Field Trip Lunch!

Molly is going on a field trip tomorrow.  She and several other children in GATE/High-Achieving Students are heading to the Pittsburgh Playhouse to see, "Yo Vikings!"  Molly can't wait because she gets to dress up, ride a school bus (we live on the same street as the school so we walk) and seeing a fun play.  Yo Vikings! is about a girl named Emma who's world is transformed into an epic Viking adventure.  We used the flyer that came home as our inspiration for Molly's packed "brown bag" lunch.

Our main entree is a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.  We cut out a Viking shape and used our food safe markers to create a Viking.  We put this sandwich in a recyclable blueberry container so that it won't be squished.  We got this idea from our friend Keeley McGuire, who also blogs about her daughter's lunch.  Click here for the post that we got the idea from.

Our vegetable side is baby carrots.  Molly requested these because they tasted good to her today.

Our fruit side is an apple/strawberry squeeze applesauce on the go.  No bruising of the fruit and lots of yummy flavor.

We added pretzels, Annie's Snickerdoodle Bunnies and Annie's Organic Fruit Snacks and a mini bottle of water to round out Molly's lunch.

Molly's lunch bag is our take on the cover art for the book "Yo Vikings!", but we made Molly the main character, Emma.  We also changed the title to Yo Molly! so that she has her name on her lunch, as requested.  ☺

Field Trip Lunch

Molly is going to Old Economy tomorrow.  I remember going there when I was a child.  It is so much fun and they do it up so nicely.  The old time German traditions are so much fun and the fantasy of Christmas from a different country just ups the excitement level.

Since it is field trip day, we are packing a sack lunch with a twist.

Our main entree is a salami and cheese sandwich.  We used a holly leaf and berry cookie cutter to cut it out.  We then used food safe markers to decorate them a little bit.

Our vegetable side is sliced carrots.  Molly said that these are easier to eat than sticks so we're making it as easy as possible for her.

Our fruit side is apple slices.  We quartered a small apple, cored it, then used our crinkle knife to cut it into smaller pieces.

Our dairy side is a babybel cheese with a little star cut out of it.

We are sending in a small bottle of water for her to drink.

Finally, our fun little treat is a small rice krispie treat.  We made these for a play date that Molly's little sister had yesterday and Molly is the lucky recipient of a left over treat.

Here are a few pictures of Molly's lunch bag.  She asked us to make it fancy so we did our best.

Front of the bag.












                                                Back of the bag.