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. âşď¸Â 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.
 Do You Have a Favorite Product or Life Tip? Want to be published in a future “Favorite Things Friday”? Shoot me an email with your write up and pictures. If I accept your submission and publish your tip, I’ll also send you a $50 Gift Card to the store of your choice. Send an email to tina@FreeStuffFinder.com with subject “Favorite Things Friday Tip”.
Need one for my sanity! With a newborn, I donât have time or energy to battle with my daughter …
My 4 year old is turning into a picky eater now but we used dessert as an incentive so this is a great idea and would really work for her!!
Jess struthers Ohio
These plates are so cool, never seen anything like this. My daughter has a hard time sitting still and finishing her dinner. It gets distracted and is like âiâm Doneâ after a few mins, then itâs a struggle to get her to finish her meal. I would love the opportunity to win one of these.. Frederick, md
I would give this creative plate to my niece who’s turning 3 next month. She loves to see faces on her food as in mouth, eyes, hair, body etc lol it’s a great way for her to eat all her food
Fanny
New York, NY
Hi! I’d love to win this for my daughter Lila. She’s a decent eater, but the most frustrating part annoy her eating habits is that one week she will love a certain food, but won’t touch it the following week!
(Mesa, AZ)
My 3 y/o started school last year. Since then, she’s been drinking less and less milk. The other day, she didn’t drink any of the milk poured out for her by her teacher. Before she started school, she preferred and drank warm/ hot milk. Tips appreciated!
I really need this! My son loves things like this it would make him so happy!
I would love this for my 3 year old. He actually loves broccoli but has a hard time eating all of his meat. This would be a great incentive for him to finish his food if he knows there is a treat at the end.
Dothan AL
I have a 4 year old boy and he is a picky eater, I always have to beg him to try the food! I would like to make him eat more vegetables. And try things before you say you do not want without having tried them.
My son has autism and it’s always been a challenge feeding him. We always give him an incentive when its dinner time and try to make it a game sometimes a race to see who finishes dinner first (we always give him a headstart) the prize is usually a “snack” and this tray would come in handy as a fun way to get him to finish such as it being a treasure hunt with his favorite treat at the end of his meal.
Our son is 6 years old đ