Remember when the highlight of the school day wasn’t recess time or even special days when you could eat pizza, it was opening your own lunchbox? 

Before sleek insulated totes and bento boxes, we had bold, clunky works of art that made peanut butter sandwiches taste like treasure and that made the whole classroom jump when they fell from your desk in the slightest.

These lunchboxes weren’t just for carrying juice boxes, they were our pride and joy in our little everyday life. Your lunchbox declared your personality before you even unwrapped your sandwich. Here’s a look back at the lunchboxes that made us actually excited to head to school, just to show them off.