How to Pack Tacos in a Lunchbox

It is day 15 of Easy lunch ideas for kids. Today we are making tacos in our lunchbox! This is one of our kids favorite lunches because it is completely different than the regular “boring” sandwich lunch.

It is so easy to do too!

The key is to heat up your taco meat on the stove. We will eat tacos the night before and then save some of the tacos for lunch the next day.

What is included in this lunchbox

about 1/4 cup of taco meat
Taco shells (or tortillas)
Lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese (or any additional toppings)
chips – we did hot fries because my kids like to add those to their tacos
fresh fruit – we did grapes

How to pack Tacos in a Lunch Box:

You will want a kid thermos to keep your taco meat warm. I love these thermos for kids. I bought mine on Amazon and there are several on sale right now. You will want to pour boiling water in your thermos first. That will heat up the thermos. Let the boiling water sit for a bit.

To make this easier, I use our tea pot to boil the water quickly and to make it easy to pour the water in the thermos. I let the boiling water sit in the thermo (with the lid off) for just a few minutes (maybe 3). Then pour the water out. Now your thermos is HOT and ready to keep your hot taco meat warm. It works great every time.

A few more tips:

Use lunchbox containers (like the Rubbermaid ones I used) to store your taco shells, chips and fruit to keep them separate. It also keeps your taco shells from crushing in the lunchbox.

I used snack size baggies for my cheese and lettuce.

Equipment you need for this lunchbox:

We love these easy lunchboxes. We have used a cheaper version in the past, but I have switched to the name brand easy lunchboxes. They do a much better job and they last a lot longer. It is worth the few extra dollars for the name brand. Trust me! We love it.

I used a kid thermos to keep the taco meat warm and the Rubbermaid containers to keep the other food separate and safe from crushing.