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Halloween is coming and this time I year I enjoy having a little extra fun with meals. Why not treat your children by creating something spooky and spectacular! With our girls being in school now I’ve taken the lunch box seriously this year and am trying to create even more fun memories with lunch.
Jif Creamy Hazelnut Spreads are a great way to sneak in some fun into the lunch box. The newest flavor offering is the Jif Salted Caramel Hazelnut Spread. It’s rich and creamy and it’s going to transform your child’s lunch box!! To have a little fun we created a salted caramel and white chocolate pudding with a banana and Jif Salted Caramel Hazelnut Spread sandwich. There’s also some yellow cauliflower, grape tomatoes and cucumber and olive eyeballs.
Our girls started by making a box white chocolate pudding. It’s simple enough for kids and gets them learning to measure and stir on their own. Our girls enjoy cooking in the kitchen and it’s something fun for us to do together.
After we made the pudding we blended it with a 1/4 cup of Jif Salted Caramel Hazelnut Spread. 
The cucumber and olive eyeballs are also one of my favorite things to make. Cut cucumber, create a small hole with a spoon. Add cream cheese and push in an olive. I stuffed the olives myself with red pimentos. 
To make a spooky sandwich I simply used the Jif Salted Caramel Hazelnut Spread and banana. My girls love bananas and they make the perfect topping to the sandwich. 
A simple lunch box addition is a simple piece of paper. It can add a lot of color and really makes the lunch fun and exciting. We serves the Salted Caramel and White Chocolate Pudding along side and topped it with fun Halloween sprinkles. Your kids will love you for a spooky lunch like this!!
I know our kids can’t get enough of the new Jif Salted Caramel Hazelnut Spread and we’re finding fun and unique ways to use one of or newest favorite products! 
I know that with Jif our family can always count on the very best. From our favorite peanut butter to new Hazelnut Spreads Jif makes lunch delicious! You can find most of these products right inside your local grocery store. You can also find @Jif on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
So how are you making lunch fun?
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I cut sandwiches up into animals like fish and starfish..they love it
I try to drive to a different food truck once a week!
I make lunch fun by cutting her sandwich into shapes. I also try and make the fruit into happy faces.
I always try to include my children’s favorite healthy foods such as fresh fruit and veggies.
My son loves for me to pack salads and my daughter prefers soups. I also include yogurt, fruit and a special homemade treat such as a granola bar. I also always include love notes and notes of encouragement.
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I let them help make their lunch and it always includes a fun snack.
we have her help out and create her own lunches and shapes out of fruit or her bread 🙂
I try to make lunch fun by giving my kiddos lots of variety and small portion / bites of different types of foods.
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We always put something new and different in their lunchboxes and notes of encouragement
I give my kids the cookies cutters and allow them to go crazy with sandwiches or whatever we are eating that can be cut up.
I usually put a lunchbox note in often with a silly joke
I’d pack a lunch with a healthy wrap, nuts and fruit and a Hershey Kiss.
I make lunch fun by having a variety of snacks
I bake cookies or some other treats every week so we have a nice treat with lunch, as well as I put notes in the kid’s lunches for some extra fun!
I make lunch fun by having something different each week!!
I try to make lunch fun by surprising my daughter with different types of dips for her veggies.
I make lunch fun by switching it up. i like to cut the sandwiches into fun shapes and i like to cut up the fresh fruit in stars too!
I like to cut sandwichs into fun shapes! It’s easy if you buy holiday cake and cookie cutters when they go on sale afterwards.
We typically make the kids’ lunches with bento supplies to make it fun and attractive so they will want to eat good food! Thanks for the opportunity to win.
I USED TO PUT A LITTLE TREAT IN THEIR LUNCH BOXES…THEY ARE GROWN NOW AND STILL TALK ABOUT THOSE TREATS
I cut foods in fun shapes and add food picks sometimes to make it fun.
i am making lunch fun by having my kids help make it
I think a lot of color makes it more fun to eat.
I have a heart shaped cookie cuter that I sometimes use, soon Christmas shapes – maybe I’ll do Halloween shapes too. Peanut butter sandwiches are particularly well suited for cutting with cutters i must say.
I sneak a surprise in my son’s lunch everyday, i put in everything from small toys to a piece of candy.
My son is pretty easy to please-he still gets a kick out of “ants on a log”.
I either put a special note or a treat in their lunches.
I put fun little notes and candy in their lunch boxes. 🙂
Mine are a little too young for lunches like these but cut up bananas entertain them.
I have no children. I do have six cats, dog and rabbit! And I am always having to make lunch time fun for them! (:
I make cookies and cut sandwiches into shapes she loves like Hello Kitty.
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I cut sandwiches into shapes.
By having a singing competition!
I just try to be creative.
I like to add a snack surprise to their lunches.
I think that variety helps make it more fun. I also try to make the food colorful.
i am putting fun things in. lots of colors and fun shapes. i have a cookie cutter for sandwiches!
We also like to cook together and try new things.
I like to leave funny notes in the lunchbag
I change It up with different snacks every day.
Using bento boxes
I add notes and a surprise candy in their lunches.
We don’t have kids, but last week, I made ants on a log for my husband to take to work! Haha! He’d never had it before. I’m sure his coworkers enjoyed seeing THAT!
I cut everything with cookie cutters into cute shapes. Sandwiches, cheese, fruits and veggies.
I’m not making lunch fun, so I need to work on that. Thanks for the giveaway!
my daughter and I usually work on her lunch the night before, and I usually leave her a cute note hidden somewhere in her lunch… sometimes I’ll put some change or cash in there as a surprise so she can get something from the vending machines (she’s in jr high) or the notes will have a certain coupon she can redeem for a special lunch treat, etc…
I make lunch fun by making things he really likes and letting him help me prepare it too 🙂
I make lunch fun by letting my daughter help me make it! She loves cooking in the kitchen with mom.
I make it fun by trying new things as often as I can.
Oh to make lunch fun…I love to make these neat recipes that I find online! These all look so fun that you made! Carter would love them! He always get so excited when they are fun..and not just plain bread!
With fun treats like chips., cookies, candy and fun little notes 🙂
we always try new recipes and the kids help make meals
i like to try new foods and new recipes
Cutting things into fun shapes and leaving little love notes.
I like to use cookie cutter for the sandwiches.
I sometimes put the grand kids lunch together.
I like to add the little fruit cups – they love them and fun notes!
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I like finger food for their lunch. I do cut their sandwiches into shapes
I make lunch fun by giving him a variety of things through out the week
No kids. I make lunch fun by having different things.
Thanks for the contest.
we are doing fun shapes of animals
I try to mix things up with a fun little note or special treat.
I like putting notes in lunches once in a while just as a caring reminder if my love
We all use cookie cutters on sandwiches. Sometime I throw in notes.
I try to mix things up as much as possible
I try to make lunch fun by putting in finger foods and different things every day.
We use sandwich cutters to make fun shapes for the munches.
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I try to make it fun by doing different shapes for sandwiches and leaving notes in the lunch.
I Make Lunch Fun With Fun Shapes, And Lot’s Of Color.
I don’t make lunches often for school but when I do I send a not or a special dessert.
I try to make lunch fun for my grandson by cutting his sandwich into different shapes that he can talk about. I also try to make faces out of his fruit bites.
I bake cookies/bars every week so we have a nice treat with lunch, as well as put notes in the kid’s lunches for some extra fun!
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I try to put a surprise treat in my son’s lunch that he isn’t expecting. It is usually a Hershey kiss or something small.
Lots of great ideas to make lunch fun. I will be trying these as I pack a lunch.
We don’t really do anything creative with their lunches, but we do include a snack cake, which is most likely the highlight of the meal.
When my 4 year old grandson is here we have a picnic lunch, inside if it’s raining. We love our “picanics!”
I’m not sure how fun I make lunch but I always include a little note to my kids which I know helps them when they’re having a bad day!
We cut the sandwiches into fun shapes.
i make lunch fun by putting notes in the lunch boxes.
I always send a fun dessert.
I always write to notes to make lunch fun
I make lunch fun by providing a variety and letting the kids help make their lunch.
I make lunch fun by using a bento box with a fun mixture of finger foods!
I like to cut my boys sandwiches into different shapes.
Always include a surprise — it may be peanut butter and jelly again, but somewhere there will be something new and surprising.
We put cute sushi with the school lunches!
I try to put little notes in the lunches and a little surprise. I try to make their
sandwiches in cute little shapes.
I can’t really say I make lunch fun, although I do put a treat in my son’s lunchbox each day.
We make cute little animals and funny figures out of our sandwiches, fruits and veggies
I try to mix it up and serve different things.
I’m trying to make lunch fun with little bento boxes with food that I know the kids love!
I have to admit I haven’t been making lunch very fun lately. But I would like to try out some bento ideas — making food that looks like little characters and stuff like that.
I like to put a little treat every now and then that they don’t expect.
we make cute little designs on sandwiches and sometimes add a favorite fruit.
I don’t know if I make lunch fun I tried to make what the kids like and also have it be a little healthy at least
I put little notes or IOU in them
I give my girls jokes in their lunches- and once in a while a little surprise like a lip gloss or fun pen. I love making them smile when they are at school all day!
I write little notes for them on their napkins.
I put a Friday Surprise in my daughters lunch and write silly notes on her sandwich bags.
I try to make it fun by making something different each day, so it is never boring!
I cut sandwiches in different shapes.
I sometimes try and make different shapes and designs in my daughters sandwhiches and snacks. I also have her help out and create her own lunches and shapes!
The kids like to help. I always ask their input on what they would like to have and make suggestions on ways to do it in a healthy way. They like that they can choose, I like that they let me make it healthier
What we’ve been doing lately is making edible bowls and containers for lunch and snacks, like bread bowls for soup and cookie bowls to hold milk. It’s been really fun coming up with new and creative ideas!
I make lunch fun by providing dip for fruits and veggies and using fun containers to pack the sides.
I let my kids help! they love to have a say so in their lunches
I have sandwich cutters in various forms that I use when I have to make the grandkids lunch.
I like to decorate the brown paper bag, leave notes and cut the sandwiches into different fun shapes.
I put fun little notes in his lunch box.
I use coookie cutters on my son’s sandwiches to make them into heart shapes.
My lunches are pretty boring. Maybe I should put in a cute little note to myself.
I often tucked a little note into my kids’ lunches.
I bake a batch of cookies every week to add something a little fun.
I put notes in their lunchboxes
Since I am only making lunch for myself now, it has gotten SO easy to get into a rut. I actuallt DO need to make lunch a little more fun!
I make my kids lunch fun by throwing in some activity sheets and crayons. They always love when I include them, make it fun!