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”.
I would love this tray for my 7th year old who is a picky eater. He doesn’t like any kind of vegetables except salad but plain with no other mixed vegetables. I think This tray would help him. He loves his fruits though like apples,grapes, watermelon and he loves boiled eggs. I’m from Marlborough Massachusetts .
This tray looks like so much fun and would help my picky 2 year old to eat more foods and enjoy it. I am currently trying to push more veggies during meals and this looks like a fun way to do it and have fun
Los Angeles, Ca
Iâm entering to win for my niece Peyton, she just turned 3 and has been a picky eater since day 1! Sometimes motivated by fruit snacks…her favorite foods at the moment are chicken nuggets and grilled cheese. She usually gets bored with foods VERY easily. Her mama has tried everything! Now that sheâs a little older and can understand games this tray would be perfect!
I think this would be great for my Sophie.. She is a very picky eater, doesn’t love veggies and hardly finishes anything, it would be of great use… Hello from ATLANTA Georgia Love
I would love this for my 1 and 2 year old. They are very picky eaters. Their favorite foods are hamburgers and chicken nuggets.
I love this I ha e picky kids this would be a fun way to give them there veggies my boys love finger food and this would be perfect
This is perfect for my picky eaters
I would love to get my hands on this tray…my almost 5 year old is killing me with eating and giving me such a hard time. It’s literally torture everytime I get her to eat. She only likes chicken nuggets, pizza and some snacks!!!! HELP!!!
I have 4 picky eaters
They all love cheese tho. So I work with that.
As soon as I saw you post these I thought it was a great idea.
I would love this for my 9 year old . His always been a picky eater doesn’t like bbq ketchup or ranch he olny eats nuggets snadwiches (ham and bread no crust pls) spaghetti and fries..