Chow Down: 11 Terrific Mealtime Tools for Toddlers

Find yourself dining with a toddler with some regularity these days? Check out these tools that'll make mealtimes easier for you and more exciting for your little eater.

By Tinybeans Team February 15, 2016

Editor’s Note, November 2018: For our most up-to-date story on awesome utensils and tools for kids mealtime, click here for our most recent coverage.

You chop their food into little pieces. You’ve had food flung at your head. You spend a good portion of your time wiping down the floors, walls, and cabinets. Are you: A) the lead nutritionist at a zoo, or B) the parent of a toddler during meal times? Assuming the answer is in fact, B, then perk up, buttercup! We’ve got a dynamite list of tools to help make “feeding times” easier for you and more fun for the wild things in your life.

Fred & Friends Chimpsticks

We know you’re out there, you foodie parents who secretly roll your eyes(while smiling, of course!) at your toddler’s inability to eat adeptly with chopsticks when you go out for dim sum. Or maybe you’re just one of the lucky ones whose kiddos clamor for the chance to eat with “little swords.” Whatever the case may be, you can dine with ease using Fred & Friends Chimpsticks, the perfect antidote to chopstick chaos at the dinner table.

Available at amazon.com
$7.44.

Photo: Fred & Friends

How do you manage mealtime mayhem with toddlers? What other gizmos should we add to our list? Tell us in our comments section below.

— Shelley Massey