Combine a thrifted rolling cabinet with pegboard for this version from A Beautiful Mess:ġ7. Or try this play kitchen in a box version, complete with fabric template, from Oomanoot:ġ6. If you don’t have the time (or room) to make a more involved version, make an inexpensive and easy pack-n-go kitchen like this one from Pink Cake Plate:ġ5. Make an outdoor play kitchen using an old shelf. Get the how-to from Little Red Window:ġ3. Even the wonkiest piece of furniture can be turned into an adorable play kitchen if you use a little creativity. Use nightstands to create a boy or girl friendly toy kitchen. From Artsy Ants:Īnd here’s another version that’s based off that same inexpensive IKEA nightstand. Click through to see the finished kitchen. If you don’t have a piece of IKEA furniture waiting to be transformed, you can still make a cool kitchen using inexpensive, basic supplies from IKEA. This simple DIY play kitchen made from a stool. Old entertainment centers are easy to find at garage sales and provide plenty of room for a kitchen complete with stove, sink, fridge, and storage. Here’s another version made from the same plans but geared toward boys (my boys love play kitchens!). If you want to start from scratch, make a DIY play kitchen like this one built using Ana White plans from The Crafting Chicks:Ħ. Recycle a kitchen cabinet into a toy kitchen like this one from cabinet from Young House Love:ĥ. For an easy, low-cost (but still pretty cool) DIY play kitchen, try this cardboard version from Estefi Machado:Ĥ. I love how this dresser top turned kitchen DIY from Kate’s Creative Space turned out:ģ. Learn how to make a modern looking play kitchen from a TV stand from One Dog Woof:Ģ. They’re all cheaper and way awesomer than most toy kitchens you can buy – and some of them aren’t even that tough to put together! Ready to make a little kid very happy this Christmas? Read on!ġ. I’ve collected the 20 coolest DIY play kitchen tutorials, made from old furniture, fabric, wood, even cardboard. And sometimes extraordinarily awful looking. Play kitchens are a win win.Įxcept for one thing: they’re expensive. Hours of play, and 10 minutes of cleanup putting all the food back into the bucket. After I take one pretend bite, they head right back to the play kitchen to make me something else. For some reason, my children delight in spending 15 minutes putting together the most amazing sandwich (complete with cheese, pickles, tomatoes, chocolate bars, saltines, and maybe a banana or two) to bring me. The clear winner, when it came to toys, was (and still is) the play kitchen. When my kids were younger I had a rule for what toys could live at our house: the kids had to have fun playing with it for at least twice as long as it was going to take to clean up. From a simple play kitchen in a box to a thrift store makeover, there are plenty of options for making your own inexpensive DIY play kitchen, and some of them aren’t as time consuming as you’d think!
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