What do you pack for lunch for 4 yo kinder?

[Mak]

So DD1 is starting 4yo kinder tomorrow - it is a big day from 9-3.15.
We have 2 options for the actual lunchbox, lol but I am starting to obsess about what to pack for her, enough healthy stuff to be interesting and appealling but not over do it!
So the plan is a sandwich, container of grapes, yoghurt (sml tub frozen) and some popcorn. They have to take some fruit to share also. I was planning on freezing some water in her bottle so the rest remains cool.
So any tips, ideas and hints???

[BeautifulMadness]

when i figure it out ill let you know lol

[Tinks]

I think what you've got sounds fine.

I used to put sultanas, yoghurt, cheese, saladas, yoghurt, fruit (cut up), popcorn, sometimes I did a small salad for them and sometimes a LeSnack.

[Mak]

Thanks for the replies! One of the mums made an off the cuff comment about being shocked about the crap in the kids lunches which has made me think about things a bit too much.

[*Belle*]

Is it for just lunch or also morning afternoon tea?

At DD1 old kinder we had to supply morning/afternoon tea and lunch

I would put: water sandwich, cheese, yogurt, fruit and sultana's we were not allowed to give popcorn or anything else resembling non healthy (they classified popcorn as not healthy and juice too)

At DD1 new kinder we just supply lunch only, they get morning and afternoon tea of fruit plates and cheese, so I just supply a sandwich and yogurt and maybe sultana's if she wants. and water .

[~*Niadalla*~]

Gosh, what happens if you have a SUPER fussy child like mine, who doesn't do fruit??

[Queen]

My DD1 has a few variations of the following
Vegemite Sanwich, sultanas, celery/carrot sticks, sakatas, corn thins, vege chips, popcorn, yoghurt, cheese sticks, dried apple.

Good luck

[*Belle*]

interesting our centre wont allow musli bars of any sort due to nut free policy and yes any kina popcorn is considered unhealthy so are rice wheels only plain crackers allowed i even got in trouble for giving a milk arrowroot bickie and juice

[Phteven]

The fruit museli bars in the purple packet are nut free (except for 'traces'). I think they're called Be Natural.
By rice wheels do you mean the puffed rice crackers because they are pretty much only rice and air if you buy the plain ones? I imagine the flavoured ones have got some crazy stuff in them.
I think it's kind of funny that the centers have rules because once they get to school it's pretty much open slather lol. Personally just so long as my children don't take food that is dangerous to other children (ie nuts, bees & shellfish) I don't see that their baby sitters have any right to tell me what to feed them.

[Tinks]

Our kinder didn't allow muesli bars because they weren't healthy.

[Astrid]

I think it's kind of funny that the centers have rules because once they get to school it's pretty much open slather lol. Personally just so long as my children don't take food that is dangerous to other children (ie nuts, bees & shellfish) I don't see that their baby sitters have any right to tell me what to feed them.

I think that would make an interesting discussion. Personally I am in two minds about it, overall I don't think that they should tell us what we can send, but I have found the restrictions helpful.