If you have a Kidkraft Kitchen and an older kid

melody921 · November 2013

Does it look really short? I've read a ton of reviews, and while some people say their 7-year-olds still love the kitchen, others are complaining it's too short for their 2-year-old. I want to get one for DS and DD to share at Christmas, but I don't want DS to already be outgrowing it. I'm looking at this one bc I like the design, and it's not ginormous like some of the others on the market.

melody921 · November 2013

OK, good. I think they would both have fun playing with it.

hmp1 · November 2013

I found this on my phone, from early August. James is in the upper 90%s for height and is 2.5 in this picture. It is on the smaller side of kitchens but we bought it when he was 12 months old. He still plays with it pretty often. While Leo just takes everything out of the cabinets and then restocks them, James will sit and make dinner then wash all the dishes. He is often found making cupcakes and then letting me lick the spoon

melody921 · November 2013

hmp1 said:

I found this on my phone, from early August. James is in the upper 90%s for height and is 2.5 in this picture. It is on the smaller side of kitchens but we bought it when he was 12 months old. He still plays with it pretty often. While Leo just takes everything out of the cabinets and then restocks them, James will sit and make dinner then wash all the dishes. He is often found making cupcakes and then letting me lick the spoon

OK, DS is a year older, but closer to 50% for height. Do you have accessories for it you like (pots and pans, food, etc?

hmp1 · November 2013

Another option, if you can do 2 gifts is to do a play kitchen and then a kitchen helper stool for your actual kitchen. We got James the kitchen helper stool last year for Christmas and it has been a great purchase. He loves to help me in the kitchen and we let him wash the dishes sometimes too. If you guys are handy, there are DIY options on Pinterest.

hmp1 · November 2013

melody921 said:

hmp1 said:

I found this on my phone, from early August. James is in the upper 90%s for height and is 2.5 in this picture. It is on the smaller side of kitchens but we bought it when he was 12 months old. He still plays with it pretty often. While Leo just takes everything out of the cabinets and then restocks them, James will sit and make dinner then wash all the dishes. He is often found making cupcakes and then letting me lick the spoon

OK, DS is a year older, but closer to 50% for height. Do you have accessories for it you like (pots and pans, food, etc?

I bought soft play food from Target that is actually dog toys. We real pans that I already had but never use, a single egg skillet and a small sauce pot. We have a plain frisbee that is a pan for the oven and a small mini cupcake pan. We also keep some plastic cups, measuring cups and spoons, a bucket of plastic easter eggs, a hand held broom and dust pan, and dish towel in the cabinets. They have the M&D veggie cutter set too.

These are the dog toy sets.

and the M&D set

jenndub · November 2013

Beckett is 6, and he still plays with the kitchen all of the time. Here he is cooking for a pal. It should be noted that he is very short for his age.