Welcome 2021, with the Chinese New Year celebrating the Year of the Ox! May this year be more auspicious! For celebrating in a joyful way each day at lunchtime, discover below our Chinese New Year bento lunchbox ideas!

1. Bye Lunchbox Note, Hi Fortune Card! As the celebrations last up to 16 days (Chinese New Year, with Spring Festival, officially begins on February 12th, 2021, and ends on February 22nd, then you have the Lantern Festival held on February 26th), insert one fortune card each day in the lunch bag!

2. Fortune Cookies​ With fun and positive messages inside, these fresh and tasty fortune cookies will make lunch yummy and fun for sure! Definitely what we need these days!

3. Cute Chinese Red Envelopes Chinese Hong Bao, the red envelopes, are believed to bring good luck to the person who receives them. They are traditionally filled with money, but you could slip in a fortune card or chocolate gold coins for a lucky bento lunchbox! With the year of the Ox, let the auspicious care for you, let happiness smile forever! 72 Traditional and Fun Chinese New Year Red Envelopes, $12.99, Amazon 72 Elegant and Meaningful Chinese New Year Red Envelopes, $11.99, Amazon 12 Cute Kid-Friendly Chinese New Year Red Envelopes, $10.99, Amazon

4. Lunar New Year Chocolate Coins​ These good luck red and good fortune gold foiled Belgian chocolate Coins are perfect to place in the lunchbox!

5. Year of the Ox Sticker Favors Not a fan of the chocolate coins? You can take the candies you like and place these Year of the Ox stickers on them. Or place two stickers at the top of a wooden toothpick and you get cool Chinese New Year food picks! That will do the trick to bring Chinese New Year vibes in the bento lunchbox!

6. Eco-Friendly Moo-rrific Water Bottle Hydration should be a good resolution everyone should take for 2021! This water bottle is just fantastic for celebrating the Year of the Ox, with water, juice, or… milk!

7. Moo-tastic Lunch Bags May these lovely lunch bags bring your peaceful, happy, yummy lunchtime all this year! We selected four designs we liked best (and it seems we’re not the only ones finding these lunch bags cute – they disappear fast!). Which one would you choose? Dabbawalla Kids’ Lunch Bag, $20, Amazon Lunch Bag Cow Print, $14.49, Amazon Cows & Flowers Lunch Bag, $17.98, Amazon Cute Cows Lunch Bag, $22.98, Amazon

8. Chinese New Year Lunchbox Ideas Discover Chinese New Year lunchbox ideas and more on Teuko.com! See the ingredients that the families of our lunchbox community used and recreate easily these yummy bento lunch box ideas! Bentovivlov’s lunchbox idea BentoBette’s fun lunch.

So, how do you plan to celebrate the Chinese New Year? Any other food idea, accessory, or tip you would like to share? Add them in the comments!

This post originally appeared on Teuko Blog.
Advertisement
phone-icon-vector
Your daily dose of joy and connection
Get the Tinybeans app