Cardboard Child's Play Kitchen. Before/After Thrift Store Play Kitchen. No little ones at our house but I do have a 3-year-old nephew and two nieces under 4-years-old. Not to mention someday (not anytime soon…I’m in no rush), I’ll have grandchildren. So when I see fun do-it-yourself kids’ ideas, it does make me get all DIY-itchy to do something creative. It’s almost yard sale season here in western PA and I’ll be on the hunt for an old kids’ kitchen or furniture that looks like it’d function as a play kitchen.
Love this thrift store find “after” from Serena at Thrift Diving {what a great find and awesome transformation!} … “Thrift Diving, a blog that strongly believes that LIFE shouldn’t be financial suicide! See the full original post from Serena at BEFORE and AFTER: Makeover of a Wooden Play Kitchen at Thrift Diving. More inspiring play kitchens: Another DIY play kitchen from The Blooming Hydrangea. Adorable! Cardboard Kitchen. Tiny Play Kitchen - Flickr. Milla's Kitchen. EDITED 11th July 2012: DUE TO SUCH A HUGE AND POSITIVE RESPONSE I STILL RECEIVE FROM THIS POST AND PLAY KITCHEN CREATION I DECIDED TO START AN ALBUM OF ALL THE PLAY KITCHENS MADE FROM TV CABINETS THAT HAVE BEEN INSPIRED BY THIS ONE.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME YOUR BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER PICS OF YOUR PLAY KITCHEN TO GIGGLEBERRYCREATIOSN@GMAIL.COM AND I WILL HAPPILY ADD THEM TO THE ALBUMHERE About 6 or so months ago I was floating through 'blog land' as I do from time to time and somehow I stumbled upon Sutton Grace blog, where a particular blog post jumped out at me: A repurposed play kitchen. The very clever Erin of Sutton Grace blog had taken a 2nd hand TV entertainment unit and turned it into a mini kitchen for her little girl. I LOVED this idea sooooo much and sat looking at the blog post for the longest time trying to work out if I could do it myself.... I decided in the end mine would never look that amazing. Yep, that is Milla's very own repurposed play kitchen!!
Build A Play Stove From Recycled Laminated Cardboard. This Instructable covers how to turn old cardboard boxes into strong, rigid cardboard panels that can be used to make a safe, simple play stove. The best part about the play stove is the oven; you can store a lot of play food in a play oven. Since the most salient feature of a new toy is generally its novelty, you can make a perfectly adequate play stove by flipping over a cardboard box and drawing some burners on it. This stove is insanely overbuilt; I was mostly looking for an excuse to try out making "plywood" out of cardboard.
So, on to the cardboard laminate. A useful fact from the world of mechanics of solids is that the flexural rigidity of a plate increases with the cube of the thickness. In layman's terms this means that if you double the thickness, you make it eight times stronger. By gluing up many pieces of corrugated cardboard, we can make cardboard panels that are an inch or more thick and as large as we want. Cardboard-Box Oven: Step-by-Step - Martha Stewart. TV Units Repurposed Into Play Kitchens Gallery. Play Kitchens Galore. I just realized I never shared pics of Chloe’s play kitchen here on the blog!
You might have seen pics on my other blog, but here are recent ones with all three finished pieces. We are really happy with how these turned out. Ana White’s plans are so simple to use… I highly recommend giving them a try if you’re the least bit handy! Ana was kind enough to feature our kitchen on her blog along with others. That’s the cool thing about Ana’s plans… you can customize them with paint and details to suit your taste! Here’s some other takes on the same play kitchen plans: Robin’s kitchen…I love all the counterspace! Being Brook’s kitchen…the girly details make me swoon. Mary’s kitchen…subtle differences make this one stand out, like the double doors under the sink and the rounded oven window.
And one of the first incarnations, the Crafting Chicks play kitchen. And my favourite, Catherine’s play kitchen. Do check out Ana’s site for the full play kitchen roundup. Like this: Like Loading... A Kitchen For The Kid. This weekend, I’ll be attempting to build this little kitchen for Chloe: I got the plans from a great site, Knock-Off Wood. It’ll be fun to have my little one play with something I made with my own two hands. There’s so many ways to create DIY play kitchen…use an old TV cabinet or dresser, using shelving and piping, an old side table. Here’s a few great examples: source: Ohdeedoh source: KatherineMarie Photography source: Make online source: Out of the Crayon Box source: Ikea Hacker Totally doable, right? And what are you doing with your weekend? Like this: Like Loading... Crazy Beautiful Toy Kitchen.
23.2K Flares23.2K Flares × LOOKING for more DIY play kitchens? Click here for a roundup with lots more projects, photos and ideas, including a DIY toy workbench for a little boy! And if you like this post, Subscribe to Green Your Decor for more DIY projects and green ideas! I like to think of myself as pretty crafty. I often see items in a store and think of a way (or find a tutorial) so I can make it myself. But no way in the world am I THIS crafty. I know the entertainment center above doesn’t look like much. I usually post the “after” picture first, with a before picture later. Gorgeous! Read the details at Giggleberry Creations. Looking for more DIY projects?