DIY Play Kitchen

Along time ago, like at least a year ago, I was looking at random websites and came across one where the family had made their own play kitchen for their children. Being the planning type of mom that I am, I bookmarked those sites and filed them away for when Henry would be old enough to have a play kitchen. Fast forward to this summer, when Gabe and I teamed up with my family to make that play kitchen a reality. We turned the garage into a workshop for a weekend, and tackled Henry's birthday present from all of us. And I'm pretty proud to show the step-by-step of the finished product here!

It began with this entertainment center find from Salvation Army for $ 15.

We had some left over plywood from another project and cut it down to make a backsplash (the saw was a gift for Gabe for Father's Day, knowing we would be tackling this project. )

We built up the shelves from additional wood.

And then added a working oven. By working, I mean the door opens and closes, with a magnet lock. It does not heat up food. :)

Paint can lids became burners with knobs that turn, and a real bathroom faucet and a bowl for the sink.

We took a shelf from the entertainment center, added legs, and made a countertop.

The finished product! The refrigerator is a little refrigerator that we had gotten as a giveaway from some other purchase. It is for like six coke cans. And actually, we can plug it in and it is a real working fridge! :)

About a year ago, when I began thinking about this play kitchen, I found some play food at Target and put that away for a year. Here, Henry finally gets to enjoy it.

Found some cute dishes then too!

And the true test? Birthday boy gets to try out his present!

We're pretty proud of ourselves for our first craftsmanship project! It hasn't broken yet, so we're in pretty good shape so far.....and Henry likes it!