Lunch they built themselves
Removable trays and five compartments make portioning obvious — fruit here, crackers there, and nothing arrives soggy.
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Kiddies
Small hands, proper kit
Lunch boxes that seal, bottles that survive a school bag, insulated jars that keep last night's pasta warm — and cutlery, aprons and moulds sized for the littlest cooks.
7 categories · 170 products
Shop kiddies by type
Seven live categories, from lunch boxes and bottles to backpacks, food jars and ice moulds.
Kiddies Accessories
Kid-sized cutlery, mugs, aprons and baking tools built for small hands.
Kids Backpacks
Junior, sidekick and full school backpacks with padded straps and mesh pockets.
Kids Bottles
Flip-top, straw and double-wall stainless bottles from Lizzard, Mepal and Stephen Joseph.
Kids Food Jars
Insulated flasks that keep pasta, soup and leftovers warm until lunch.
Kids Ice Moulds
Zoku ice pop, slow pop and chocolate moulds for home-made treats.
Kids Lunch Bags
Insulated totes and lunch bags that fit a box, a bottle and an ice pack.
Kids Lunch Boxes
Bento boxes, compartment boxes and snack boxes from Mepal, Crunchbox and Stephen Joseph.
Build the kit
Four things, packed the night before
A box that seals, something cold to drink, something warm to eat and a bag that carries all of it. Everything below is stocked and sized for school.
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The box
Compartments stop the sandwich meeting the yoghurt. Mepal, Crunchbox and Stephen Joseph all seal properly.
Kids Lunch Boxes (49) - 02
The drink
Straw lids for younger kids, double-wall stainless for anyone who leaves a bottle in a bag all day.
Kids Bottles (39) - 03
The warm one
An insulated food jar turns last night's pasta into a hot lunch at eleven in the morning.
Kids Food Jars (18) - 04
The carry
An insulated bag for the lunch, a backpack for everything else — both built to survive a term.
Kids Lunch Bags (19)
The feature — family mealtime
Let them pack their own
Independence comes down to equipment a child can actually open, carry and clean. Compartment boxes they can fill themselves, lids that seal without adult hands, and bottles that go in the dishwasher at the end of it.
Grown-up food, kid-sized
Mepal's Cirqula bowls move from fridge to microwave to lunch bag, so a family meal becomes tomorrow's lunch without a second container.
Shop food jars (18)Cookin favourites
What we pack first
Eight kiddies pieces from the live range our stores keep recommending.
After school
Ten minutes and a freezer
Zoku's ice pop, slow pop and chocolate moulds turn juice, yoghurt or leftover fruit into something worth waiting for.
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The makers
Makers we know
The names with real depth in the live Cookin kiddies range.
Stephen Joseph
Backpacks, bento boxes, bottles, snack boxes and aprons
Mepal
Dutch Take A Break and Campus lunch boxes, Cirqula bowls and bottles
Zoku
Ice pop, slow pop and chocolate freezer moulds
Lizzard
Hatchling kids flasks, mini cups and stainless bottles
Built
Insulated lunch bags, totes and stainless food flasks
Crunchbox
Five-compartment classic lunchboxes and inserts
Viners
Kids and toddler stainless steel cutlery sets
Nicolson Russell
Brush & Barrow kids mugs with matching spoons
Ulster Weavers
Illustrated kids aprons in cotton
Zwilling
Bino children's stainless steel cutlery
Before you buy
Parents ask us this
The four questions our stores get most about kids' lunch kit.
Which lunch box size?
Midi boxes suit pre-school and light eaters; large Take A Break and five-compartment boxes carry a full school day with snacks.
Straw lid or screw cap?
Straw and flip lids are easier for younger children and less likely to spill in a bag. Screw caps stay sealed better for sport bottles.
Do food jars really stay warm?
Double-wall stainless flasks hold heat for several hours. Pre-warm with boiling water for a minute before filling and it lasts until lunch.
What is dishwasher safe?
Most Mepal, Crunchbox and Stephen Joseph boxes are top-rack safe. Insulated stainless bottles and flasks are best washed by hand.
The whole range
Browse every kiddies product
Lunch, hydration, school carry and treats in one place.
Kiddies at Cookin
Our kiddies range is built around the school day. Mepal's Take A Break and Campus boxes from the Netherlands, Crunchbox five-compartment lunchboxes, and Stephen Joseph bento boxes, snack boxes and backpacks in prints children actually choose. Alongside them sit Lizzard Hatchling flasks, Built insulated bags and stainless food flasks, and Mepal Campus bottles with flip straws.
For the kitchen itself there are Viners and Zwilling Bino children's cutlery sets, Nicolson Russell Brush & Barrow mugs with matching spoons, Ulster Weavers cotton aprons and Tala mini baking tools — plus Zoku ice pop, slow pop and chocolate moulds for afternoons at home. Everything is stocked, sized and chosen to encourage independence while it survives a term.