UPDATE: This Giveaway is now over! Winner announcement has been posted on my homepage. See more Giveaways being dropped on my blog here.
My son Ryan is kind of a picky eater (he takes after my husband, Mr FSF ). While my daughter Sophie isn’t a picky eater, she would start to mimic her brother’s behaviors (and verbal complaints), and before you know it, meal times can turn into a battle of wills. Me vs them. And it usually ends in tears.
Then last year I discovered these plates made by Fred & Friends called “Dinner Winner“. They are designed to encourage kids to finish their food. If you follow me on SnapChat, you may have seen me use these plates when preparing meals for my kids.
I LOVE these trays! They are so fun and colorful. Each tray is set up like a little board game, where you follow a “map” of food to a ” hidden treasure”. When you finish the trail of food, the last placement is a covered spot for a hidden treat.  This is your “bait”. #Genius!
The first day I brought these plates out, they were an instant hit! And they really did motivate both my kiddos to finish their food, including things they didn’t like. I’ve since gotten these trays in pretty much every pattern . They really do make mealtime more fun, and can motivate and encourage picky eaters to finish their meals (and even try new things). I typically put a little piece of chocolate in the treat spot and that does the trick.
Anyway, it’s been a lot of fun preparing their meals and watching them use these trays. If you have a fussy eater, or you just want to add some fun into meal time, I recommend checking these plates out. They come in 5 different patterns.
(This is a new series of articles on Fridays called “Favorite Things Friday” where I’ll be sharing some of my favorite things, products & life tips, in hopes that you might find it useful in some way for your family. Join me back here every Friday. Plus, every Favorite Things Friday article will have a giveaway on it!)
Giveaway Time! Â Win a Dinner Winner Tray
As usual, I will include a Giveaway to go with each of these Favorite Things Friday articles each week. âșïžÂ Check back every Friday for more of my Favorite Things (and if you have some of your favorite things you are open to sharing, send me an email. See end of this article for details).
For today’s giveaway, I’m giving away a FREE Dinner Winner Tray of your choice to 5 Readers! This giveaway starts on Friday September 7th and will end on Monday September 10th.  Winners will be announced on this blog only on Tuesday 9/11 before 12pm PST. Youâll have 48 hours to claim your prize.
To enter in this giveaway: leave a comment below and tell me about the kiddo you want to win this for. What are some of their favorite foods? Or you can tell me a useful tip you use at home or something you recently learned. Or you can tell me about some of your frustrations that you would love help with. And tell me where you’re reading from (city and state). Let me know by leaving a comment on this post.
This post is NOT sponsored. I just really love this product and wanted to share my experience. All prizes are paid for by myself.
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I have a 5 yr old boy who is always eager to eat but never ever wants to finish. He sometimes takes about an hr i usually have to reheat, or end up just giving up. Then literally not even 5 mins after giving up he wants a cookie or snack. I try everything from bribes, to threaten to take toys away. Its always a battle i think he would love this plate. Definitely would help him finish for his treat at the end. Xoxo thnx
Man, my little guy is always asking how many bites he has to eat. It isnât so much about the kind of food as it is about how much of that kind of food he has to eat. Ahhh
From St. Louis mo
Hello! I would love to get this wonderful idea because I have 4 children but only one of them is very special when it comes to choosing their food. He is 4 years old and he loves Pizza, tacos and lentils but he does not want to taste the vegetables! I feel stressed because when he was smaller he ate them without problems. And I think maybe with an insentient like this he can make him eat vegetables again.
I would love to win this to test it out for my students, honestly. I’m looking for alternative serving solutions during our classroom lunches and these might just do the trick. So, I’m in it to win it, to possibly buy it in bulk afterwards.
My daughter is 3 y.o. All she wants to eat is bread/flour in any form: sliced bread, cookies, tortillas, chips, crackers. And every evening she asks for pelmeni (Russian style dumplings) for dinner, nothing else Obviously giving her veggies or even fruit is a struggle. But thank God I just came up with the idea of making her popsicles and giving them to her as a treat. These popsicles are virtually frozen riot and veggie smoothies: pineapple with kale and mint, strawberry and basil, mango and spinach. She likes them so much and I can finally feel good about her eating fruit and veggies.
I need this tray for my 4 year old daughter, Avery. She only likes pasta and sometimes chicken. She will not eat veggies but loves certain sweets. She loves surprises so the reward at the end would be great encouragement for her.
I would love to win this cool tray for my granddaughter Miss Abby. Thanks
These are so fun! Would love the princess one for my daughters. It would really help them to try new foods. My daughter loves chicken nuggets and chocolate. It would be fun to have a chocolate reward at the end.
My issues are getting the kiddos to eat in a timely manner. They could finish their meal, except that it takes forever and some meals, more than an hour. This product looks quite creative
This is the coolest plate ever. My son is such a picky eater. He wonât eat veggies or fruit. He lives off of carbs, meat and cheese. This would be great to get him to eat a variety of important food groups. What a cool giveaway. Thank you