The Best Lunchboxes for Kids
It’s nearly back to school time again!
If you need to update your lunchboxes, check out my round up of the best lunchboxes for kids. Depending on the age of your child, your budget and your preferences, there are lunchboxes for everyone!
♥ Planetbox
These lunchboxes are so popular and with good reason! They are the ultimate in waste free, safe lunchboxes. Made from 100% great quality stainless steel, they are able to go in the dishwasher. There are lots of different sizes and options to suit your child’s appetite.
PlanetBox is designed to keep foods from “touching each other.” When you close the PlanetBox the top and the bottom meet so that foods will not co-mingle, even when carried and stored on its side. The seal on the PlanetBox itself is not designed to hold wet, messy foods like yogurt, dips, and applesauce. The Dipper included is the best option to use for foods such as these. They have a silicone rubber seal that engages when placed inside the PlanetBox to create a tight leak-proof seal.
♥ Cheeki Leakproof
This is what mums everywhere have been waiting for and wanting. A stainless steel lunchbox that is affordable and leak proof!!
This new one from Cheeki is double layered and has a silicone seal under the lid (which doesn’t touch your food) – genius. There are three variations: double stacked, regular and large so you can find a size that suits you.
Get Cheeki leakproof lunch boxes here.
♥ Lunchbots Quads
These stainless steel lunchboxes from Lunchbots are great for waste free lunches. Made of the highest grade stainless steel, you can get them with or without a protective, colourful cover. They are easy to clean, easy to open, virtually unbreakable and will not rust or stain. They are not watertight, so best for snacks without a lot of juice!
♥ Yumbox
One of the only lunch boxes that is leakproof! The Yumbox has five different 1/2 cup compartments and a little dipper. It has one lid to seal it all up. Yoghurt, dip and sauces will be not leak out! It has a kid-friendly latch and is designed for toddlers upwards.
Made from food safe materials, it is BPA and phthalate free, dishwasher safe and durable. Yumbox comes in pink, green, purple and blue and they also fit snugly into the the seriously cute So Young lunchbags.
Get Yumbox online here.
♥ Goodbyn
Goodybn lunchboxes come in a range of colours and sizes. They are a great waste-free lunchbox, with separate compartments and one lid. The lunchboxes are made from safe plastic – #5 PP (polypropylene) – one of the most benign plastics on the market and 100% FDA approved materials . There is no lead, BPA, phthalates or PVC and they are totally 100% recyclable.
It’s a sturdy lunchbox and you can get extra accessories like a leak proof dipper container, ice bricks, stickers and insulated lunch bags.
Have a great back to school!
Thanks for the great guide!!
Thanks for stopping by lovely! xxx
Thanks for this very handy reveiew.
(Ps the Yumbox link is not working for me)
Thanks Trish. It’s working for me – try again? otherwise it’s http://www.sustainababy.com.au/brands/Yumbox
Hi Sonia, Thanks for this great list! I’m keen to move away from plastic, especially with our kitchenware, and I’ve been googling around about what to look for with stainless steel products i.e.. quality, grade etc. and read something about stainless steel that is manufactured in China being questionable to say the least (the article claims that China has a “proven track record of manufacturing steel products contaminated with everything from lead to cadmium, asbestos, Cobalt-60 and other radioactive wastes…” And apparently it’s way too expensive to manufacture elsewhere. I haven’t dug any deeper on this, it’s just one article I’ve come across. I’ve been keen on Planetbox and LunchBots so far, both of which are made in China…. Feels frustrating when sometimes there seems to be an ‘issue’ to come up against, every way you turn. Basically I just want the safest product in the land, but I’m probably just overthinking it I guess.
Heya! I have never heard that! I will do some investigating and ask around.
Hi Sonia, Thank you so much that would be great, I really value your research and posts. Kind regards, Tania
A great overview – thank you!
Thanks for stopping by Malinda! 🙂
They all look lovely but can a 3-4yeard old open them? I’ve been looking everywhere for containers that are easy to open and no joy yet!
I guess it depends on the child! You would need to try them out. 🙂
Great lunchboxes – we have the lunchbots ones & love them.
Thanks for the feedback Tracey x
This is a very timely post as I need to find my son a new lunchbox. Finally making the move from tupperware.
Let us know what you get Bren
We use laptop lunchboxes. They are leakproof, you can change the containers on the inside so you can take bigger things etc, has a spot for fork and spoon, they are bpa, phtalate free etc and made in the USA. My eldest daughter has been using hers for three years now and it is still great – we just bought another one for my youngest – online was $30 but have seen them advertised at a much higher price elsewhere.
Some feedback on Planet Boxes from the school perspective. You’ve done a great job on listing the positives (which I agree with), here are some of the downsides: very apt to bursting open at the latch if dropped or mishandled by littlies (which happens alot – hey, they’re small!) showering food everywhere, the seal is not tight so ants, etc. can and do get in, the dipper/yoghurt containers are very hard to open for littlies as they sort of ‘vacumn’ together, may not be large enough for teenagers in terms of capacity.
Thanks Alex, they are better suited to older children. 🙂