Talk to me about Play Kitchens

nanabanana06 · July 2012

We have decided we are FINALLY getting DD a play kitchen for her birthday. We are stuck on the kitchens. I want a nice, cool looking, wood one (which I found a totally awesome retro kitchen that fits this). DH wants a plastic kitchen. We don't want to spend a crap load of money. We also wanted recommendations on good play food (once again I like wood & felt food, DH likes plastic) and accessories. Since those will be on her Birthday List to the family. Thank you!

ktshoff · July 2012

We have this and she LOVES it. Plus, it looks great in her room and it is very sturdy.

https://www.leapsandbounds.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=538101&cm_ven=none&cm_cat=none&cm_pla=none&orderType=none&utm_source=none&utm_medium=none&utm_campaign=none&utm_term=none

We got Melissa and Doug play food, which are wooden. My DD and DS love to "cut" this fruit. https://www.amazon.com/Melissa-Doug-Deluxe-Wooden-Cutting/dp/B000NV9G88

Don't forget your dishes and silverware!!

MrsPteranodon · July 2012

Ikea has awesome felt food.

DragonflyBelle · July 2012

We have this one (in just pink and white) because it looks classier than plastic and my mom bought it.

https://www.woodentoddlertoys.com/paplkisetbyk.html

Titts McGeee · July 2012

Ikea has awesome cloth/felt food sets that are also pretty cheap.

nanabanana06 · July 2012

ktshoff:
We have this and she LOVES it. Plus, it looks great in her room and it is very sturdy.

https://www.leapsandbounds.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=538101&cm_ven=none&cm_cat=none&cm_pla=none&orderType=none&utm_source=none&utm_medium=none&utm_campaign=none&utm_term=none

We got Melissa and Doug play food, which are wooden. My DD and DS love to "cut" this fruit. https://www.amazon.com/Melissa-Doug-Deluxe-Wooden-Cutting/dp/B000NV9G88

Don't forget your dishes and silverware!!

This is the exact kitchen I would like to get! Only in the aqua/blue color. Can you tell me more about it please!?!

ktshoff · July 2012

Nana_Osaki06:
ktshoff:

We have this and she LOVES it. Plus, it looks great in her room and it is very sturdy.

https://www.leapsandbounds.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=538101&cm_ven=none&cm_cat=none&cm_pla=none&orderType=none&utm_source=none&utm_medium=none&utm_campaign=none&utm_term=none

We got Melissa and Doug play food, which are wooden. My DD and DS love to "cut" this fruit. https://www.amazon.com/Melissa-Doug-Deluxe-Wooden-Cutting/dp/B000NV9G88

Don't forget your dishes and silverware!!

This is the exact kitchen I would like to get! Only in the aqua/blue color. Can you tell me more about it please!?!

It is so pretty and both my 4yr. old and 2 yr. old love to play with it. It only took my DH about 3 hours to assemble. The paint is covered with a clear coating that makes it very easy to keep clean. The sink also pops out to clean. They tend to put stuff in here. The oven door does not open up and down but instead side to side so they can't stand on it. It has A LOT of storage space. We bought baskets to put in the cabinets to store all of the food, dishes, bottles, and pots and pans. So much fun!

3003girl · July 2012

My friend got that one - the kidcraft in white - and she LOVES it. Her kiddo is 3 and loves it too.

It was out of stock of everything except the aqua and the bubble gum pink (no thank you) so we got this one for our LO instead:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003E6J6ES/ref=oh_details_o05_s00_i00

It is very small, but LO really likes it (she is 2) and it fits in our kitchen, so she can cook while we cook. It is very sturdy and well made with nice touches like the dials click and that sort of thing.

Another friend has a plastic one and it's crappy, IMO, but I'm not sure what brand it is.

Wufroggy79 · July 2012

We are going to look at one on CL this week. It is a Step 2 one that retails for $120 new, and they are selling for $40.

catycate · July 2012

I love my Ikea kitchen- it's very low key and neutral. We have lots of felt food from Ikea, too, and it's ok, but if you have a dog they will want to eat it. Also, the felt food is like a magnet for dog hair, so all ours is pretty gross after not very long.

insertclevername · July 2012

We went with this play kitchen by Step2 because of all the positive reviews:

https://www.step2.com/p/LifeStyle-Custom-Kitchen

For accessories the Melissa & Doug wooden sets and felt sets are great.

superned · July 2012

My parents got DD this one for her birthday: https://www.amazon.com/Educo-My-Creative-Cookery-Club/dp/B000A6L6WK/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1342553283&sr=8-2&keywords=play+kitchen+educo

It's pretty small, but definitely functional. It comes with some wooden food and cookery. There are little wooden salt and pepper shakers that are the cutest things.

For play food, I agree that Melissa and Doug has the most variety and best quality for the price.

k.linn · July 2012

We looked at the kidkraft retro kitchens but ended up getting the kidkraft uptown espresso kitchen. The big selling point was that it was taller so we felt like it might get used longer. It's also awesome looking. DD loves it. She's only had it since Christmas, but plays with it every day and it has held up well. Every once in a while it pops up on Costco online (where we got it) for $140).

All of our food is Melissa and Doug. Her favorites are the cutting foods. Bloomingdales runs great sales online periodically and I've used coupons on them at michaels too.

mesmom2011 · July 2012

NY Mama:

We went with this play kitchen by Step2 because of all the positive reviews:

https://www.step2.com/p/LifeStyle-Custom-Kitchen

For accessories the Melissa & Doug wooden sets and felt sets are great.

My DD loves this one!