To make snowman sandwiches, stack two slices of white bread and cut out a circle with a glass or round cookie cutter, then tuck a folded slice of turkey or ham and cheese inside. Draw the eyes and smile with a black edible marker, add a small triangle of baby carrot for the nose, a strawberry hat and two mini pretzel stick arms. Set it on a bed of popcorn “snow” with grapes, orange slices and a sweet treat for a fun winter or Christmas school lunch that takes about 10 minutes.
Your kids are going to love these fun and festive snowman sandwiches! Ordinary sandwiches turned into snowmen accompanied by fresh fruit and winter treats makes this one snowtastically balanced school lunch.
While I love the winter and all the fun it brings, I also become increasingly tired of the mundane day-to-day routine that usually comes with little access to sunlight.
Let this balanced snowman sandwich school lunchbox brighten your day; it sure did mine!
You can make the complete lunchbox or just skip right to the snowman sandwiches. These are easy to throw together after a fun day in the snow or for a fun school lunch to brighten your little one’s day.
Why prep lunches for school?
To make meal planning more consistent and practical in my house, I aim to include four school lunch preps for my two kids in our weekly meal prep rotation. This helps us save money and ensure that two days of the week, the kids have well balanced meals that happen to be fun and festive, yet simple enough to put together in less than 15 minutes.
In these lunch preps I try to include a variety of colors as well as a good balance of the essential food groups so that my kids are getting exposure to different foods in a fun and exciting way!
Ingredients for snowman sandwich lunchbox
To make this fun and delicious snowman sandwiches school lunch meal prep, you’ll need a few ingredients that you can get at almost any grocery store or even online!
This will make 4 lunchbox containers. I love these 3 compartment food containers that I found on Amazon!
Here’s what we are working with:
- white bread
- turkey/ham slices
- cheese slices
- popcorn, optional for “snow” background
- carrot
- black edible marker, optional for snowman’s face; you can use blueberries or olives instead.
- mini pretzel sticks
- strawberries
- oranges
- grapes
- preferred sweet treat
How to make snowman sandwich lunchbox
You’ll find the exact amounts and printable steps in the recipe card below. Here’s what each step looks like, plus the little things that make it work.
1. Cut out the snowman. Stack two slices of bread together and use the rim of a glass or a round cookie cutter to cut out the snowman’s head. Cutting both slices at once keeps the edges lined up. Tuck the turkey (or ham) and cheese inside, folding the slices to fit, and close the sandwich.
2. Draw the face. Use a black edible marker to draw the snowman’s eyes and smile. No marker? Blueberries or olive pieces work as eyes too.
3. Add the carrot nose. Cut a small triangle from a baby carrot and place it in the middle for the nose. I attach mine with a toothpick so everything stays in place (remove it before little ones eat). Set the finished snowman in the main compartment of the lunchbox.
4. Add the hat and arms. Place a strawberry on top for the snowman’s hat and tuck a mini pretzel stick into each side of the bread for the arms.
5. Make it snow. Scatter popcorn all around the snowman for the snow.
6. Fill the side compartments. Add grapes and an orange slice to one side compartment, and your preferred sweet treat to the other. I used Kellogg’s Froot Loops Sweethearts Cereal because it’s what we had, but any small treat works; holiday cereal or a few mini marshmallows look cute in a winter lunch.
make-ahead tips for school lunches
The sandwiches are best made the morning of or the night before, so the bread stays soft. Wash and cut the fruit and pop the popcorn ahead, then assemble the lunchboxes and keep them in the fridge. Add the pretzel arms and popcorn right before packing so they stay crunchy.
more ways to serve snowman sandwiches
Skip the lunchbox and serve them on a platter for a Christmas party, a snow day lunch or a winter class celebration. Use any sandwich filling your kids love, like peanut butter or cream cheese, as long as it fits your school’s rules.
We sure hope you enjoy this fun and balanced snowman sandwich school lunch meal prep as much as our little tribe has!
snowman sandwiches FAQs
White bread, turkey or ham, cheese, a baby carrot, a black edible marker, mini pretzel sticks and a strawberry. Popcorn, grapes, an orange and a sweet treat complete the lunchbox.
Stack two slices and press the rim of a glass or a round cookie cutter through both at once, so the top and bottom match.
Blueberries or small pieces of olive make good eyes if you don’t have a black edible marker.
Yes. Make them the night before or that morning and keep them in the fridge. Add the pretzels and popcorn right before packing so they stay crunchy.
The card is written for 1 lunchbox. The ingredient list in the post is enough for 4 lunchbox containers, so multiply as needed.
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Snowman Sandwiches
Ingredients
- 2 slices white bread, cut into circles
- 1 slice turkey/ham
- 1 slice cheese
- 1 baby carrot
- black edible marker, optional for snowman’s face; you can use blueberries or olives instead.
- popcorn, optional for “snow” background
- 2 mini pretzel sticks
- 1 strawberry
- 1 orange, cut into slices
- grapes
- preferred sweet treat, any small treat works; I used Kellogg’s Froot Loops Sweethearts Cereal.
Instructions
- Stack two pieces of bread together. Using the edge of a glass or a circle cookie cutter, create the snowman’s head. Place turkey and cheese slices inside (you may have to fold the slices to fit) and close.
- Using an edible marker, draw the snowman’s eyes and smile.
- Cut-off a small triangular piece of carrot and place it in the middle for the snowman’s nose. If you use a toothpick to hold it in place, remove it before serving to young kids. **I attached mine with a toothpick so that everything is held into place. Place the completed snowman into the main compartment of the lunchbox.
- Place a strawberry on top for the snowman’s hat and two pretzel sticks inside both sides of the bread for the snowman’s arms.
- Place the popcorn all around to create the snow.
- In one side compartment add grapes and an orange slice.
- In the other side compartment add your preferred sweet treat; I used Kellogg’s Froot Loops Sweethearts Cereal.
Equipment
- 1 Kids Lunch Box 3 Compartment Container
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