*Disclosure – We received the featured products for the purpose of this post. However, all thoughts and opinions are my own.
We do love a picnic. Whether it be by the canal, a park or in the garden, I just love the opportunity to relax and spend some quality time with my little gang.
We’ve recently partnered up with Smash and the timing couldn’t be more perfect because they offer the most beautiful lunch boxes and drinking bottles, that are ideal to take along on a picnic or for returning to school.
Smash are kindly giving away a gorgeous bundle of lunch boxes to one lucky reader! So stay tuned until the end of the post.
With that said, here are 5 reasons why we love to have a picnic.
Family Time
Picnics are brilliant for bringing everyone together. Family life can be hectic and time can soon be taken up by endless jobs, I know mine is! It’s so nice to just take some time out with the family and shut off from everything else. When we sit down with our picnic, there are no distractions like there are in the home and everyone joins in with the conversation.
2. Enjoying Nature
We never need a reason to enjoy the outdoors. Obviously we are more cautious at the moment with the current circumstances, but saying that, we ‘re looking forward to using our National Trust Membership again and sitting in beautiful grounds enjoying our picnic. It’s a real treat.
3 Good For Your Health
Being able to top up with vitamin D is another great benefit to having a picnic and not only that, it’s good for exercise too. We often take a few games along to play with the kids such as a bat and ball or boules.
4. An Inexpensive Day Out
I love how you can go on a picnic, the kids have fun and it doesn’t cost a thing. The chances are you have everything you need to take along. It’s not about having to spend hundreds of pounds on days out, it’s about making memories. I know that when my kids fly the nest, they will remember all of the fun times Craig and I shared with them.
5. Reduces Stress
I’ve always said that the outdoors and nature is good for the soul. I, like many others, work from home and as a rule, I do more hours now than I did when I was employed. It’s so much easier to do an extra half an hour which turns into 2-3 hours. So getting outside is my stress reliever after a busy day.
I couldn’t think of a better way to unwind other than to pack a few snacks and head off for a picnic with my boys.
The fabulous lunch range featured is available exclusive to Tesco stores from this month. All of these products have Smash’s Blue IQ insulated lining which not only wipes clean easily, it also inhibits antimicrobial growth. This, in turn, eliminates mould, mildew and bacteria.
Now time for a giveaway
Win this awesome picnic worthy lunch bag bundle –
- 5 Piece Mint Lunch Bag
- Floral Lunch Bag
- Floral Bottle
- Football Lunch Bag & Bottle
To enter please fill in the rafflecopter form below. Good luck.
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Competition ends 3rd September 2020.
My grandson starts school in September he’d love the football lunch box
This would be perfect for my grandson.
These look great for our trips out to the coast
I love a good picnic,these are perfect!
Too cute, perfect for the kids starting school in September
I love the sandwich box shaped like a piece of bread, such a good idea as it’s so hard to find a box that perfectly fits your butties!
The floral set is so pretty!
my grandson will be as delighted as me if l am the lucky winner of this prize
The floral set is lovely, a great way to carry your lunch to work!
Wow these are lovely, perfect for my 2 children x
I’d love this for picnics with my niece thanks
This is fabulous!
I love the designs
Being a single parent picnics are a cheap way to get out and have fun. We’d look really posh with this set
fabtastic giveaway
These lunch bags look great, I know my daughter would love them, and I love the floral one.
Gosh some really lovely designs that i havent seen before I think my little girl would love the floral one
These are super cute! My nephew would love it!
great for when kids go back to school
These look fab
Fantastic prize – my son would love one of these!
My grandson would love the football one
These are so cool, love the designs
We particularly love the floral set. Very pretty.
This would be perfect for my daughter, ready for school.
This looks a great set and perfect for back to school too. We usually take a picnic with us when we go to the local park, the nature reserve at the lake and the beach
perfect for my granddaughter
perfect for picnics and school lunches too
Great items
This would be fantastic for my daughter who starts school in September xx
They look brilliant, lovely designs
My four granddaughters would all like a shot at this prize
We love picnics! Our family have some land so we have been visiting alot recently as we get piece and quiet and it’s lovely! We always take a picnic!
Our family can never have enough of these!
This cute roses would be ideal for my niece Vanessa.
love the floral design it’s gorgeous 🙂
Picnics are a happy memory from my childhood so it’s something I’ve always continued
This would be fantastic for my boy, so I’ve entered for him x
We enjoy having picnics so much these look ideal.
Would love this for my nephew
My family always enjoyed our holiday picnics which included local produce from markets and a patisserie. These lunchboxes and bottles would be a great back to school gift for my niece and nephew.
This would be perfect for my daughter
The flowery design is so pretty! Really useful too. 🙂
I love the floral!
Oooh I love these the flowery one is perfect
lovely for my son
These are very cool lunch boxes
Fantastic prize, love the designs
Great for days out and school
Lovely. This looks great for the whole family.
Great designs
These are lovely quality lunchboxes that will last the year, which is what I need one to do for my daughter.
Great designs, so colourful
beautiful lunch boxes especially love the floral one
great prize
I love this prize so practical but at the same time stylish & fun!
This would be perfect for my grandson 🙂
They are so pretty
This would be fab for the return to school. Great lunch products.
Cool giveaway love it and some great items here.
lovely giveaway very pretty
Such lovely lunch boxes
Cool lunch boxes
My kids would love these
We love picnics our favourite place to take a picnic is Bolton Abbey in Skipton you can spend the whole day there walking round the woods, going over the river on the stepping stones, skipping stones in the river, walking round the abbey and just relaxing.
Great Prize! This would come in handy
I absolutely love the floral set
my little boy would love one of these lunchboxes for starting school next week!
My son is in school and sometimes has to take a pack lunch these would be perfect for him
Such a great prize – count me in please.
Love this post and the giveaway. It’s been a while since we’ve had a picnic and although I know the weather is turning, we still might be able to squeeze an outdoor one in. Definitely going to try.
Some really lovely designs
This would be great for my nephew. Thanks for the competition.
Great to have a new set – my daughter loves her packed lunch time in school, the perfect time for chatting!
What a fab prize. I know my son would love a set like this.
Love the floral set.
Perfect for going back to school
Love this lunches set.
We love a picnic. Our holiday this year was Scotland and we put for walks with a picnic most days
Perfect for my daughter Ava
They’re really fun designs and practical
They look like quality products, thanks for the chance to win x