Mother's Day Picnic

Here's a fun lunch idea that I did for a Mother's Day Picnic at my son's school with his second grade class. I found really cute napkins to use and then matched them with ribbons. I folded the napkins over white paper bags and tied the matching ribbons on one handle of each bag.

For each mother's lunch I included: A turkey or veggie wrap, a fresh peach, gingersnap cookies and a small bottle of Ginger Ale*. For each child I used a lunch size brown bag tied with a corresponding ribbon and included: A turkey or chicken lunchable sandwich, a bag of pretzels, a box of yogurt covered raisins and a 1/2 pint bottle of water.

This could easily be done for any occasion and is a convenient and cute way to pack lunch for a group. Simply find napkins that match your theme (Valentine's Day, Spring, 4th of July, Fall, Birthdays) and pack sandwiches, salads, sweets, fruits and drinks that represent your theme or season. And what's even better you'll find your guests keeping their bags for later use. ;)

*I wrapped a clean coffee filter around the bottom of each of the chilled ginger ale bottles to keep the condensation from soaking through the paper bags.