One of the challenges we all face with curious kiddos is keeping items in their place… the same is true for the Piggy Platter. While we made it with an anti-slip plastic gasket around the bottom of the rim so our kids couldn’t shove it across the table with food on it (like they did with the laminated placemats), we realize that strong little ones can move it around.

Hence! The Piggy Platter is not without a little child training. We actually produced it to be a training tool for the table: the large surface and rim give the kids their “make a mess here” boundary. We tell out kids that just like a plate full of food, we need to keep our placemats on the table until we take them to the sink for cleaning.

We did consider suction cups, but not for long! Any suction cup product we purchased didn’t work on our wood table, nor, on a different surface, beyond two uses after putting them in the dishwasher. We wanted to be sure and give parents the option of cleaning their Piggy Platter in the dishwasher!

We welcome additional discussion and tips on how you encourage your kids to keep the Piggy Platter on the table.

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