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missyishere

I have recently discovered DD lerves toy kitchens.  I hadn't ever planned on getting her one, but apparently she's into them.  With the holidays around the corner, this seems like a valid choice for a gift.  Please to sell me on your toy kitchen and accessories.  Please and thank you.

Pips09

We just got a play kitchen for a second birthday present. I think it's a KidCraft, but not too fancy. Smallish, which is perfect for our small play space. But i love the Melissa and Doug accessories we have. All wooden, nicely made. We have pots & pans, fruit, and pantry foods. She loves it.

ReeseFox

This is my planned Xmas present for DD2

https://m.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/spr/49874533/

ReeseFox

OMG @justAphase that is awesome! How much was it, if you don't mind sharing?

missyishere

That is really cute @justaphase!

MrsCodeMonkey

@JustAPhase That light blue one is so cool. I want to play with it! Lol It's only $129. That's not bad. Wishing we had the space for it.

Dubwife79

lrachelle80 said:

We have this one and DD loves it - I like that it looks more like a real kitchen than many of the toy ones out there.

https://www.amazon.com/KidKraft-53260-Uptown-Espresso-Kitchen/dp/B00592BOAO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1381699425&sr=8-1&keywords=KidKraft+Uptown+Espresso+Kitchen

That is nicer than my actual kitchen.

chardonnay24

We have the IKEA one. I really like it, despite (or maybe because of) it's simplicity. We also have the IKEA pots and pans and cooking utensils, because they look real. I love the M&D cutting food, M&D food groups, and Green Toys sandwich set.

We don't have a dish set yet but the Green Toys one is on his list this year.

msdrdg

We have one very similar to this.
DS has loved it since he was 18mo.  Still plays with it everyday.

https://www.amazon.com/Step2-LifeStyle-Gourmet-Caf%C3%A9-Kitchen/dp/B0028ZI6II/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1381700702&sr=8-10&keywords=step+2+kitchen

thetheisens

C got a Step 2 kitchen for his birthday and he loves it. We got this one because it was cheap (in price, the quality is good as far as plastic kitchens go). https://www.amazon.com/Step2-Lifestyle-Custom-Kitchen-Black/dp/B00A2N867E/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1381700701&sr=8-3&keywords=step+2+kitchen It was on sale for $75 when we got it. I really wanted to get this one-

https://www.amazon.com/Step2-703100-LifeStyle-PartyTime-Kitchen/dp/B003NVJ7WK/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&qid=1381700813&sr=8-17&keywords=step+2+kitchen but my dh thought it would be too big and it was more expensive. I have friends with older kids that say the Step 2 holds up well. Have you seen the cute ones people make on pinterest out of old tv stands and stuff? I think @SandyClam made one for her dd that was super cute.

littlestjerry

We have the teal kidcraft one that justaphase posted, but in white. I really like it , and DS loves it. I second no metal utensils. My niece has metal ones and they're so f-ing loud. Our pots and pans are from toys r us.

SandyClam

@TheTheisens, that was @RichardSlap that made her kids a play kitchen. I do feel like I made mine from scratch though because the M&D wooden play kitchen came in at least 200 pieces and took 2 hours to assemble.

[Deleted User]

I want the kidkraft vintage kitchen in red so fucking bad.

LadyXaverian

Nora has a Step 2, and she loves it. 

https://www.amazon.com/Step2-Lifestyle-Fresh-Accents-Kitchen/dp/B004EJYAO0/ref=sr_1_10?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1381701822&sr=1-10&keywords=step+2+kitchen

I really like the Kidkraft ones, though, and if we hadn't already bought another "big" gift for Christmas last year when I thought of the kitchen, I probably would have gone with it.

missyishere

overture said:

I want the kidkraft vintage kitchen in red so fucking bad.

The red one is fantastic.  

fancynewbeesly

lrachelle80 said:

We have this one and DD loves it - I like that it looks more like a real kitchen than many of the toy ones out there.

https://www.amazon.com/KidKraft-53260-Uptown-Espresso-Kitchen/dp/B00592BOAO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1381699425&sr=8-1&keywords=KidKraft+Uptown+Espresso+Kitchen

That is the one we have. DD loves it!

LaurelBee

Dubwife79 said:

We have this one and DD loves it - I like that it looks more like a real kitchen than many of the toy ones out there.

https://www.amazon.com/KidKraft-53260-Uptown-Espresso-Kitchen/dp/B00592BOAO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1381699425&sr=8-1&keywords=KidKraft+Uptown+Espresso+Kitchen

That is nicer than my actual kitchen.

We have this too and Ds loves it. It is most definitely nicer than my own kitchen. Word to the wise- do not wait until Christmas Eve after your kid goes to bed to put it together. You will be up til 2am YW

LaurelBee

https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/00130167/ These are fun too, especially if your kid likes to bang pots n pans together. And by fun, I mean a really bad idea. But Ds loves them. These are cool too: https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/80130168/

LaurelBee

Confession: I stole Ds's play melon baller and used it to core a cucumber. I didn't have one of my own , but of course my kid did... I at least washed it first

thetheisens

This one is on zulilly that you can have personalized. https://www.zulily.com/p/red-personalized-vintage-kitchen-52908-2282096.html?pos=0&e=1&

ILoveBoys

We got this one for the boys 3 years ago:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00083HKHK/ref=redir_mdp_mobile

It's a kitchen on one side and a grilling space on the other side. Plus it was the tallest play kitchen we could find.

EMOmamma

We got ours last year on Black Friday from Kohls for like half off. It's a step 2 one, not fancy but it was easy to put together, 3 pieces plus a handful of stickers.

jennygirlmt

EMOmamma said:

We got ours last year on Black Friday from Kohls for like half off. It's a step 2 one, not fancy but it was easy to put together, 3 pieces plus a handful of stickers.

We got the same step 2 from Khols for like $40 with all their online Christmas sales for the big Santa gift. Then we got $20 kohls cash. Best deal ever. DDs love it and it "matches" our living room. I love the wooden ones but I had no intention of spending much.

https://m.kohls.com/kohlsopenapi/productmobile.html?productID=946109

klondikebar

So we have my old childhood play kitchen still. It dispenses real water. Fucking bad idea. Do not buy one like that. YW

thetheisens

jennygirlmt said:

We got ours last year on Black Friday from Kohls for like half off. It's a step 2 one, not fancy but it was easy to put together, 3 pieces plus a handful of stickers.

We got the same step 2 from Khols for like $40 with all their online Christmas sales for the big Santa gift. Then we got $20 kohls cash. Best deal ever. DDs love it and it "matches" our living room. I love the wooden ones but I had no intention of spending much. https://m.kohls.com/kohlsopenapi/productmobile.html?productID=946109

I bet it will be on Black Friday special again this year. They don't carry them year round, but they have them back in store now because they are starting putting out their Christmas toy bulk stacks. That stuff is always on a big Black Friday sale. Our store also had a big box of plastic food, I hope to score one of those on a super sale.

PinkyFloyd73

justAphase said:

I love that one so hard. We have this one:

DS really loves it. We got some pots & pans and plated and a bunch of plastic food and he loves it. We spend a lot of time pretending to eat plastic food 'round here.

ETA It's Melissa & Doug

Littledeer84

we have that one too @PinkyFloyd73. DD really likes it, especially the sink. She is always " washing" things

[Deleted User]

We got this kidkraft one off of CL

[Deleted User]

Fucking didn't attach the pic!!!

Monkeybabe

Moidonna said:

We don't have a lot of space. We got this one and it's been great. https://www.target.com/p/step-2-create-play-kitchen/-/A-14171590#prodSlot=medium_1_5&term=step 2 kitchen

I babysit a couple boys and they have one that looks like this, just a different color. Zoe loooooves it.