Townsville mum creates game for fussy eaters

Fed up with trying to smuggle veggies into her fussy eaters food, a Townsville mum has created a kids game to make mealtime fun.

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Fed up with trying to smuggle veggies into her fussy eaters food, a Townsville mum has created a kids game to make mealtime fun.

The Healthy Little Eaters Game was brainstormed around the kitchen table with intentions of making something to engage and educate her two boys on why eating healthy food was so important.

Founder and former paediatric nurse Kate Pearce said after years of battling her children to eat “the coloured food” on the plate she went looking for help but there was very little resources on offer.

Ms Pearce admitted she was the fussy eater who made meal time difficult for her own parents and after years of trying to reverse digestive health issues caused by a staple diet of two minute noodles and chicken nuggets, she was determined to start educating her children early on in life.

Healthy Little Eaters Game makes eating fruit and veggies fun.

“I witnessed first hand the struggles parents, families and educators face daily trying to get children to not just eat but try vegetables,” Ms Pearce said.

“It made sense for me when I had kids just how hard it really is and kids are often told to eat veggies but no one explains to them why.

“It worked so well with my kids that I decided I needed to share them with the world.”

Through matching games, memory games, quizzes and making a fun puzzle, children learn the link between fresh wholefoods and body parts, with each fruit or vegetable correlating with a body part.

Thanks to a nomination by Smart Precinct NQ for the product, Ms Pearce was selected as one of nine female led, regionally-based Queensland businesses to take part in the Flair Incubator Program.

Based in Toowoomba, the four month program connects business owners with mentors to help grow, market and launch into global operation.

Ms Pearce said she’s been walking in uncharted territory and learnt so much about business thanks to the program.

The only setback has been trying to self fund her travel to and from Toowoomba to attend mandatory sessions but hopes a crowd-funding campaign set up by Smart Precinct NQ will help.

“The mentor I’m working with actually has an education resources company so he understands the market incredibly well,” she said.

“It opened up potential for distribution opportunities to the UK through Rainbow Bridge Education which is beyond exciting.

“I would love to see Queensland Education take it on as part of all primary school and kindergarten classes, getting it into hospitals and Queensland Health as well.”

Originally published as Townsville mum creates game for fussy eaters