green sprouts Mini Platemat, Silicone helps avoid harmful chemicals, Contoured design fits most high chairs, Helps toddler develop independent eating skills, Heat-Resistant, Dishwasher Safe

When I bought this last February, my intention was for my 1 year old toddler to use it during mealtimes. I didn't find the product very useful as a feeding mat so it disappeared into the cabinet until a few months ago. Don't get me wrong: it is not a bad placemat and I could see how it might be useful for this purpose for some people. I personally found it annoying to clean food items off of it since it is large and floppy and doesn't easily fit into a dishwasher. I decided I'd rather just wipe down the table.Having said all that, we now use this item whenever my daughter draws which is many times a day so it gets a ton of use. It keeps the paper from sliding around on the table. For awhile I was taping the paper to the table. Then, in what felt like a stroke of genius, I pulled this out of the cabinet. It worked great! No more sliding paper. No more tape. It is perfect for this use.So, while I am not using this the way I thought I would, I am very glad I purchased it because it found a different use and has been very helpful. I now just keep it on my coffee table with paper and washable crayons around for my toddler to use whenever she wants. She gets to be independent and I don't have to deal with frustration over sliding paper or even think about that problem anymore. It seems minor but sometimes it's the little stuff, ya know?

I highly recommend this placemat for anyone with young ones transitioning from a high chair, especially if they are learning how to use an open cup! We being the highly intelligent parents that we are (insert eye roll...) bought a new table when our little one was just a few months old featuring lots of “character” - aka a bazillion unreachable spots for food and liquid to get trapped in. We figured our little guy would be in a high chair for quite some time, but COVID changed our family operations and I found myself staying home with my toddler and also taking care of a younger niece, making the transition for our toddler to the big table happen quicker than we had originally planned. This mat made this possible! I love how easy it is to clean (I normally just wipe it down with a washcloth but also sometimes take it to the sink for those extreme messy meals). It does not suction, but that wasn’t our goal. We wanted a placemat that would catch most/all milk spilled from an open cup that he was starting to learn. Fun teacher tip - I use permanent markers to decorate the mat for holidays and also added a circle and square at the top to teach him where to place his cup. Toddlers like options so he gets to put his cup in his circle or his square. The permanent marker comes off easily which is nice for the seasonal drawings but I do have to redo the shapes quite often (my toddler does not view this as a bad thing, though, as he gets to pick the 2 colors each time). I love this mat and have recommended it to many others with kiddos “graduating” from their highchairs!

I got this as a paint palette for acrylics. It's amazing. Having a silicone tray for my paint means I don't have to use those throwaway palette papers, and it's' easier to clean than the hard plastic, wood, or plexi palettes.It also rolls up and I can toss it in my travel paint bag and it pops out just fine later.Clean up is eash. If I have time, I just let the paint harden, and it just peals right off after, but if I am in a hurry I wash the palette as normal. Unlike the white plastic palette I was using before, though, this doesn't stick. It just comes right off.This is more environmentally conscious for me as a palette because the peal and toss palette papers always bothered me because I don't like waste when I can avoid it. This was the perfect solution and probably my favorite paint palette to date.

These work great for food and for art projects. They keep items from falling off too, which is great with a toddler. There are mats that are easier to roll up for traveling, but none that work better at containing everything. Highly recommend.

We just moved our 18 month old from a high chair to a big boy booster seat. I was concerned that moving him would result in a lot of food being all over the table and all over the floor. I started looking into something silicone (almost all of my kitchen stuff is silicone because of how easy it is to clean) that wouldn't slide off the table, would be easy to clean, and contain the mess. Then I stumbled across this! This mat is adorable with a little owl and tree on it and is green to match their booster chairs, my kids love that and it makes them want to use it! The green sprouts mat sticks to our dining room table and has a good lip around the edge to keep food from sliding off easily. We get a lot of dinner time temper tantrums so it puts my mind at ease that food won't end up on the floor...or at least less than if it were on a little toddler plate. It's also really nice because it's the perfect size for my 18 month old to use by himself or big enough that my 3 year old can share it with him. We've been putting a variety of foods on it and then they can each eat what they want so there is a lot less wasted food. My kids use metal silverware and the silicone doesn't show any wear from that. It holds up in the dishwasher no problem. It rinses clean in the sink with next to no scrubbing. I wish I would have had this when we transitioned my oldest to the table. It's a great product. My only complaint is, that like most silicone products, it's not sturdy enough to carry from room to room with food on it, but that is the trade off of being able to fold it up to store it (which is another nice feature).

We got this for our sons lunchbox. They have to clean up their mess after lunch at school so I wanted a placemat with an edge to catch the crumbs. This way all he has to do is carry it to the trash bin to dump. Perfect solution!

These mats help prevent plates from sliding around the table so there's less mess created and they contain most mess for easy clean up. The colours are great. When I ordered them I was disappointed they weren't bigger, but the size has been perfect for taking a child's plate, cup and cutlery. By the time they are using large dinner plates they won't need the mat.