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”.
My daughter is going to be 4 in March..she loves her own plate but I think this would be more fun for her..from Los Angeles ca
I think this would be a great gift for my friend’s son, to encourage him to try different foods and make sure that he has a good meal. Thanks for the tips. I’m subscribed. Reading from Tampa FL â¤ď¸
This looks like a lot of fun! I would like to win it for my niece! From Blairstown, NJ
I would love this for my daughter. She always asks me,âhow many more bites?â This would be great! Her favorite foods are chicken, tuna pasta and ice cream (who doesnât love ice cream?!?).
What a great idea. I wish I had thought of this. Trying to get a toddler to eat anything green is a chore. This could do the trick.
Would love to win these for my nephews. The little one is really picky. He has many food allergies so he is very hard to get to try something new. Not sure if itâs because he is picky or because he remembers from being little getting sick from foods (he is 4) Live in Mesa Arizona
I would love to try this on my very very picky son. Hope to win but if not I will be buying it! Thanks for your find on these. As always enjoying your blog
I would love to have this for my 6 year old son. He was diagnosed with SPD and is a picky eater. He gets into certain foods and will eat the same thing everyday for months. Playing with food and making meal time fun helps him try new foods. Even just touching a new food is major progress.
-Margarita
Oklahoma City, OK
Hello! My little munchkin is 10 years old. I know 10 is a big number. He’s not just any 10 year old. He was born with more colors than one would. ⤠He’s an extremely picky eater. So bad that he would go a day MAYBE even two days without eatting but I try so hard to not let that happen. When I saw this I was like “OMG THIS IS AWESOME!!!!! THIS MIGHT MOTIVATE HIM” I try to get him to try new things but I never thought there were things like this!!!! I hope I win. GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE WHO ENTERED!
Ligonier pa