Christmas Bento Lunchbox & Holiday Jokes Printable
The holidays are nearly here! One fun and easy way to start to get into the holiday spirit is by creating fun holiday themed lunches for your kids! My boys always love it when they open up their lunchbox and see a fun themed surprise and Christmas lunch box jokes or sweet note from mom inside!
Here’s a cute holiday lunchbox idea to get you started and some cute holiday lunchbox jokes, too, you can include in your child’s lunches this year.
I created this simple lunchbox with just a few key ingredients and with Rudolph as my inspiration! I always like to add a small cut piece of tissue paper to my lunchboxes as it adds so much color and fun to the lunch! This time, I used a sparkly red tissue paper I already had on hand.
Now, make a PB&J sandwich, or whatever type of sandwich your children prefer. Use a circle cookie cutter or grab a tupperware container or cup to use as your cuter and cut out a round head. Top the sandwich with two chocolate chips or raisins for eyes and a raspberry to create Rudolph’s red nose. Add four pretzels, two stacked on each side, to create antlers.
I finished off the lunch by making melon balls with cantaloupe and watermelon using a small cookie scoop. They resemble little round ornaments in the lunchbox and give a lot of color and a healthy kick to the lunchbox. Finally, I tossed in a small salad and small tomatoes which give the lunch a beautiful pop of red and green to keep with the holiday theme.
Finally, I added a fun holiday lunchbox joke note for my son. He’ll love sharing the joke with everyone at his lunch table and it’s sure to brighten his day at school! This particular joke is one of my personal favorites for the holidays: “Why did the Elf go to school?”
“to learn his ELFabet!”
Adding a joke to the lunchbox was a breeze. I used a permanent marker and just wrote up the joke and a little note from mom!
Here are some easy holiday lunchbox jokes you can write up and add to your child’s lunchbox this year:
8 Holiday Jokes for Kids’ Lunch Box!
What’s a parent’s favorite Christmas carol?
Silent Night!
What do you call people who are afraid of Santa Claus?
Claustrophobic!
Why did the elf go to school?
To learn his ELF-abet
Why is it always cold on Christmas?
Because it’s in Decemberrrrrrr!
What did the Gingerbread Man put on his bed?
Cookie sheets!
Knock Knock
Who’s there?
Mary
Mary who?
Mary Christmas
What kind of ball doesn’t bounce?
A snowball
What do snowmen eat for breakfast?
Frosted flakes
Lunchbox Holiday Jokes Printable
The easy way to use this holiday jokes PDF free printables is to just click the image or link below. This will open up the file in a new window in a PDF viewer. You can easily from there just save or print the file.
You can select “borderless” printing as the borders are already worked into the image and this will make the jokes as large as possible on the page (plus no extra white borders to need to clip off the sides).
Once printed, simply cut out the 8 different jokes and put on in your child’s lunch box during the month of December on the days leading up to winter break! You can use a paper cutter if you’d like, but it’s also super easy to just grab a pair of scissors as the light gray line will guide you and it’s no big deal if you are slightly off!
I know these printable jokes are just a little thing, but they really can bring so much holiday cheer, fun, and excitement to your child’s day! Who doesn’t like a funny joke and to share a good laugh with friends?
For more fun jokes, see our printable Get Well Jokes for Kids that are a perfect pick-me-up when they’re home for a sick day!
I’m nominating all my fellow mom of toddlers to try out this fun lunchbox with your kids this holiday season! Who will be joining in with me to make lunchtime merry?
Which idea will you try first?
back in the old days all i had was a scooby doo lunch box and a stale bolony sandwich…
This is so cute!!!! Thanks for sharing this great lunch idea with us!
Do you have a trick on how to get the nose and eyes to stick on the bread?
What a cute little reindeer sandwich. My daughters would LOVE this – and the joke too.
My favorite for this week’s Turn it Up Tuesday!!
So thoughtful!!
Thanks for sharing:)
Super cute idea! Pinned and tweeted. Lou Lou Girls
I have to remember to do this I love the reindeer sandwich!
I love the reindeer bento box! My kiddos would love it too!
Such a cute lunch for the holidays! LOVE IT!!!!
This is super cute, I love it a lot. I have some BIC markers too that will work well to do this. Appreciate a new fun idea!
This idea is so cute, I will have to make this for my youngest.
Great ideas! These look like soo much fun. I love jokes or positive notes in the lunchbox.
What a cute and easy way to celebrate the holidays with the kids!
That is way too cute. Ill have to make these for sure.
What a cute idea. My son would get a kick out of having that for lunch. Think I will do it his last day before Christmas.
This is a great way to make a loved one smile when they open their lunch. I used to add notes in my family’s lunch.
This is adorable! I bet kids would love opening their lunch boxes and finding this!
I used to leave notes in my son’s lunchbox too! These are so cute!
Awe that is SO cute! These markers look nice and vibrant!
This is a great idea to dress up kids lunches. I used to leave notes in my kids lunches for them.
I have that same marker set and LOVE it!
I see ideas like this on Pinterest and it makes me wish my kids were still little. Very cute!
That reindeer sandwich is adorable! What a cute way to gear kids up for the last few weeks of school before Christmas.
That is adorable. I was hoping you were going to show the punch line. I have to tell it to my kids tomorrow.
Oh that is so cute! I love that adorable lunch box! And those jokes would have my kids laughing so hard.
Ha, ha, ha… I love, love, love this idea. What a great way to bring the holiday season into school and work.
I love the sandwich reindeer – it is so stinking cute! This is a great lunchbox idea!
Lol… I love the jokes! They are so cute!
What a sweet idea. I think it would be great for a kid to open up lunch and find a hand written note.
Rudolph! That’s so cute! I love this lunch box.
Awe, such a cute idea! I love putting little notes in my kids lunch boxes, it gives them an extra smile in their day!
What a cute idea for the kids lunch box. My daughter is a big jokester, so she would really appreciate these!
This is so very creative! I would love to make something like this, and thanks for the coupon, I will be sure to use it.
I love putting little surprises in my boys lunch box. What cute ideas 🙂
This is the cutest thing ever! I know my daughter would get a huge kick out of it! Thank you for sharing this great idea!
This is such a cute idea. I try to make the sandwich or snacks look like characters he likes in his lunch but this is a great holiday idea.
These little notes are perfect for December lunches. My son loves writing notes we might do these from my son to my husband.
Such a creative and fun lunch, my kids love when lunches are unique like this. I love the extra lunch note with the joke. Very cute!
This is such a great idea – and the kids will absolutely love it. Thanks so much for sharing this idea. The Holiday Lunchbox Jokes are so cute.
How fun and so creative! My son doesn’t take his own lunch to school very often but he sure would be surprised to a lunch like this when he does.
Really neat idea to spice up their lunch. The elf is too cute