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. 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.
 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 2 year old loves broccoli, chicken nuggets, soup & rice. I’m hoping this little gadget will get her excited to try new foods. The only way I can sneak in more veggies and fruits is making smoothies and freezing the rest for ice pops.
I have 8 kids…soon to be 9. This would be a fun way to reward a child for the day at dinner time!
I would like there’s for my grandchildren who are 2 and 8. I love the idea of favorite things Friday!!! Thank you.
My little Ethan is picky eater, too. He only likes to eat fruits, no meat. Therefore, to encourage him to eat, I sometimes have to mix his favorite fruits with meals ( like chopped watermelon with rice). Hope I can win one of the plate, it might helps him to love his foods. Thanks.
I want to win for both of my little ones Noah and MJ. They are both picky eaters and anything that encourages them to eat is amazing! Thanks for your awesome coupon info and blog!
Iâd love this for my youngest who is an extremely picky eater! I currently use food chaining to get him to eat more, he has to eat something he doesnât love to get something he does love, and maybe I can do that with this tray so I can actually eat too!
Incentives are how I get my 5 year old son to do everything! These would be great in getting him to try new food! He’s a very picky eater and his almost 2 year old sister mimics everything he does đ meal time is not fun! Norwalk, CA
She hates!!!! peas đ
love the new comment box update!
Garden Grove, CA
I would love this plate for my extremely picky eater 7 year old. It is sooo frustrating trying to get her to eat right. She tries to eat snack all day over actual meals. The one meal of the day that I do not have trouble with is breakfast! She loves breakfast (eggs, pancakes, etc). Even with her eggs sheâs picky though! She wants them to be fluffy and if theyâre over Cooked sheâll try to get away with not eating them. Iâm going to go through comments to see what advice other have and hopefully find one that works!!
My adorable 5 year old nephew is a fussy, picky eater. He just started kindergarten a few days ago. All he wants to eat is nuggets, fries, pizza etc. I really want him to eat balanced, healthy, meals at dinner time. I would love to try him with that dinner tray. I would be a winner aunt in both his eyes and his mom. Win-win for everyone đ