Picky Eating Printable Worksheets

Help Your Child Build Confidence and Calm Around Food

If your child struggles with picky eating, food refusal, or anxiety around meals, these printable worksheets can help.

Printable picky eating worksheets for kids and teens featuring mindful eating exercises and food confidence activities.

Designed for kids, teens, and young adults with eating or feeding issues, including ARFID and Anorexia, these worksheets use principles from mindfulness, Intuitive Eating, and Ellyn Satter’s Division of Responsibility to build confidence, awareness, and trust with food.

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Parent supporting child during mindful eating worksheet activity to reduce food anxiety and build connection.

What’s Included

8 printable worksheets to explore food, feelings, and mindfulness
1 Getting Started Guide for parents and caregivers
Exercises to help kids:
- Build mindful awareness of food and eating
- Boost confidence and self-trust
- Practice emotional regulation strategies
- Develop a growth mindset toward new foods
- Recognize and verbalize food-related feelings

Why Parents Love These Worksheets

Created specifically for picky eaters, ARFID, and food refusal
Builds positive, mindful experiences around food without pressure
Encourages curiosity and connection instead of conflict
Backed by concepts from attachment, neurobiology, and Health at Every Size®

An easy way to make a big difference in your child’s relationship with food—one page at a time.

Example page from the Picky Eating and Food Refusal Worksheet Bundle helping kids explore food feelings and self-regulation.

How to Use These Worksheets

Just 5 minutes a day can create real progress
Complete one page per day, then start again from the beginning
Combine with our Body Image and Emotional Regulation Worksheets for 48 days of growth-oriented exercises
Use them solo or sit nearby while your child works—your calm presence helps them co-regulate and stay engaged

These worksheets can be used by parents, grandparents, therapists, counselors, and dietitians—anyone supporting a child’s journey to feel safer and more confident with food.

tween on bed writing in journal after working on picky eating worksheets to improve food confidence

Frequently Asked Questions

How can these worksheets help my child with picky eating?

They teach mindfulness, curiosity, and self-regulation to reduce anxiety and avoidance around food.

What’s the difference between ARFID and picky eating?

ARFID involves a stronger fear or avoidance of food due to texture, anxiety, or past experiences—these worksheets can support both.

Can these help a child with ARFID or Anorexia?

Yes. The worksheets use gentle, non-diet, recovery-informed approaches that support kids with restrictive eating challenges.

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What’s Included:

8 Printable Worksheets
1 Getting Started Guide for Parents/Caregivers

What You Need: A printer (or print at FedEx, UPS Store, Staples, etc.)

Note: This is a digital download only — nothing will be mailed. You may print unlimited copies for your own family use. Please contact us if you’d like a professional license to use these worksheets with clients.

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You’re Not Alone

Helping a child with picky eating or ARFID can feel exhausting, but change is possible. These gentle, evidence-informed worksheets give you a structured way to connect, reduce mealtime stress, and support your child’s growth without forcing or fighting.

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