Merry Kitchmas: a kid kitchen makeover

It’s never too soon to teach your kids their way around a kitchen. For instance, not to brag, but my two-year-old son is already somewhat of a cheese artisan. He loves to stand in front of the fridge and scream “CHEEEEEEEEESE!!!” until I open it and hastily give him a cheese stick, at which point he takes one bite and throws it behind the couch. Obviously this is to continue the aging process and more fully develop its flavor. He also likes to hold down the ice maker button until the floor is covered in ice and sit in the middle of the mess sucking on ice cubes. I don’t really know what that one’s about.

Point is, he’s going places.

If you’ve got a child in your life who shows an interest in the culinary arts, why not build them a play kitchen to start practicing? Perhaps they’ll thank you by naming an artisan cheese after you someday.

Andrea created this adorable play kitchen for her son’s Christmas present, using an entertainment center that someone was giving away.  I just never get tired of seeing these old things being repurposed!

There’s so much to love here, from the little shelf bump-out she built to hide the holes meant for electrical wires, to the photo in the window of her actual backyard, so her son could look ‘outside’ and see his swingset. She used a towel bar to make a realistic fridge door handle, and a calculator serves as the keypad on the microwave.

Almost everything was created out of second-hand items and things she already had around the house, bringing her total to $30! Brand new play kitchens can cost six times that. She saved a ton of money. Not to mention cheesesticks.

Get all the details on Andrea’s blog Arch.