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No wonder that, over the years, manufacturers have found ways to take that playful inclination and turn it into products that can add laughs to lunch or delight to dinner.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"471\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1225065-box-only-Chow-Scow-1024x471.jpg\" alt=\"Chow Scow Feeding Dish, 1950s. The Strong National Museum of Play, Rochester, New York.\" class=\"wp-image-28128\" style=\"width:361px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1225065-box-only-Chow-Scow-1024x471.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1225065-box-only-Chow-Scow-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1225065-box-only-Chow-Scow-768x353.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1225065-box-only-Chow-Scow-1536x706.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1225065-box-only-Chow-Scow-2048x942.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chow Scow Feeding Dish, 1950s. The Strong National Museum of Play, Rochester, New York.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Reaching back into the 1950s, the Chow Scow feeding dish was poised to dock at your toddler\u2019s highchair. The plastic dish with divided compartments (can\u2019t have the peas touch the creamed chicken!) was designed to hold hot water to help keep food warm while a fussy eater stalled over a suspicious vegetable. The box also declared that, when it wasn\u2019t ashore at the kitchen table, the dish also worked fine as a \u201csand and water toy.\u201d I don\u2019t know about you, but I\u2019d rather not have sand in my food, but maybe I\u2019m just picky that way.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/122.3723-Rugrats-Cereal-Bowl-1024x664.jpg\" alt=\"Rugrats Talking Cereal Bowl, 1998. Gift of Creativity, Inc. The Strong National Museum of Play, Rochester, New York.\" class=\"wp-image-28129\" style=\"width:304px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/122.3723-Rugrats-Cereal-Bowl-1024x664.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/122.3723-Rugrats-Cereal-Bowl-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/122.3723-Rugrats-Cereal-Bowl-768x498.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/122.3723-Rugrats-Cereal-Bowl-1536x995.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/122.3723-Rugrats-Cereal-Bowl-2048x1327.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rugrats Talking Cereal Bowl, 1998. Gift of Creativity, Inc. The Strong National Museum of Play, Rochester, New York.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Moving up to the 1990s, breakfast got a little brighter when you had a Rugrats Talking Cereal Bowl. The <em>Rugrats<\/em> animated series aired on Nickelodeon for nine seasons, beginning in 1991 and generated a playroom\u2019s worth of licensed merchandise. This cereal bowl features the oldest and bossiest Rugrat, Angelica. Thank goodness that when Angelica speaks up through your cereal, she merely announces \u201cWake up and smell the oatmeal!\u201d rather than her signature phrase, \u201cYou stupid babies!\u201d Who needs more insults thrown across the breakfast table?<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"10979\" height=\"18437\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1155217-Kermit-straw.jpg\" alt=\"Sippers: Kermit the Frog drinking straw, about 2000. Gift of the Jim Henson Family. The Strong National Museum of Play, Rochester, New York.\" class=\"wp-image-28130\" style=\"width:196px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sippers: Kermit the Frog drinking straw, about 2000. Gift of the Jim Henson Family. The Strong National Museum of Play, Rochester, New York.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"456\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/112.2037-Food-Face-plate.jpg\" alt=\"Food Face plate, 2012. The Strong National Museum of Play, Rochester, New York.\" class=\"wp-image-28131\" style=\"width:257px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/112.2037-Food-Face-plate.jpg 456w, https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/112.2037-Food-Face-plate-285x300.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Food Face plate, 2012. The Strong National Museum of Play, Rochester, New York.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>I recall being an exceptionally obedient kid, but I do remember getting scolded on occasion for blowing bubbles into my milk through a straw. &nbsp;With Kermit the Frog perched on this curlicued straw, it seems to be asking for some sort of mischief involving beverages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You know what makes mealtime more fun? The folks who produced the Food Face plate (which came in male and female versions) thought that it might involve offering kids the chance to play with their food on the dinnerware equivalent of the Wooly Willy toy from the 1950s. You could top off the cartoon face on the plate with a hat made of peas or a swirl of spaghetti hair. Add green bean eyebrows or a mushroom mustache to complete the composition. It was all in good fun and in the cause of promoting healthy eating\u2014along with a little creativity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"581\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Zing-teaspoon.jpg\" alt=\"Zing! Teaspoon, 2012. The Strong National Museum of Play, Rochester, New York.\" class=\"wp-image-28148\" style=\"width:208px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Zing-teaspoon.jpg 581w, https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Zing-teaspoon-170x300.jpg 170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Zing! Teaspoon, 2012. The Strong National Museum of Play, Rochester, New York.\n\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I admire any fearless parent who chose to bestow a Zing! teaspoon on their offspring. Maybe their kitchen had easy-to-clean vinyl wallpaper since the slogan for the spoon was \u201cLaunch your Lunch.\u201d The package even featured a convenient diagram showing how you could bend the coiled spring handle to catapult your carrots across the table at your little sibling. Bullseye!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, for something slightly more sophisticated, there\u2019s the French Toast! bread stamper that let you impress your Wonder Bread with an image of the Eiffel Tower before inserting it into the toaster. As the toaster gave the slice a golden tan, the indented Parisian image would remain pale as would the exhortation \u201cBonjour!\u201d The label on the package announced that the result would be \u201ctr\u00e8s chic,\u201d although I suspect that any resident of the French Republic would cry a little over their croissant to witness what Americans were doing with their food and cultural heritage.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"1023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/114.4491-FRench-Toast-stamper.jpg\" alt=\"French Toast! bread stamper, 2009. Gift of Amy Ansong. The Strong National Museum of Play, Rochester, New York.\" class=\"wp-image-28132\" style=\"width:208px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/114.4491-FRench-Toast-stamper.jpg 590w, https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/114.4491-FRench-Toast-stamper-173x300.jpg 173w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">French Toast! bread stamper, 2009. Gift of Amy Ansong. The Strong National Museum of Play, Rochester, New York.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>So the next time playful inspiration strikes you at mealtime, know that you\u2019re following in a lengthy tradition. And, if you\u2019re inspired to send me a photo of yourself with French fries sticking out of your nostrils, I\u2019ll be glad to add that image to the other food-related fun here at The Strong Museum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Across time, it feels like \u201cDon\u2019t play with your food!\u201d has been a persistent parental refrain. However, the need to keep reciting that dictum demonstrates that kids (and at least a few adults) perpetually find ways to turn mealtime into playtime. Some research has even suggested that playing with food can help babies and toddlers develop healthy eating habits. 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