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Adding special treasures such as
small toys, pencils,erasers, markers and stickers will be sure to perk up a
boring lunch.
When my children were small, I heard about a neat way to explain
love to them using the word picture of a "Love Bucket". We all have
our own personal Love Buckets that can be filled to any level just
like a bucket of water. We feel best when our Love Buckets are full.
Throughout the day, our Love Buckets get jostled and they slop and
splash and sometimes even get kicked over. We can fill each other's
Love Buckets with acts of kindness, hugs, special privileges, words
of appreciation and time spent together.
Lunch Bag Smiles, such as an inexpensive treat, fun food or a note
are easy ways to fill your children's Love Buckets. You don't have to
include something every day and in fact it will be more special if
it's an unexpected surprise.
Try these other wonderful ideas to make lunch time special for your
children, or come up with other creative, love-fill ideas of your
own.
Glue to the back of a picture of your pet and put in your child's
lunch bag.
Hole Punch to fit over your child's straw.
Pack a laugh for the day by including a funny food riddle.
Excerpted with permission from SUPER EASY BAG LUNCHES ISBN
0-9691665-2-4 (The Learning Center Press $12.95US/
16.95CNDN) and is reprinted with permission. Copyright 1999
by Maxine Sprague. Visit Maxine's website at www.telusplanet.net/public/cscltd/
or email her at tlcpress@telusplanet.net
A must have book for EVERY parent!! Maxine Sprague's Super Easy Bag
Lunches is a tremendous resource for all parents. From picky eaters,
to cooking with the kids, this book offers practical, insightful and
fun advice for both parents and children! ~ Kellie Head, Editor, ParentingHumor.com
"Super Easy Bag Lunches" by Maxine Sprague is the book every busy
parent has been waiting for. The attractive, 156-page spiral-bound
book is packed full of creative ideas for promoting a healthy food
attitude, time-saving shortcuts, getting the whole family involved,
safety practices, and perking up the bag lunches with treats,
riddles, and fun food snacks. The book even contains an
easy-to-follow pattern for making your own environment-friendly cloth
lunch bag. The latter part of the book contains recipes that are
quick to prepare and are sure to be kid-pleasers. Don't start the
school year without it. ~ Bonnie Thompson & Rae Kabernick, Co-Editors of Farmlife
section, Grainews
Let's Get Cooking!
While there are many reasons for teaching kids to cook -- less expensive than eating out, preserves family heritage, etc, the most important
reason is that by teaching your child to cook, you're giving him a better chance to be a healthy grown-up. Enabling your child with the ability
to appreciate freshness and to transform ingredients into tasty foods opens their eyes to making wiser choices about what to eat...
Let's Get Cooking!
