17 Easter Lunchbox Jokes-of-the-Day

Continuing with the lunchbox jokes for the month of April, I rounded up some of my personal favorites from around the web. These are from the following sites: Activity Village, examiner.com, Kidspot, Story Soup Kids, and Squigly's Playhouse. Again, I typed these up, added free clip art and printed them. Then, I cut them apart and I'll place one into Mia's lunch each day that she has school this month.

Q: How does the Easter Bunny keep his fur neat?

A: With a hare brush!

Q: How many Easter eggs can you put in an empty basket?

A: Only one – after that it’s not empty anymore!

Q: Why did the Easter egg hide?

A: He was a little chicken!

Q: What do you call a rabbit who tells good jokes?

A: A funny bunny!

Q: How does the Easter Bunny stay in shape?

A: Lots of eggs-ercise!

Q: What kinds of stories does rabbits like best?

A: Ones with hoppy endings.

Q: What do you get when you cross a bee and a rabbit?

A: A honey bunny!

Q: What kind of music do rabbits like?

A: Hip hop.

Q: Why shouldn’t you tell an Easter egg a joke?

A: It might crack up!

Q: What’s the Easter Bunny’s favorite sport?

A: Basketball!

Q: How did the soggy Easter Bunny dry himself?

A: With a hare dryer!

Q: How do rabbits travel?

A: By hare plane!

Q: How can you tell which rabbits are the oldest?

A: Just look for the gray hares.

Q: Why can’t a rabbit’s nose be 12 inches long?

A: Because then it would be a foot!

Q: What kind of beans never grow in a garden?

A: Jelly beans!

Q: Why did the Easter Bunny cross the road?

A: To prove he wasn’t chicken!

Knock knock.

Who’s there?

Candy.

Candy who?

Candy Easter Bunny carry all those treats in one basket?

Back in the Running!

Good news, everyone! I am officially back in the running for Mom of the Year. Yesterday, I figured out that if I arranged the grilled cheese sandwich slices in a pyramid shape and then nestled fruits and veggies into the compartments, the little dude would nearly make it into the "Clean Plate Club." (Not that I ever force the kids to eat everything, but you get the point, right?) This was huge, like 3-point-shot-from-the-half-court-line-nothin'-but-net HUGE. Go, Team Mommy!

{Mommy shoots and scores! Everyone wins!}

To make the pyramid, first cut the sandwich in half on the diagonal to get two triangles. Set one aside and cut the other in half to make two smaller triangles. Place the large triangle upright, with the flat side as its base. Then, set each of the two smaller triangles flush against the big triangle, so that the flat cut edges serve as the bases and the sides that rest against the large triangle. It should look like the two small triangles are pieced back together, with the other sandwich half dissecting them. This sounds slightly complicated as I am trying to explain it, but it is truly simple!

An Eggstra Special Lunch

About a year ago, I saw this idea on Pinterest for an "Easter egg lunch hunt." I didn't set it up as an actual egg hunt, but I did serve the kids their lunch in leftover Easter eggs today. This was a HUGE hit! Both Mia and Logan were really surprised and excited to see what was inside each egg, even though there wasn't a single jelly bean or piece of chocolate anywhere in sight. Each child got an egg crate with plastic eggs containing:

1. baby carrots
2. cucumber slices
3. cherry tomatoes
4. green grapes
5. blueberries
6. strawberries
7. blackberries
8. Cheez-It crackers
9. peanuts
10. Craisins
11. string cheese (cut into quarters and each kid got 2 sections)
12. cooked cubed chicken

{Whoa! Chicken! Yay!}

My kids had different strategies for dealing with their "eggstra special lunch." Mia ate hers somewhat methodically, opening one egg at a time, for the most part. Logan opened all of his eggs, dumped the contents onto the table, and then ate a mishmash of foods together. In the end, it was all the same. Everybody was happy, including this mama. I had found a clever way to get them both to eat a nice variety of foods. The portions were small enough to keep them interested, which meant that they actually ate almost everything I served them, and I am sure most moms will agree that can be a huge challenge.

{Lunch is served.}

Normally, my kids are pretty good eaters, but it was still rewarding to hear their exclamations of joy over all the different healthy choices that they were given. It's not often I hear such joyous cheers for "Blackberries!" and "Cherry tomatoes!" In particular, I was pleasantly surprised by how well the chicken was received. In a typical situation, they would be indignant if I tried to serve them plain, cold chicken, but finding it inside of eggs was exciting enough to elicit reactions like "Whoa! Chicken. Yay!" I was just trying to figure out what kind of protein I could get in there, and once I saw the cut-up chicken in the refrigerator, I figured it was worth a shot. Clearly, serving lunch in Easter eggs was a winner of an idea. I'm not saying I would always resort to gimmicks to get them to eat well. However, switching things up was fun and unexpected for them. It may be a good idea to occasionally serve little portions of lots of different foods in muffin tins or ice cube trays, just to make food more fun.