The best lunchbox designs from Paperchase, Argos and more

Healthy eating for kids is a hot topic. As good parents, we’d ideally like to encourage our children to eat a nutritious, balanced diet but kids can be fussy. Packing their lunch into a fun box may not guarantee they’ll eat their greens, but it might encourage them. 

Paperchase’s Flyway winged lunch bag focuses on this season’s obsession with unicorns; pink metallic wings and a pastel rainbow strap complete the look – what’s not to love?

It has a silver lining inside to insulate the contents and a pocket on the front for storing snacks. Fine Nordic’s melamine lunch box may not be practical for carrying your sandwiches to school but the individual compartments and snap-tight fittings will ensure the perfect carry of a picnic.

Happy Jackson’s All You Need Is Lunch bag is perfect for on-the-go snacking and summertime picnics – it has woven handles and is made from 100% polypropelene so it can be wiped clean. 

Lunchbox, £16.95, Joules (0345 250 7160, joules.com)

Beau and Elliot satchel and bottle set, £19.99, Argos (0345 640 2020, argos.co.uk)

Midnight Garden lunchbox, £4.95, Dotcomgiftshop (020 8746 2473, dotcomgiftshop.com)

Melamine lunchbox, £52, Fine Nordic (finenordic.com)

Happy Jackson lunch bag, £5, Amazon (0800 496 1081, amazon.co.uk)

Sunnylife pineapple eco lunchbox, £14.50, Selfridges (0800 123400, selfridges.com)

Children’s star-print lunchbox, £12, John Lewis (03456 049049, johnlewis.com)

Garden Bloom children’s lunch bag, £9.50, Becky + Lolo (01420 544055, beckyandlolo.co.uk)

Flyaway winged lunch bag, £17, Paperchase (020 3322 4788, paperchase.co.uk)