15 Kids Halloween Lunch Ideas
What better way to spook your little ones on Freaky Friday than in their lunch boxes? If you want to give them a little munching-hour scare, keep scrolling for 15 Halloween lunch ideas that your little goblins are sure to gobble up! And let’s be real: You’d be just as happy as they are to sink your teeth into these things for your Halloween lunch.
1. Monster Sandwiches: Even when he’s trying, the classic ham and cheese sandwich has a hard time pulling off scary. (via Land O’ Moms)
2. Spooky Carrot Curry Soup: Move over, tomato soup. This spicy carrot soup will keep you warm and fill you up on a crisp, autumn day. (via Self Proclaimed Foodie)
3. Candy Corn Pizza: We can’t get enough of the three-hued candy kernels once they hit the shelves — and now it’s in pizza form? Fuhgettaboutit! (via Tablespoon)
4. Frankenwich #131: Build this monster in your kid’s bento box, and they’ll have enough energy to power up and get through the day. (via Susan Yuen)
5. Quesadilla Mummies: Fill ’em up with your kid’s faves, like chicken, cheese, beans, tomatoes and avocado, and let them decorate their own dinner before going trick or treating. (via Kids Activities Blog)
6. Halloween Top Ramen: Concoct this boo-tiful bowl of hearty soup. It’s filling because of the sausage fingers, the egg white ghosts and yolk dirt. (via Pickled Plum)
7. Sorcerer’s Apprentice Broom Snacks: These brooms might not be able to grow arms and carry buckets of water, but they are plentiful and just as adorable. (via Instructables)
8. Homemade Halloween Chips: Use cat and bat cookie cutters to make Halloween shapes out of both flour and corn tortillas, dip them in your favorite flavoring and bake until crisp. (via Simply Designing)
9. Hot Dog Mummies: Kids will have fun dipping these in ketchup and laughing about their gruesome grub. Bone appetite! (via Dessert Now Dinner Later)
10. Graveyard Pudding Cups: Here’s a cute dessert ready for your kiddos to gobble up before you can say boo, and it’s great for classroom parties, too! (via Party Pinching)
11. Pumpkin Quesadilla: Swap out a grilled cheese for this easy peasy, cheesy family favorite. (via Eye Likes Food)
12. Pumpkin Stuffed French Toast: We could have breakfast for breakfast, lunch or dinner but this is a spook-tacular way to start Halloween morning. (via Family Fresh Cooking)
13. Black Pasta: There’s something delightfully wicked about the stark color of this charcoal pasta. Mix in a creamy pumpkin sauce for a frightfully festive dish. (via Grimgrains)
14. Halloween Worm Sandwiches: All-time kid-favorite hot dogs come to the rescue again. They’ll love this sammie so much, we bet they won’t even squirm when they see it. (via The Peach Kitchen)
15. Mummy Milanos: These triple-chocolate-dipped cookies are a tasty delight to wrap up a Halloween-themed meal. (via Chelsea’s Messy Apron)
*BONUS* Halloween Lunch Box Notes: Keep spirits high with a little lunchtime laughter. Bwahahaha! (via Skip to My Lou)
Have other Halloween-themed meal ideas? Leave us a comment!