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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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This i would love to win for my son Raheem the biggest picky eater hoping that winning this and having one for him will help him eat better and more meals end happy and not in tears and arguing to finish food. Heâs 2 and a half he would love it
This would be for my extremely picky almost 5 year old who basically only eats chicken nuggets, fries, hot dogs spaghetti and Mac and cheese these would be such a fun way to get kids to eat (Queens, NY)
I would love to win this plate for my son Izz who is 5 now. My son suffered from really bad acid reflux as a baby and since then he has had a love hate relationship with food. This plate would be so much fun for him and help make meal times more fun and exciting instead of a scary painful thing. He loves salads cucumber, apples, strawberries, steak, and of course chicken nuggets; all of which would fit nicely in the compartments of this plate!
I would love this tray for both my 3 year old and 6 year old. They can be picky eaters so making a game out of dinner, specially to try new foods, will be something they will be totally into! I try to incorporate veggies into baked goods and mostly works! We’re in Melbourne, FL
I would love this for my daughter Jalessa. She gets distracted a lot, this would be great to encourage her to finish her food which is not an easy task.
I would love this for my daughter she’s 4 and this would probably help her eat all get food! Maybe it be more exciting for her
As Iâm sitting here trying to get my 3year old son to eat, I see your post and think this would be the perfect plate for him to encourage him to eat. I was just saying to my husband âwhy is every meal such a struggle!â My husband recorded him saying âeat your foodâ and playing replay as we speak! Lol . He is a good eater, loves veggies and pastas and fruit, but the last few weeks heâs been so difficult. Weâre trying to encourage him to eat on his own and not feed him. This plate would be perfect for that. Hopefully my good eater will come back, without my help of feeding him. Thanks!
Jenny Lee
Oh my goodness. This tray is beyond brilliant. I am super curious to see if it works. My oldest, Caiden, is a very very picky eater. I think it started from when he was small because he couldnât chew his food and had to go to a feeding therapist for over a year. He finally graduated this past April! But now, heâs wonât just eat anything. Pizza is his ultimate favorite, and pairing hotdogs and white rice, seems to come in second place. He itâs that stuff probably 5 times a week. You would think he would get tired of it. He only eats apples and bananas and sometimes broccoli. I give him baby food pouches to give him other varieties of fruits and veggies. Itâs been a hard couple of months. I hope it will get better!
-Jasminr
These trays are so cool! Would love to win this for either one of my two kids. Both are picky we ever! All they eat is rice eggs and some viet pork sausages!!! Reading this from chicago!
Responding from Kansas City, MO! would love this tray for my son! He takes so long to eat this would definitely (hopefully) help him eat faster. Hopefully we win! Thanks for always doing these giveaways and all the other things you do as well to help people save! â€ïž