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Packed lunch for 8 year old

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nerf54 · 08/04/2025 09:25

DSC8 normally has school lunches so we don’t often have to make a packed lunch. when typing this out it seems a lot, but he’s always hungry and always asking for a snack, so would rather he has a good choice although he isnt fussy at all. It is for an all day sports camp he is attending one day next week so not sure on breaks/snack/lunch timings. Is this okay or too much? I’m probably overthinking it!

cheese wrap
strawberries
peeled satsuma
crisps
yogurt tube or pouch
cheese string or babybel
Sweet snack biscuits or soreen bar
refillable water bottle

OP posts:
pearbottomjeans · 08/04/2025 19:45

Both my DSs, aged 9 & 7, had football camp today. They each had:

2 lots of sandwiches (so 4 slices bread, DS2 only ate a quarter of that but eldest ate it all)
TWO packets crisps as I panicked and chucked another in at the last minute
Pepperami, cheese string and frubes
Innocent smoothie carton and 2 apple juice cartons
strawberries / apple
half a carrot
a penguin
a lunchables - never would send this to school but a co-op panic buy. Cheese, crackers and buttons
Water bottle

Most of it was dominated, all that was left was an apple and DS2’s sandwiches. Had bacon sandwiches for breakfast and katsu curry for dinner! The football company say ‘send more food than you think as we always lose our lunch to hungry kids’

Its a terrible lunch but I really don’t care given they’re playing football 9-3:30.

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