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! Win a Dinner Winner Tray
As usual, I will include a Giveaway to go with each of these Favorite Things Friday articles each week. ☺️ 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. You’ll 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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This is for my grandson. He refuses to eat veggies! But I think this may make it more fun! Maybe a reward at the end! ❤️
I’m from Tacoma Washington!
This would be perfect for my 5 year old daughter is petite and a very picky eater. She loves to do these in her workbook where you follow the road so I think this would be a good idea for her so she can eat all the food I give her. Especially vegetables would be the item I want her to eat the most. Thanks for Shari g and hope she can get one!!!
My daughter loves to eat healthy, more than us So she draw her own plate, on a foam plate, with compartments for each group of food She will love to have a plate where she can separate her food and get a reward at the end
Forgot to say that I’m from Pembroke Pines, FL
Great item to motivate picky eaters!
I NEED this tray for my almost 2 yr old picky eater. I definitely will make things fun and make it easier for him to eat!
JJ loves to eat cheese, strawberries, grapes, oranges, baked seasoned kale, quesadillas with Avocado and pizza of course!
Forgot to add I am from Whittier California!
Hi I’m from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania I have a 3 year old daughter whom was a great eater until she turned 3 it’s been difficult to get her to sit a whole meal and actually eat her food so I think this being a treasure hunt thing would be a good try for her she all about imagination and adventure I would love to see how this works out for her and all the stories she will make up along the way
Hi I’m from Seattle,WA I would love this tray for my daughter. She loves yogurt, bananas, peaches, tortillas and beans. She would be so excited to have this tray as she never really needed help eating other than the early months of introducing, she took off with her spoon and fingers after that and has been so independent since. Thank you!
I want to win this for my picky eater. She is 4 and every meal is a battle. We are exhausted and dread meal times because we spend most of it negotiating how many bites to take. This seems like a fun way to have the negotiating already done for us in a dinner game board set up.
I’d love this for my 4 and a half year old daughter. Getting her toneat anything other then chicken nuggets, cheerios and fruit snacks is just about impossible. I saw this post and even if we don’t win a plate, I will be ordering one in the future!
This tray would be great for my 3 year old who is such a picky eater. Her favorite foods are cucumbers, carrots, watermelon, and noodles.