Games with food. How to get your child to eat more. Eating games for picky eaters.

My daughter is a really picky eater. We’ve been going to occupational therapy with her to help with her eating and they played a lot of games with food there. It inspired me to put together a list of games we play with food, which have successfully helped my daughter to either eat more or to try new foods.

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1. Guess the food game

Scarlett helped me to pick foods that she was willing to use for this game. We arranged them on a plate, blindfolded her, and had her guess the food by tasting it. We used a carrot, a grape, a raspberry, a piece of broccoli, a piece of cheese, a walnut, a piece of a cracker, a blueberry, a pistachio, and a piece of a pretzel stick. In the middle of the plate, we put a chocolate cookie for a prize if she guesses all the items. Scarlett had a lot of fun playing this game and I was happy I got some fruits and nuts in her.

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