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Lunch Bag Drawing Ideas

Three easy drawings at a time, each with where on the bag it goes.

Lunch Bag Drawing Ideas

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  1. A duck with a two-part billBottom flap. Draw the upper bill on the flap's edge and the lower bill below the fold. Eyes close together.
  2. A row of birds sitting on the fold like a wireFold-over top. Five round birds on the flap's edge, one facing the other way, one upside down.
  3. A moon that grows fuller each dayFront panel. The same circle in the same place with a wider slice left unshaded each day. Friday's has a face.

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Lunch jokes 16

  • A banana in sunglasses unzipping its own peel Front panel. A curved banana, a zipper down the front, the pull halfway. Sunglasses are two black ovals.
  • A carrot lifting a barbell made of two peas Front panel. Carrot upright, leaf hair on end, arms straight up. Two sweat drops fly off one side.
  • A cookie with a bite out, pointing at whoever opens the bag Front panel. A round cookie, a bite gone, one stick arm pointing straight up at the opening.
  • A family portrait of grapes with one grape blinking Front panel. A bunch drawn as a pyramid of circles, a face on each, inside a frame hung from a nail.
  • A hard-boiled egg in a detective's hat Front panel. An egg with a hat brim and a magnifying glass, bent over a trail of crumbs.
  • A juice box with a snorkel for a straw Front panel. A box with a face, a bent straw in its mouth and a row of bubbles going up.
  • A label listing what the day contains Side. A ruled box like the panel on a food packet: jokes 4, naps 0, hugs 100 percent.
  • A pickle surfing a wave of mustard Front panel. The pickle crouched on a cracker board, arms out. The wave curls over it from the right.
  • A sandwich in a cape, flying Front panel. Two slices with a frill of lettuce, a cape off the back crust and three speed lines.
  • A slice of cheese with a mouse-shaped hole in it Front panel and side. The cheese on the front; round the corner, a mouse with a full tummy.
  • A wanted poster for the last slice of pizza Front panel. WANTED across the top, a slice with shifty eyes, and a reward: one high five.
  • A weather forecast for lunch Front panel. A small cloud dropping crumbs, and under it: today, 100 percent chance of crumbs.
  • An apple doing math on a tiny chalkboard Front panel. An apple in round glasses holding chalk. The board beside it reads 2 + 2 = lunch.
  • An orange taking off its peel like a coat Front panel. The peel hangs off one shoulder in a spiral. A sun in the corner explains why.
  • An X-ray of the bag showing the lunch as outlines Front panel. Fill a rectangle with pencil shading, then leave a sandwich, an apple and a cookie as outlines.
  • Two slices of bread hugging Front panel. Two rounded squares with arms round each other. Underneath: best friends since breakfast.

Peeking over the fold 16

  • A bat asleep under the fold Fold-over top. Lift the flap to find it hanging upside down from the crease, wings wrapped round.
  • A bear on the flap, eyes and ears only, asking if you are hungry Fold-over top. Ears and eyes at the flap's lower edge. Under it, the rest of the face and: hungry?
  • A cat's eyes and two paws hooked over the edge Fold-over top. Eyes and ear tips on the flap, paws gripping its lower edge, the tail on a side panel.
  • A crocodile whose jaw is the fold Fold-over top. Upper jaw on the flap, lower jaw on the front, teeth along both. Lifting the flap opens it.
  • A dog's nose and tongue hanging over the edge Fold-over top. A big nose on the flap, the tongue drooping onto the front panel, drops falling from it.
  • A friendly monster with five eyes along the edge Fold-over top. Five eyes on stalks stand up from the fold; one tooth hangs down over the front panel.
  • A frog on the flap with its tongue running down to a fly Fold-over top. The frog sits on the edge; one long line drops down the front panel to a fly.
  • A giraffe with its head on the flap and its neck down the front Fold-over top. Head and horns on the flap; the spotted neck runs down to the bag's bottom edge.
  • A mouse peeking round the side crease with a crumb Side. Half a face and one paw on the side panel, as if the mouse were hiding behind the bag.
  • A row of birds sitting on the fold like a wire Fold-over top. Five round birds on the flap's edge, one facing the other way, one upside down.
  • A shark fin on the flap and the rest of the shark under it Fold-over top. One triangle fin on the flap with two wave lines. Under the flap, a grinning shark.
  • A snail climbing over the top Fold-over top. The snail on the flap, its silver trail running up the back panel from the bottom.
  • A sunrise on the flap that is noon underneath Fold-over top. Half a sun on the flap's lower edge. Lift it: a full sun and the word lunchtime.
  • An octopus sitting on the bag Fold-over top. Head on the flap; arms hang down the front and both sides, one of them holding a fork.
  • An owl that wakes up when the flap is lifted Fold-over top. Closed eyelids on the flap; underneath, in the same place, two wide round eyes.
  • Fingers and a nose looking over a wall Fold-over top. Eight fingers hang over the flap's edge with a long nose between and two eyes above.

A series for the week 16

  • A bird that builds a nest Front panel. A twig, a nest, an egg, a crack in the egg, a chick with its beak wide open.
  • A cat creeping nearer to a fishbowl Front panel. Bowl on the right all week; the cat moves in from the left. Friday: both are asleep, friends.
  • A caterpillar that eats across the week Front panel. One more bite out of a leaf each day; a cocoon on Thursday, a butterfly on Friday.
  • A comic told one panel a bag Front panel. One boxed panel a day, each ending in a small cliffhanger and: to be continued.
  • A face that arrives one feature at a time Front panel. Eyes on Monday, then nose, mouth, ears, and hair on Friday. Guess who by Wednesday.
  • A hand that counts the days Front panel. One finger up on Monday, two on Tuesday; Friday is an open hand and the words high five.
  • A jigsaw that is finished when the five bags lie side by side Front panel. One large picture across five bags, a piece a day. Number the corners so they can be laid out.
  • A message that arrives one word a day Front panel. One big word in bubble letters each day. By Friday the five make a sentence.
  • A moon that grows fuller each day Front panel. The same circle in the same place with a wider slice left unshaded each day. Friday's has a face.
  • A rocket counting down to Friday Front panel. The same rocket with a big 4, 3, 2, 1 beside it; on Friday it is off the top of the bag.
  • A seed that is a sunflower by Friday Front panel, same spot daily. Seed, sprout, two leaves, a bud, the flower. Keep the soil line level.
  • A small monster that gains one thing each day Front panel. The same monster plus a hat, then a scarf, boots, an umbrella and on Friday a kite.
  • A snail race to the weekend Front panel. A finish flag on the right edge; the snail is a fifth of the way further every day.
  • A snowman built one part a day Front panel. Bottom ball, middle, head, arms and scarf, then the hat. Draw the ground line every day.
  • A stack of pancakes that grows Front panel. One pancake on Monday, five on Friday with syrup and a square of butter sliding off.
  • A treasure map drawn one leg a day Front panel. A dotted trail that grows: the beach, the palm, the bridge, the cave, then the X.

Paper bag puppets and faces 16

  • A bear with a honey pot on its tummy Bottom flap. Round ears at the flap's top corners, a muzzle at its edge. The pot goes on the bag below.
  • A bird singing, with notes inside its beak Bottom flap. A small triangle beak on the flap's edge; three music notes under it, in the mouth.
  • A cow chewing grass Bottom flap. Wide nose with two nostrils at the flap's edge, ears out to the sides. Grass in the mouth.
  • A crocodile with the bag held sideways Bottom flap. Turn the bag on its side so the flap is a long jaw. Eyes sit up on top like bumps.
  • A duck with a two-part bill Bottom flap. Draw the upper bill on the flap's edge and the lower bill below the fold. Eyes close together.
  • A friendly dragon with flame colors inside its mouth Bottom flap. Two nostrils at the flap's edge and horns above. Fill the mouth with red, orange and yellow.
  • A frog with a red mouth under the flap Bottom flap. Two big eyes on the flap's edge. Lift it: a red mouth and a curled tongue with a fly on it.
  • A hippo with two peg teeth Bottom flap. Wide nostrils, small eyes and ears on the flap. Two square teeth stand up inside the mouth.
  • A lion whose mane runs onto the bag Bottom flap. Face on the flap, mane as zigzags all round it and onto the bag. Teeth underneath.
  • A one-eyed monster with mismatched teeth Bottom flap. One huge eye fills the flap. Underneath, teeth of every size, a few missing.
  • A pirate with an eye patch and a gap-toothed grin Bottom flap. Bandana, patch and one hoop earring on the flap. A grin with a gap under it.
  • A puppet of yourself Bottom flap. Your hair and eyes on the flap. Inside the mouth, write the thing you say most often.
  • A puppy with a pink tongue that shows when it talks Bottom flap. Nose at the flap's edge, one patch over an eye. Draw the tongue just under the flap.
  • A robot with a speaker for a mouth Bottom flap. Square eyes and a bolt at each corner. Under the flap, rows of small dots in a rectangle.
  • A shark with rows of triangle teeth Bottom flap. The flap is the upper jaw, eyes high and far apart. Teeth along both edges of the mouth.
  • An owl whose beak hangs off the flap Bottom flap. Two ringed eyes, and a beak that points past the flap's edge. Feather U shapes on the bag.

Notes and occasions 16

  • The 100th day of school: a hundred dots Front panel. Ten rows of ten dots in a square, with the last dot drawn as a smiling face.
  • A birthday cake with the right number of candles Front panel. Three tiers and one candle for every year. Write the new age large on a side panel.
  • A rainy day note written on an umbrella Front panel. An open umbrella from the side, a few words on each panel, drops bouncing off the top.
  • Big game day: a trophy with their name on the plate Front panel. A cup with two handles on a block. Letter the name on the block before the cup goes on.
  • Field trip day: a bus with a different face at each window Front panel. A long bus; the faces look out in all directions. One window holds a waving hand.
  • First day of school: a pencil taking off like a rocket Front panel. A pencil pointing up, flames and smoke at the eraser end, and a name on the side.
  • The first snow: a snowman holding the note Front panel. The snowman holds a sign on a stick in one twig hand. Write your words on the sign.
  • Friday: confetti falling from the fold Front panel. Dots, squiggles and small squares raining down from the top edge. One word: Friday.
  • Halloween: a friendly ghost made of a napkin Front panel. A ghost shape with a hem like a folded napkin, two oval eyes and a small boo.
  • Just because: a secret drawing on the bottom Front panel and bottom. On the front, an arrow and: turn me over. On the bottom, a tiny heart or star.
  • Last day of school: a sun in a graduation cap Front panel. A round sun with rays, a flat cap on top and a tassel hanging down one side.
  • Lost a tooth: a tooth with a tiny suitcase Front panel. A tooth with two roots for legs, waving goodbye. A star shines in the gap it left.
  • Monday: the bag itself, yawning Front panel. Two sleepy eyes and a wide yawn in the middle of the bag. Under it: we can do this.
  • Picture day: a comb and a mirror with a winking face Front panel. A hand mirror with a face in the glass, one eye shut. A comb lies beside it.
  • Test day: a brain lifting weights Front panel. A wrinkled cloud shape with a sweatband and a dumbbell. Under it: you trained for this.
  • Valentine's Day: a heart-shaped sandwich with a flag Front panel. A heart with a crust line inside it and a toothpick flag that reads: made with love.

How it works

A brown paper bag has a front panel, a top that folds over, two pleated sides and a flat bottom. These 80 lunch bag drawing ideas use all four, and the page opens on the 32 easy ones.

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Use the fold

The top of a packed bag folds forward, and that flap is a second surface. Put eyes and paws on it and a cat is looking over the edge. Put an upper jaw on the flap and a lower jaw on the bag, and lifting the flap opens a crocodile's mouth.

Paper bag drawing ideas for puppets

The folded bottom of the bag is a puppet's mouth. Eyes and a nose go on the flap, and whatever is inside the mouth goes under it: a frog's curled tongue, a dragon's flame colors, a robot's speaker. Sixteen are here, from a duck's bill to a singing bird.

  • Draw while the bag is flat and empty, before the food goes in.
  • Keep a series in the same spot every day, so the only thing that moves is the story.
  • Slide a sheet of scrap paper inside the bag before you use a marker on it.

Questions and answers

What can I draw on a lunch bag?

A joke about what is inside: a sandwich in a cape, a cookie with a bite out pointing at whoever opens the bag, a forecast of 100 percent chance of crumbs. Or a drawing for the day: a test, a birthday, the first snow.

What are easy lunch bag drawing ideas?

Easy holds 32 that take only a few lines: two slices of bread hugging, a shark fin on the flap, a row of birds sitting on the fold, a rocket counting down to Friday.

How do you make a paper bag puppet?

Keep the bag flat with its folded bottom facing you. Draw the top of the face on that flap and the inside of the mouth under it. Slip a hand in, fingers into the flap, and open and close them.

What do you write on a lunch bag for a child?

A few words tied to the day. You trained for this, beside a brain lifting weights, on test day. We can do this, under a yawning face, on a Monday. Or turn me over, with a small heart on the bottom.

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