| What’s so great about melamine? It | | | | set — for one, it’s plainly too dangerous, |
| doesn’t break, it’s cheap, it’s | | | | and for two it’s too big. Using child’s |
| colourful and it’s easy to wash. In that order. | | | | cutlery, again, brings an element of fun and discovery |
| What better thing is there than a melamine plate for | | | | to the process of meal time. All kids love to mimic |
| kids mealtimes? You can even accessorise with | | | | adults — that’s how they learn and grow. |
| melamine cups and a childrens cutlery set. According | | | | Using the melamine plate and the kids cutlery makes |
| to the Scandinavian Children’s Store, | | | | that all happen: the children are using objects that are |
| Kidsen’, which has been retailing the best in | | | | like the adult eating equipment, but still fun and safe |
| funky fashions and mealtime trends for little people | | | | enough to make them want to use them repeatedly. |
| since its recent inception, the best way to integrate | | | | Not to mention the fact that childrens cutlery sets, |
| kids into the everyday life of the family is to give them | | | | melamine plate and melamine cups also distinctly mark |
| their own versions of everything adults use and make | | | | the eating equipment as the child’s own |
| them fun — and one can’t find any fault | | | | — giving him or her a sense of belonging to the |
| with that logic at all. | | | | environment, which using adult gear can never do. |
| The melamine plate is the absolute ideal meal time | | | | When a child uses an adult plate instead of a |
| accessory for any child. Because melamine is so easy | | | | melamine plate, he or she is conscious that he or she |
| to colour, a melamine plate tends to be brightly | | | | is almost trespassing in an adult world; when the same |
| decorated — either with strong vibrant colours, | | | | child uses a melamine plate and not adult eating gear, |
| fun animals and food pictures or with children’s | | | | he or she feels validated. It’s all about drawing |
| favourite characters from books and TV. The colours | | | | the line between mimicking and pretending: |
| alone, on both plates and melamine cups, are enough | | | | children’s cutlery, melamine plate and melamine |
| to get the child interested in the whole act of meal | | | | cups allow a child to mimic and learn, whereas using |
| time: enough, in fact, that simply moving the food | | | | adult cutlery and so on would make the same child |
| around to get a better look at what is on the plate | | | | feel that he or she is just pretending to do adult things. |
| underneath can be enough to kick start an eating habit. | | | | It’s bright, it’s fun and it’s safe |
| The melamine plate is great for weaning. | | | | — melamine is also easy to wash, which is ideal |
| Childrens cutlery sets are important when weaning too. | | | | when dealing with the incorrigible mess a child will |
| Obviously, a child can’t have a proper cutlery | | | | happily make at every meal time. |