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CLOSED: UPDATED: Star Kids Snack & Play Travel Tray {Review & Giveaway}

Posted by on Jul 7, 2010 in Past Giveaways, Product Reviews | 62 comments

(UPDATED:  Because I have been on the road and unable to promote this giveaway as well as I would like, I’m extending the entry due date just a couple more days.  The new entry due date is 11:59PM – CST – Friday, July 23, 2010.  Thanks!)

11 hours traveling in a car + a toddler with a strong arm and no convenient place to keep his toys and snacks = toys and snacks chucked far and wide inside our minivan.  One product we’ve been fortunate enough to travel with, though, has provided a practical solution to this oh-so-charming dilemma.

The Snack & Play Tray from Star Kids was designed by mompreneur Alyson Starr Probst in response to her desire to “find a safe, practical surface for [her son] to use when he was in his car seat or stroller.”  As with most great inventions, it makes sense, and is incredibly easy to use.

diagram of snack & play tray from star kids

While the Snack & Play has come in handy when Eli is putting together his puzzles or having juice and crackers, my favorite use so far was unexpected, but very necessary.  At our first stop on this trip, our portable DVD player was destroyed by a water leak in our hotel room.  Since Eli loves watching his movies while we drive, I had to think of something fast.  I unpacked my laptop, used the outlet adapter for the car to plug it in, and set in on the Snack & Play for Eli to enjoy.  An instant fix!

eli using the snack and play tray

Eli watching movies on my laptop, which is being easily held by the Snack & Play Tray.

 I think this just goes to show how versatile this award-winning product can be.

I’m truly excited to be able to offer a Star Kids Snack & Play Travel Tray for giveaway to one of my readers.  To enter, please answer in a comment to this post:  how/where would you use the Snack & Play on adventures with your own child?

For extra entries, chose any of the following and leave an individual comment telling me which method you used:

  • Tweet about this giveaway (put username or link in comment)
  • subscribe via RSS or email
  • “friend” me via Google Friend Connect

US entries only, please; all entries due by 11:59pm, Wednesday, July 21st, 2010.  Good luck!

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  • Maureen

    I am an aunt who tends to her young nephew quite a bit. He is 18 months old. I have a car set in my car and it is for when I have him and take him places. This would be great to keep him occupied while I am going out and about with him on every day occasions.

  • Maureen

    I am an aunt who tends to her young nephew quite a bit. He is 18 months old. I have a car set in my car and it is for when I have him and take him places. This would be great to keep him occupied while I am going out and about with him on every day occasions.

  • Maureen (suburban prep)

    I follow via google friend.

  • Maureen (suburban prep)

    I follow via google friend.

  • http://www.shootingstarsmag.blogspot.com ShootingStarsMag

    this would be great when you’re traveling back and forth between places, to the store, to a family member’s house.

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    follow on GFC

  • http://www.shootingstarsmag.blogspot.com ShootingStarsMag

    this would be great when you’re traveling back and forth between places, to the store, to a family member’s house.

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    follow on GFC

  • Lissa Stinson

    I’d love to use it in the car!

  • Lissa Stinson

    I’d love to use it in the car!

  • http://jenlovesfreestuff.blogspot.com Jen

    Considering how much we fly, I’d totally use it on the plane! I’d love to win this!

  • http://jenlovesfreestuff.blogspot.com Jen

    I also subscribe to your feed

  • http://jenlovesfreestuff.blogspot.com Jen

    Also google connect friends

  • http://jenlovesfreestuff.blogspot.com Jen

    Considering how much we fly, I’d totally use it on the plane! I’d love to win this!

  • http://jenlovesfreestuff.blogspot.com Jen

    I also subscribe to your feed

  • http://jenlovesfreestuff.blogspot.com Jen

    Also google connect friends

  • http://ohamanda.com oh amanda

    So cool! We’re going to Disney World in September…and altho’ it’s just EIGHT hours away (compared to your 5839 hours) this would be awesome for either of my kids! :)

  • http://ohamanda.com oh amanda

    So cool! We’re going to Disney World in September…and altho’ it’s just EIGHT hours away (compared to your 5839 hours) this would be awesome for either of my kids! :)

  • http://reedandheathernelson.blogspot.com/ Heather M

    It would be perfect for those 8 and 12 hour trips to visit grandparents! I can see Ms A making her wonderful artwork to give to her friends and family or watching a movie.

  • http://reedandheathernelson.blogspot.com/ Heather M

    It would be perfect for those 8 and 12 hour trips to visit grandparents! I can see Ms A making her wonderful artwork to give to her friends and family or watching a movie.

  • Audrey Burdick

    Yet another example of something that has been invented since my kids were. Fortunately, I’m having another! :) Yay! Granted, she’s not quite a toddler yet (!), but the time will come soon, and if she’s anything like the other two, our frequent 13-hour drives to California will prove to be less than fun. This would sure help! I’m always looking for ways to make that drive more bearable, since my mom is aging and we’re driving down more and more frequently to visit her. :)

  • Audrey Burdick

    Yet another example of something that has been invented since my kids were. Fortunately, I’m having another! :) Yay! Granted, she’s not quite a toddler yet (!), but the time will come soon, and if she’s anything like the other two, our frequent 13-hour drives to California will prove to be less than fun. This would sure help! I’m always looking for ways to make that drive more bearable, since my mom is aging and we’re driving down more and more frequently to visit her. :)

  • http://patandjen.blogspot.com Mrs. Ordinary

    We are driving to Utah soon and need this in a bad, bad way. I suppose I could buy it, but winning is so much more fun ;)

  • http://patandjen.blogspot.com Mrs. Ordinary

    We are driving to Utah soon and need this in a bad, bad way. I suppose I could buy it, but winning is so much more fun ;)

  • http://patandjen.blogspot.com Mrs. Ordinary

    I’m a subscriber.

  • http://patandjen.blogspot.com Mrs. Ordinary

    I’m a subscriber.

  • http://www.fabulesslyfrugalmom.blogspot.com Samantha

    I SOO need one of these! My family is constantly on the road and I have been looking for a good tray for my daughter for a while now! This would be perfect for our long day trips in the car!

  • http://www.fabulesslyfrugalmom.blogspot.com Samantha

    I SOO need one of these! My family is constantly on the road and I have been looking for a good tray for my daughter for a while now! This would be perfect for our long day trips in the car!

  • http://www.fabulesslyfrugalmom.blogspot.com Samantha

    I Tweeted!! @SamanthaWitt

  • http://www.fabulesslyfrugalmom.blogspot.com Samantha

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  • Christine W

    The Star Kids Snack & Play Travel Tray would be wonderful for my daughter to use with my grandson each day when she picks him up from “school.” He just graduated to a booster seat, but he could use this to have something to eat a snack on or play with his toys while going home in Houston traffic. My daughter has a company car with a black interior, and I know that she would really appreciate this tray that might save on some messes with a three year old.

  • Christine W

    The Star Kids Snack & Play Travel Tray would be wonderful for my daughter to use with my grandson each day when she picks him up from “school.” He just graduated to a booster seat, but he could use this to have something to eat a snack on or play with his toys while going home in Houston traffic. My daughter has a company car with a black interior, and I know that she would really appreciate this tray that might save on some messes with a three year old.

  • Christine W

    As ossmcalc, I tweeted about this giveaway http://twitter.com/ossmcalc/status/18100313472

  • Christine W

    I subscribe via Google Reader and email.

  • Christine W

    As ossmcalc, I tweeted about this giveaway http://twitter.com/ossmcalc/status/18100313472

  • Christine W

    I subscribe via Google Reader and email.

  • Christine W

    We are “friends” via Google Friend Connect.

  • Christine W

    We are “friends” via Google Friend Connect.

  • http://wakeboardingmama.blogspot.com/ Katrina

    I am in the car a lot with my 20 month old and I think this would be a great product to use….she is constantly bored and this way it would hold stuff up for her.

  • http://wakeboardingmama.blogspot.com/ Katrina

    I am in the car a lot with my 20 month old and I think this would be a great product to use….she is constantly bored and this way it would hold stuff up for her.

  • Lisa L

    We travel often to visit family and friends in NY and it’s a 4 hrs trip from our house..this would be wonderful for my son…he could use it to color, play with his cars, eat snacks etc. What a great invention!

  • Lisa L

    I’m an email subscriber

  • Lisa L

    We travel often to visit family and friends in NY and it’s a 4 hrs trip from our house..this would be wonderful for my son…he could use it to color, play with his cars, eat snacks etc. What a great invention!

  • Lisa L

    I’m an email subscriber

  • Lisa L

    I’m a follower

  • Lisa L

    I’m a follower

  • trixx

    The Snack & Play would be super in the car since my daughter is always asking for a certain book or toy and I have to wait for a red light to get it for her.

  • trixx

    The Snack & Play would be super in the car since my daughter is always asking for a certain book or toy and I have to wait for a red light to get it for her.

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