As it is half term this week, I have got some time off from making lunch boxes, but last week Grace tested out some goodies from My Friendly Lunchbox. She takes a lunch box most days and I am fed up keep throwing away sandwich bags and various other wrappings, which are a waste of money and not very environmentally friendly.
So I was delighted when this little beauty, the Wrap-N-Mat, became her favourite thing since sliced bread! Not only does it act as a fantastic wrapper for her sandwiches, it is reusable, pretty and best of all, when it is opened up it acts as a mini picnic blanket for her to set out all her food on. Her friends all commented on how brilliant it was. The inside has a wipe clean surface and the outside is a lovely gingham fabric, which also comes in blue, Eco-print and green, and it fixes with a velcro fastening. Definitely a useful item and a big thumbs up from us.
We were also sent an EasyLunchboxes lunch bag and an Easy Lunchbox, which Dale took to work with him. These are great because you can make sure your food stays upright and doesn’t spill everywhere. The lunch bag can either carry two Easy lunchboxes or one, leaving room for a water bottle, ice block etc. The Easy Lunchbox, which are sold in packs of four, has three compartments. This is great for separating sandwiches from other items, without the need for extra wrappings. Dale found the bag was a little bulky for just him but it would be great if we were off on a picnic as it is spacious and keeps everything the right way up.
The lunch bags come in various different colours and these, along with many more useful products, can be found on the My Friendly Lunchbox website.
This is a review post – we were sent these items free of charge to review and keep.
6 comments
Barenakedmummy says:
Oct 25, 2010
As long as your children eat bread then thats fine!!
My eldest has decided that all bread is off and therefore filling her lunchbox with healthy stuff is getting to be a pain!
BNM
amylane says:
Oct 25, 2010
Oh dear 🙁
bakelady- My Secret Tea Room says:
Oct 25, 2010
I am of an age when the only wrapper you would see for packed sandwiches was the waxed paper wrapper from the loaf of bread. People in them days were very thrifty and recycled everything. However, there wasn’t the lovely choice of lunch boxes you can get today. I would choose a pretty one over a waxed wrapper any day.
amylane says:
Oct 26, 2010
I’m glad to see people are starting to become more thrifty and conscious of recycling nowadays. Pretty wrapped does sound preferable to waxed wrapper 🙂
Kim says:
Nov 11, 2010
What a fab idea, off to investigate for the grandchildren!
amylane says:
Nov 11, 2010
There’s some great stuff on the website 🙂