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Monday, July 21, 2014

Mealtime Fun with FunBites {A Back to School Review}

Photo credit FunBites

I love making meal time fun for the children. In fact, my journey toward homeschooling started with fun meals focused on specific subjects or letters I was trying to teach Tabitha, way back when she was just a toddler. A couple of years ago I was introduced to FunBites and discovered a new way to make the children's meals a blast to eat. You can check out my review of the Squares Cutter here.  Since then we have also received the Hearts Cutter and just recently their newest addition, the Triangle Cutter.

Photo credit FunBites

So, what exactly are FunBites? 

FunBites cutters are the brainchild of Bobbie Rhoads, a mom of two girls who was looking for a way to encourage her youngest daughter to eat different foods.  If you have picky eaters, you can probably relate to Bobbie's struggles. She would cut food into small pieces for her daughter, but that of course can be very time consuming. Perhaps one could use small cookie cutters to cut the food, but have you ever tried that and had the food stuck in the cutter? I have. That is the ingenious nature of the FunBites cutter. 

As you can see, there are two parts to each cutter, the curved cutter and the popper top.


In just a few simple steps you can use these two parts to cut out fun shapes for your child's meals and snacks.


Just place the curved cutter on the food you are preparing, hold onto the handles and push down while rocking side to side several times, and then place the popper top into the cutter and POP the food out.


I love using our FunBites cutters to create muffin tin meals for the children.  
This was our Tornado muffin tin.


FunBites cutters can be used on a variety of foods. I primarily use them to cut sandwiches, cheese and melon (watermelon and cantaloupe are favorites in our home). 


However, they can also be used to cut pancakes, pizza, omelette...just use your imagination and see what you can cut into fun shapes for your child's meal.

This was our Madeline/France Muffin Tin.


I also gave them a fun cantaloupe flower and sun for dessert the other day.


I cut up watermelon in triangles and squares for them to create patterns.




There are so many fun ways that FunBites can be used, and now they have gone a step further and created this awesome packaging. What a cute gift this could be for a child and a wonderful way to encourage your child to help out in the kitchen. 


I guess it is obvious that we love these FunBites cutters. They are simple to use and spark the imagination. Food time doesn't need to be boring and better yet, picky eaters can be encouraged to eat a variety of healthy foods. Though it looks like there may be food wasted as you cut the shapes out, let me tell you my secret. The food scraps from cutting out food become my lunch. I've also been known to cut out shapes for myself. I love having watermelon pieces in a bowl to grab to eat, instead of having messy slices. I know, I know, part of the fun of summer is getting all messy from watermelon slices. That is great if you are outdoors. I would much rather have my kiddos eating pieces of melon at the table. 

Are there any concerns? Well, I am not sure if you noticed, but cutting out peanut butter and jelly/apple butter can be a bit messy as the filling occasionally wants to ooze out. This has has not been a big concern though. You will also want to make sure to wash your cutter right away or put it in soak, so food does not harden in the crevices. Here's some more wonderful news, FunBites cutters are dishwasher safe!

I absolutely love these award winning FunBites cutters. I am so thankful that I was given a chance to review and share the newest cutter and new packaging. Here, would you like a peek at all the members of the FunBites Gang?


Eddie the Explorer, Jackie the Dreamer, Harry the Hungry, Dylan the Chef, Peter the Picky and Lola the Princess

You can check out all the products they offer at the website
Each individual cutter sells for $12.99, but there are special savings if you purchase different bundles or sets. 

 One of these great FunBites cutters can be yours!
FunBites has generously offered to include a FunBites cutter in my Back to School/5 Year Blogiversary Celebration.

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How would you like some extra entries into this giveaway before it even starts? 
Head on over to FunBites Website and tell me something about the awards they have won or where FunBites have been featured. Leave the answer here in the comments with your email and when the giveaway is live I will email you the secret code to place in the Rafflecopter for a bonus 10 points. 



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36 comments:

  1. This looks like a great product and I'm interested in trying one out! My 12 year old eats with her fingers more than with utensils thanks to her autism. http://www.specialneedskidstalkradio.com/toys-for-kids-with-autism-give-me-5/

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  2. That looks like a fun way to cut up kids foods!

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  3. This looks like so much fun! I also have a picky eater. This would be great for him. The little cheeses are so cute!

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  4. We have FunBites at our house and my daughter loves them. They are especially helpful when you have a picky eater on your hands like my little one.

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  5. These are so cute. I can see how it would help picky eater eat more. I wish I would have had this when my children were younger.

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  6. I love the small, uniform pieces that gadget makes. I could see my 4 year old having a blast cutting up his food for consumption.

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  7. This is a perfect way to have snack time fun for the kids, this is fabulous

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  8. Heck with the kids, I want one of those for me! Gets rid of the crust AND makes it bite-sized? Sold.

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  9. How fun that is! That would make terrific appetizers for if you were entertaining!

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  10. I could use this when making the kids lunch.. my daughter like to make it fun.

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  11. I think these sound great. I've tried to get a set to review but I will just enter your contest!

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  12. We reviewed this some time ago and LOVED them!

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  13. Not sure my comment went through. So I apologize if it did. I love how creative you are with food and the things you have been studying. I will have to try this with my daughter to see if I can get her to try new things. I love what you used for the Madeline unit study.

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  14. I love Funbites. They are great to make eating a little more fun. Plus the shapes are too cute.

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  15. I never thought about using the shapes to form a picture, Cool idea, lunch and learning too.

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  16. That is a very cute idea, one Im sure kids would love to use themselves. I can see my kids finding all kinds of ways to use that thing! Including play doh :)

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  17. i love these cutters.. i always try to make the shapes to livin up my kids meals. These sure make cutting triangles easy! thank you

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  18. I love these! Its really difficult to get my girl to eat her food...I've tried to many different things. She does love shapes, this could really help:) Thanks for the fun review!

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  19. These look like so much fun. My 5 year old always wants her food cut into shapes and this looks like it would be an easy fun way to make that happen

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  20. These look fun. Right now, we have trains and dinos for the boys. I like that this brand has the little plunger to remove them from the cutter.

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  21. these are so cool! I think my family could have a lot of fun with these!

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  22. What child wouldn't love using these to help prepare their own lunch. It's too bad they don't work a little better with sandwiches.

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  23. I absolutely love these! I would love to be able to cut up my kids sandwiches and other things! It would definitely make them enjoy eating their food more and have fun at the same time! Not to mention how great it would be for them to be able to do it themselves!

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  24. These would be a cute way to teach shapes with food!

    Nancy
    allibrary (at) aol (dot) com

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  25. These would be a fun way to teach shapes with food. These would also be useful in making bento box style lunches.

    Nancy
    allibrary (at) aol (dot) com

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  26. What a cute idea! I only wish I would have found this product when my children were toddlers ;)

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  27. I love that this has a second piece to help you push all the pieces out! This would make the time I spend cutting everything my toddler eats into bite-sized pieces go from "what seems like forever" to seconds flat.

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  28. Looks like a fun way to make lunch. My boys would probably eat more if they had their food cut up in small bites like this.

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  29. I have one at my home,my daughter and son love this,they are creative when they play with their own food.Love it for sandwiches.

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  30. This is very creative. I love that not only can I make fun designs for my children, but what is even better, is that they can create their own design. It is a great way for them to learn their shapes and use their imagination. Also, like you mentioned, they can participate in making their food into shapes as well.

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  31. These are cute shapes. It would be a fun way to reinforce the learning of shapes.

    Nancy
    allibrary (at) aol (dot) com

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  32. These mosaics of food I love! I never have been quite this creative with my children's food in the past. I really think this has inspired me for not just my children but also for myself and my husband.

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  33. This looks like a lot of fun to use

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  34. This looks like a good way to add math to lunch time. Tanagrams or fractions.

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  35. Those are really cute. Honestly, I would use them for parties too. lol..so much I could create!

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