12 Adorable Ways To Add A Little Action To Your Child’s Lunchbox

Top-secret missions, napkin notes, and googly eyes. There are lots of ways to bring some action to your kid’s lunch — like Mini Babybel, the action hero of lunchtime.

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1. Create a top-secret lunch for your little agent.

Create a fun surprise and make a classified mission for your kiddo to look forward to when they get home.

2. Make silly disguises on the napkins for your kids and their friends to play with.

Let your goofball be the international person of mystery their heart desires.

3. Write them an action-packed poem.

Give them a little playful pick-me-up with a handwritten poem.

4. Let them get in on the fun — with googly eyes!

You may not want them to play with their food, but let them play with their

napkin!

5. Go thumbercover with a personalized napkin.

Leave a little personal touch on your kid’s lunch for them to discover.

6. Make paper cutouts of your family for them to play with at lunch.

Just because they’re away at school doesn’t mean you can’t stay with them.

7. Send them on a mini-scavenger hunt.

Put them to the test by hiding a written note inside their lunchbox.

8. Make a themed lunch with a fun challenge for them.

Bring your kid’s favorite thing to life at lunchtime.

9. Write a word puzzle on the front of the napkin for them to solve.

Put your kids to the test with a fun puzzle. The answer to this brainteaser is "understand."

10. Give your kid a chuckle with a silly joke.

Keep it simple but silly by writing a joke or an inside joke on a napkin.

11. Bring their favorite animal to life.

Pack a zoo in your kid’s lunch by using a cookie cutter on their sandwich.

12. Create a powered-up lunch!

Lunch is the fuel that helps your kids grow, so give them a lunch packed with great power-ups to help them defeat the sandwich.

Photographs by Lauren Zaser © BuzzFeed 2016.

Add some action with the bold snack of Mini Babybel.