Our best preschool backpacks for 2026

Caramel & cie is a French brand, founded by a creative mother who cares about her children's well-being. Our children's backpacks are designed to be practical, ergonomic, and durable.

From the start of nursery school, choosing a backpack is an essential moment. This little everyday companion has a significant impact on children's physical and emotional development. An unsuitable backpack can harm a child's posture and well-being. That's why it's important to choose a model adapted to toddlers' body shapes.

At Caramel & cie, these issues are at the heart of our approach. Our nursery backpacks are designed to offer the best in terms of comfort and safety, without ever compromising on style.

Criteria for choosing a school backpack

An ergonomic backpack

From nursery school, comfort is paramount. A good children's backpack must be ergonomic to preserve your child's health with:

• Adjustable and padded straps: they help distribute the weight evenly on the child's shoulders. Our straps are S-shaped, inspired by hiking backpacks, for optimal support even for toddlers.

• A lightweight design: the bag should not be too heavy on the back, even when empty. Our models weigh as little as 600g, leaving comfortable room for snacks, water bottles, and comforters.

A durable backpack

From nursery to primary school, school bags are put to the test. To ensure it lasts, you need to choose a bag with resistant materials, reinforced seams at wear points, and easy-to-clean fabrics. A damp sponge should be enough for most daily messes.

An attractively designed backpack

Children are attracted to colorful patterns that stimulate their imagination. A practical external pocket for snacks, prints that tell a story, colors you want to wear every morning: design is not a detail, it's what makes a child want to put on their backpack.

Our selection of nursery backpacks for the 2026 school year

For girls

Our little Liberty Butterfly backpack

From our collection, our mini Liberty Butterfly backpack can accompany baby from their first day at daycare and throughout their nursery years. This backpack evokes enchanted gardens where little girls can flourish freely. Its pale pink color and delicate flowers add a touch of poetry to every school day. A golden butterfly has delicately landed on the front pocket, like an invitation to dream and escape.

Discover the Liberty Butterfly backpack.

Our little Butterfly backpack

The butterfly-shaped backpack is an iconic brand item. Its iridescent glitter outer fabric is a delight to the eyes. Its wings sparkle with rainbow reflections and evoke the graceful flight of butterflies. With this bag on their back, little girls imagine flying from flower to flower. Over the collections, the Butterfly backpack has been available in different colors: parma, pink, blue...

Discover our Butterfly backpacks.

For boys

 

Our Blue Skates backpack

For little skateboarding enthusiasts, the Blue Skates backpack arrives with its graphic skateboard print on a navy blue background. Lightweight, with a zippered front pocket in brown canvas and a side mesh pocket for a water bottle, it is as well-designed as it is beautiful. Its adjustable S-straps and reinforced handle make it easy for little hands to handle.

Discover the Blue Skates backpack.

Our little Wild Trip backpack

The Wild Trip is an everyday adventure. Its nature print with bold colors makes every trip to school an expedition. Robust, lightweight, lined with recycled polyester and equipped with adjustable straps, it is designed for intensive use throughout the year. It has a front pocket measuring 21 x 14 cm and a side mesh ideal for sliding in a water bottle. Available in green and blue.

Discover the Wild Trip green backpack.