. these are all such happy options for our kids homemade lunches!
lovin it
How fun! My little cousins are going back to school in a new city this year, it would be fun if I could send them a little present!
P.S. My favorite thing to pack in a lunchbox are pickles! Funny, I know, but I love the crunch and saltiness!
My daughter is headed to Kindergarten and I am so excited to pack her some amazing lunches!! 🙂
I love packing Pia hot soup in a thermos to keep her warm and cozy in the middle of a chilly fall day.
favorite is to add a little note for my girls or a special surprise treat for them each day. Just a little note seems to make their day and mine!!! Thanks for the opportunity to win!!
I try to always pack a little home-made sweet like a cookie or something. I always had them in my lunch so I like to carry on the tradition. 🙂
We pack the standard PB & J sandwich because I know it will get eaten. My daughter also loves fresh green beans.
Love PBK!! Thank you for a great giveaway!
We pack a lot of wraps–customizable to whatever everyone likes.
I love a sandwich (with whatever we have lying around) and an apple.
It is always nice to win something!
With 4 kids, back to school shopping is SO expensive! This would be wonderful to win!!! Thanks for the giveaway.
My favorite thing to pack is a peanut butter sandwich, yogurt, string cheese & Fruit!
love to pack organic carrot twiglets and homemade ranch dressing!
My son is all about the veggies, so I like to pack an assortment of veggies for him to snack.
PB&J–no refrigeration required!
We love hummus with veggies or pita chips in our lunches.
Fresh fruit.
My sons really dig it when I put sliced grilled chicken in their lunch boxes. Pretty random for little dudes, but they are in to it!
What an awesome giveaway! I love PBK too. Sadly there is not a PBK store here, but I’m no stranger to the website 🙂 Thanks Marla!
My favorite thing to pack in my daughter’s lunch box are the little notes I leave her everyday!
homemade cookies
My son doesn’t need to take boxed lunches to school yet, but he loves lunch boxes! He stores his rock collections in them! We also use them on road trips. My kids love having their own snacks. My favorite thing to include in their lunch boxes is baby carrots and fresh fruit.
My daughter starts kindergarten soon and she already has her backpack picked out at pb kids!
unfortunately my dd loves when I give her junk!!
ham sanwich
I like to pack a lunchable, chips and fruit snacks.
I would love all of them! My little girl doesn’t have anything yet!
I haven’t packed a single lunch yet so I have no idea what is going to be my favorite. I better start looking through your website!
My son will eat a full sandwhich so I always pack that and carrots!
Love this! Thanks for encouraging my Pottery Barn Kids obsession!
Veggies & Hummus
I don’t fuss too much with lunchbox items unless I’m absolutely sure my kids will eat it. One thing I know they both love is fruit. Grapes are a perfect lunchbox item – fun to eat, and they don’t need refrigeration during school hours. Best of all, they never come back home in the lunchbox.
PB&J
Leftovers!!
We homeschool but my daughter still likes to use her lunchbox. I make sure she has fruit in her lunchbox. It seems to be easier to get her to eat it when it comes from a cool lunchbox!
capri suns! who doesn’t love those?!
jello cups
I would love to win this giveaway!! http://pinterest.com/abby060709/back-2-school/
My daughter’s favorites: homemade applesauce, turkey and cheese, fruit of any kind, and larabars!
fruit
fruit snacks!
great giveaway girl! Can’t believe it’s time for school soon. We have registration this week
I know, I am so not ready for this…
Great contest! 😀
Sorry, the instructions for leaving a comment were unclear. I have to pack snacks and lunches for my daughter due to food allergies…I like to pack fresh fruit and veggies in unexpected ways!
Jessica, I LOVE the unexpected too!
Carrot sticks and hummus.
Pottery Barn, no matter the branch, will always have a place in my heart. And since I’m not a parent and my more recent role has been the kid, I’d say my favorite thing to GET in my lunchbox was always leftovers from some dinner out. Always made my day so much better 🙂
LOVE that Dana 🙂
I like packing cute notes and riddles in the lunchbox. We are lucky that our school has a salad bar, do she sometimes get hot lunch with fresh fruit and veggies too.
My favorite thing to put in a lunch box is fresh fruit!
My favorite thing to pack in a lunchbox is a note or special treat, especially on days when I know it will be a hard or long day and for special days.
I’d love the PBK card!!! They have the cutest stuff!
I’d pack a cheese sandwich, with fruits, veggies, and a little homemade treat!
I love salsa or hummus, stuff to eat that is healthy but feels like a special treat!
I love to put in popcorn for my son!
Since my daughter goes to a peanut free daycare, I love packing her a cream cheese and jelly sanwich cut into a cookie cutter shape (sometimes I’ll give the leftover crust to my husband in his lunch!)
I love the applesauce pouches! So handy for my little ones to eat!
I would like to win.
Fun giveaway, Marla 🙂
What a giveaway! So exciting! Fingers crossed!
I love packing cut out sandwiches 🙂
How fun thanks for the giveaway!
My daughter is starting preschool, so this would be awesome to win:)
I love to pack Zucchini chips. She loves them!
Our favorite thing to pack in a lunchbox are wraps 🙂
My favorite things to pack in a lunchbox are sandwiches fruits and cookies!
My daughter LOVE fruits or fun shaped sandwiches!
I love your project lunch box. working to turn our school into a ‘waste free’ zone.
I love the personalized lunch totes and boxes.
My favorite thing to pack in my children’s lunch is fresh fruit and veggies and yogurt!
The Kids would LOVE this! We pack lunch almost every day!
I love packing fresh Clementine oranges. They’re so easy to just toss in my son’s lunchbox and he has no trouble peeling them.
Cookies!
My son loves fresh strawberries and greek yogurt in his lunch.
shaped sandwiches…. I cant wait to try to make those tulluride bars! & is there a recipe for any whioe wheat zucchini muffins? They sound great.
I love packing cute animal rice balls in my son’s lunch 🙂
Hummus with veggies and some fruit! And a piece of dark chocolate.
I love packing pudding cups!! Yummmmm
I would love to win! This is the 1st year I have to buy 2 backpacks & lunchboxes as my youngest starts VPK, sniff, sniff!
favorite thing to pack is a note, joke, or some other personal bit to let her know we love her and make her smile.
Love PBK!!
I love to pack fresh fruit!
We love PB & banana
I am so excited to start packing my 1st grader her lunches! She always loves lots of fresh fruit
Mango. Yes, a little off the beaten path, but I love to see mango in my lunch box or slip it into my children’s boxes.
Great blogsite! First time seeing it:) (via the Pioneer Woman) Nice topics~ Have a great day!
Denise
We are all about healthy and that means packing our stuff everywhere. Would love the packing items.
I would love love love to win this! I send lunch with my daughter to school. She just started Kindergarten and I would love to get some of those stainless steel storage containers or the thermos ones!
I try to pack something different each day so that the kids don’t get bored with the same old stuff. I am going to try more Bento Box ideas this year. Wish me luck!
My oldest is going into the third grade this year and since last year I’ve been obsessed with her lunch! LOL I’ve scoured pintrest to find healthy and creative recipes for my picky one and creative containers to try them in. I’m ready for this school year!!
A great sandwich!
Ham sandwich
I like to pack a sandwich, a fruit and a vegetable ~ the more colorful the better!
Favorite lunch to pack? Pretty standard: sandwich, fruit or veggie, treat, drink, but to change things up I change up the types of drink, sandwiches, treats, fruit. etc.
Favorite thing to pack in a lunch? A homemade meal and easy to eat fruit.
I love to pack soups in the winter & fresh fruit in bite size pieces in the summer.
Can’t find the rules for the giveaway, but I’ll follow everyone else’s lead- my favorite thing to pack is PB&J, organic fruit, organic yogurt and small piece of dark chocolate for a “healthier” sweet treat!
Edamame!
awesome giveaway! thanks
This would be awesome to win!
smoked turkey and veggies on a brown rice wrap with light cream cheese! yum!
Thanks for the opportunity!
this is awesome! my son would love the super hero items. how fun, and I never thought to look at PBK for lunch box items! 🙂
I love to make home-made versions of Lunchables, that would be even more fun with Pottery Barn lunch gear!
This would be great for back to school!
I enjoy a great fresh salad with cherry tomatoes and raspberry vinegrette.
I love the PBK backpacks and lunch boxes
My daughter loves crackers and cheese with fruits and veggies.
We love Pottery Barn Kids! The boys cannot wait to rock their pbk backpacks on the first day of school!
Just found your blog via Pinterest. Love it!
Thanks Pam!
I love anything leftovers. So easy!
We LOVE PBK at this house!! My son would love to have the spiderman sets for school.
oops!! forgot the question–strawberries!
This would be perfect for my son!
pancakes! use cookie cutters to make them into fun shapes and put real maple syrup in a container (seperate) w/a lid.
My kids love mini pizza’s and fruit in their lunchboxes.
My kids’ favorite things to have in their lunch boxes are leftovers – it helps that their school has microwaves to use. They would LOVE to get some things from Pottery Barn! 🙂
We LOVE packing lunches at our house 🙂 Easy, cute, healthy, & affordable. They would LOVE to get some things from Pottery Barn!
Home made fruit roll ups
I homeschool so i don’t have to pack lunches regularly, but when I do, i love putting salame, cheese and crackers so they can make their own “lunchables” sandwiches
A special homemade gluten free casein lunch gets my son through a busy school day. A differrent note keyed to the particular day of the week feeds his hungry brain too!
oops that should read gluten free and casein free!
I usually pack a sandwich and fresh fruits. My kids love ham and turkey sandwiches with lettuce and cucumbers.
Love to pack frozen grapes!
“Ants on a log” but with craisins instead of raisins : )
Who does not love a good PBJ with fresh ground PB and homemade J 🙂
Freezer smoothies
This is an awesome giveaway!!! I would Love this!
I would love to win this. I try to keep all my kids item bpa free. My favorite thing in my sons lunchbox homemade healthy whole food made by my son and me. My son attends a charter school and the school encourages whole healthy foods. My son loves banana muffins and spinach and feta wraps
Yogurt, string cheese, and PB with dippers like pretzel sticks or apple slices.
fresh fruit. I love the fact that my son consumes lots and lots of fresh fruit, year round. Luckily we live in So. Cal. where we have access to a wide variety of fresh produce all year.
I love to pack salads and fruit in my lunch box, and my son loves fruit!
peanut butter and jelly sandwiches
I like to pack frozen gogurt in my daughters lunch and she always likes fresh fruit also
I like to pack frozen gogurt in my daughters lunch
Apples and PB (assuming PB is permitted)
I always try to sneak in a baked treat. That’s why I love to use fruits and veggies in brownies, bars and cupcakes. 🙂
Favorite thing to pack in a lunchbox…graham crackers and orange juice because that is my daughter’s favorite snack!
I like packing dinner left overs with veggies and a fruit.
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Edamame hummus and chips, yum.
OMG I would sooo love to win this! I’ve been wanting new bentos and lunch accessories for my kids!
I’m a huge fan of Pottery Barn Kids AND Family Fresh Cooking! Great giveaway!
This is the beginning of my second week packing lunch for my new kindergartener and I think my favorite thing is just knowing that it’s homemade. It’s like sending and extra hug from Mom in his lunchbox everyday.
Our favorite thing to pack in a lunchbox is fresh fruit and veggies!
favorite lunch to pack is re-doing lunchables and making momables with healthier versions of the lunchables. My son loved it last year!
This looks awesome! Love your blog 🙂
I would certainly love to win this drawing!
My favorite thing to pack? Chicken Salad (with BBQ sauce). Thanks!
PB & J
Love to pack sandwiches!
Interactive lunches are a big hit with my 4 year-old. Build your own sandwich, bagel, taco etc. Thanks for the giveaway!
Sandwiches- peanut butter or ham are my kids favorites.
My Favorite thing to pack in a lunch box for my kids is Fruit..They love it and it’s healthy…
Veggies & dip! They always get eaten! 🙂
My daughter loves me to make her homemade lunchables. I like to use healthier ingredients. I always pack some vegetable and some fruit and a small special treat. Thanks for the chance, it’s an awesome prize!
My girls love fresh cut fruit in their lunches. Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
Carrots or apple slices. My daughter loves them! (And a little love note)
Other than a healthy snack like fruit or cheese , i like to pack a little note saying have a great day, love you, mamma 🙂
Our staple and favorite in lunches are yogurt parfaits. The ingredients vary widely from fruits, granola, mini marshmallows, chocolate chips, etc.
My daughter loves some soft cheese snacks in her lunch box!
I like to pack grapes. they’re juicy and fun to eat
Wow! What a wonderful giveaway. Lunches are the typical sandwich type: pbj or ham and cheese, grapes, a treat, some sort of chips. This giveaway is amazing and would be a blessing for any of us struggling financially. Thank you! Good luck everyone!
My favorite thing to pack, a love note:)
I love to pack a “bento” style lunch for my daughter!!
I <3 Fam Fresh Cooking and I <3 PBK!
We love Pottery barn kids! The quality it the best!!
We have the Bento boxes and I my kiddos love to fill each compartment with something different! Subs, wraps, fruit, veggies, crackers & pretzels!!
Pbnj &j with fresh fruit!
Marshmallows. I love to add a few mini marshmallows to an otherwise healthy lunch.
My favorite thing to pack is a turkey and chesse on pita, some white bean hummus and pretzels, and a fruit cup.
Love love love! believe it or not, my kids love celery, so I add celery sticks and some salted almonds. They help me roast them so they love showing off their cooking efforts!
I find that foods that can be assembled tend to go over the best.
What a wonderful contest! My daughter would LOVE to pick out her back to school items from pottery barn! Thanks!!
favorite thing in lunches…pbj all the way!!!
We love to do homemade lunchables
LOVE all things Pottery Barn – it would be GREAT to win this, thanks for the chance!
So glad to find your blog…just in time too! My first time doing school & lunches! 🙂
I would love to win this! My son could sure use new backpack and lunch box!
I always liked to pack apples w/peanut butter for dipping. Drizzling some lemon lime soda over the sliced apples keeps them from browning in the lunchbox.
Favorite lunch box item: hummus and veggie dippers!
fruit, any kind it a specail treat for them.
My son loves pb&j, carrots, grapes, and Sunchips! So easy to pack on a busy school morning!
I love packing fresh fruit and a little treat (brownie, cookie)