Review and Giveaway: Kids Lunch Box Cards
September 24, 2008 by Deb
Filed under Giveaways, Recent Reviews, kid product
Last year, my oldest daughter started first grade. Our first experience with all-day school, taking or buying lunches – the whole thing. I’d had a great plan to make her these wonderful, nutritious lunches to send with her, and visions of sending cutesy little notes every day in her lunch. But, after the second or third time of writing the same little ‘Hi there, hope you’re having a good day! Love, Mommy’ note, I gave up. In a hurry to get outside for recess, she wasn’t taking the time to read them anyway, and I was running out of time in the mornings to write them as well.
This year, I’ve discovered something that makes it so much easier to send fun notes along in her lunchbox for her not only to read herself, but also to share with friends at the lunch table. Thanks to the Family Review Network, I was able to receive a sample of KidsLunchBoxCards to try out in my daughter’s lunches.
What they are:
KidsFunCards.com is owned by two moms who teamed together to create a unique, fun product to help ease the separation anxiety and loneliness that kids sometimes feel at the school lunch table. Together with other family members, they’ve built a business that offers “a hug in a lunchbox”.
The cards are similar to a standard postcard (and are that same size as well), being preprinted with drawings, riddles, fun facts or other interesting things on one side, and the other side having blank area to write a message and/or to address the card if sending it through the mail. Each pack contains five 
cards – enough to add in your child’s lunchbox for a week, and packs are available in five different themes – “Ewww, That’s Gross”, “Real Looney Laws”, “Mystical Little People”, “It’s a Wacky World” and “Riddles” (include scratch-off answers).
Here’s my our take on them:
I’ve used the five cards in the ‘Riddles’ pack in my daughter’s lunches over the past couple of weeks since school began (she buys her lunch on some days and brings it on others). I didn’t tell her about them, but just started sticking the cards (with a very simple personal message on the back) in her lunchbox, to see what she would think.
She came home that first day with a big smile on her face and immediately had to pull the card out of her backpack to show me that she’d saved it. And she’s saved the other four cards as well, so she could share the riddles with her younger sister at home. She’s started looking much more forward to the ‘take lunch’ days so she can see what riddle shows up in her lunchbox next.
I like that there’s space to write a personal message as well as the pre-printed drawings and fun content on the card. And I think that it’s a great way for a socially-challenged child like my daughter to help ‘break the ice’ at the lunch table. I am a bit worried now that we’re out of the ‘Riddles’ series – in my daughter’s case, I’m not sure how some of the other cards would go over, especially the “Ewww, That’s Gross” theme. However, I can see that one being a big draw possibly for boys. 
The other thing I really like about these cards in general is that you can send them through the mail just as a regular postcard as well as using them in lunch boxes. This is a great way to have younger siblings who aren’t in school yet still be able to get a special treat, just in the mail instead of at school. Or you can simply send them as a ‘pick-me-up’ to your own kids or others, for whatever reason you may want to.
The bottom line:
KidsLunchBoxCards are an easy and fun way to include a message to your child in their lunchbox (or through the mail), and give them a great icebreaker for making new friends at the lunch table.
Where can you find them?:
You can order packs of KidsLunchBoxCards directly from the website at http://kidsfuncards.com. Each pack of 5 cards is $4.95 (plus $2.99 shipping and handling). You can also purchase them from several retailers in California, Colorado, Hawaii, Washington and New Mexico as well.
Would you like to try them?:
I have two sets (5 cards in each set) of KidsLunchBoxCards to give away to a couple of lucky readers! If you’re interested in trying these out in your child’s lunchbox, here are the rules:
- Enter by checking out http://kidsfuncards.com and leaving a comment on this post to tell me whose lunch you’d like to send these in. Please don’t just say ‘choose me’, or your entry will be discarded.
- The contest will run until Saturday, October 4th at 11:59 pm EST. The winners will be selected through random drawing, contacted by e-mail, listed on this post and also submitted to PRIZEY.Fetch. US entries only, please.
- Please leave a valid e-mail address or other way to contact you! If you don’t wish to leave your e-mail address, please make sure that you leave a unique name and check back with PRIZEYWinners to see if you won. If either of the winners haven’t responded within 3 days, an alternate winner will be chosen by random drawing.
- If you’d like an extra entry or two, you can either subscribe to my RSS feed (click on the orange icon in the upper right sidebar), or mention this contest on your blog with a link back to this post – or both. Please leave an extra comment on this post for each of the extra entry options that you choose, letting me know – for a total of 3 comments if you do both extra entry options.
Good luck! 
THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED – the random number generator has chosen comments #26 and #22 as the winners:
Congratulations to:
I’ll be e-mailing you both shortly to work out the details!
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I would have to say the EEEWW gross cards. I know my grandkids would love those.
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I would use these in my son’s lunch box. My son has very low self esteem and confidence and doesn’t really have any friends. I think something like this with a person message on them (maybe alternate between me and my husband) with a positive message on it might be great for him. I know he loves it when I stick notes and other goodies in his lunch box (sometimes a sticker or a small piece of candy like a Tootsie Roll). He usually ends up saving the stuff too.
Thank you for a great giveaway.
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I have been putting postcards in Noah’s lunch box periodically lat year and this year. He always saves them, but never talks about them. I think they make him feel good, but because he’s a boy, he doesn’t talk about them. I think the joke ones would be very fun for him and he would be more comfortable sharing them with his friends.
I think my 5 year old daughter would enjoy finding these in her lunch box on the days she carries her lunch from home instead of buying at school. I really like the Wacky World and the Riddle ones.
Thanks for the entry.
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If I won, I would put these in my daughter Ana’s lunch.
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Hello, I think these are the cutest idea. I would love to give a pack of these to my niece for her children’s lunchboxes! They would enjoy the “Riddle” LunchBox Cards. Please enter me in your drawing. Thanks, Cindi
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I like the cards with the trolls and goblins on them. I would put these in my daughter’s lunch. Great giveaway, thanks!
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http://mommyland512.blogspot.com/2008/09/kids-lunch-box-cards-giveaway-at-just.html
Thanks again!
Oh, these cards are so cute. Since only one of my kids is beginning to read, I’d have to put these in my oldest son’s lunchbox. When I remember, I slip a post-it note in his box with a funny drawing or sticker on it…. but these are so much better! Thanks!
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I like the whacky world cards and I’d put them in my son’s lunch.
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What a fun change of pace from just a little note from mom! I think the mystical little people are adorable, but I’m sure my son would love any of them. Great giveaway!
If I won I would put this in my sons Cade lunch box and he would love these! Thank you so much for the chance to win such a great prize!
I have looked at these before and love them. I really think my kids would love the gross ones but I would love the silly laws version.
Hey – I am a mom of three girls also! Always interesting
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I would love these cards – I’m torn between the EEEWW cards and the Riddle Cards.
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Moth of my girls would love to get these in their lunchboxes. My oldest has been asking if I can put little notes in her lunch, but I am usually at a loss as to what to write besides “I love you! Have a great day!”
The riddle ones look great, as do the looney laws. I know that my youngest would like the mystical little people though – she loves anything remotely related to fairies!
Thanks for having this contest!
Jennifer
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Hey – I’m blogging about this right now…
http://blog.alexandari.com
Thanks!
Jennifer
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I’d have to send my two daughters with the Mystical Little People cards because they are super cute
Hi! I want to put these in my little niece & nephew’s lunches. They’d love them!
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i have 2 daughters in school, one in preschool and one in first grade. i’ve done the writing notes thing on their baggies but am definitely getting low on ideas. these cards look awesome!
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