Your baby is graduating. Your child is becoming a toddler. It is time to move on from baby rattles and teething toys. It is time for a toy that can help her grow. Something that lets her explore and learn. Some toys your child will only play with once. Other toys are only right for a short time. A great toy will last for years. One item fits the bill. It is a toy kitchen.
Toy kitchens come in all different sizes. To figure out the proper sized play kitchen, you first need to decide on a place in your house for it. Once decided, you are ready to select a kitchen. A small, table top play kitchen is ideal for limited space. A good place for a toy kitchen is against a wall. Many units are designed with that in mind, but they can still be used free-standing. These units still come in different sizes, so make sure you check you dimensions.
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You can even squeeze a play kitchen in to a corner. There are corner designs available. Also, free-standing island style units go almost anywhere. For those of you with lots of room, you can get a complete set of toy kitchen appliances: refrigerator, stove, sink, dishwasher and microwave.
How long you are planning to keep the toy kitchen affects everything. If you are planning on moving soon and do not want to move the play kitchen, you may want to shop the classified ads or yard sale for an inexpensive unit. Also, If you purge your house of toys routinely as soon as your child out grows or lose interest in them, consider an inexpensive plastic or un-assembled wooden kitchen.
However, a play kitchen is typically kept for years because. Multiple children in your household may play will it. If this is the case then buy a quality unit. Heirloom quality units are perfect to pass down through generations. Some toy kitchens look like fine furniture with good craftsmanship.
Toy kitchens and play food and play dishes go together along with pots and pans. It is important to look at the available storage built into the unit. It seems always true, the more storage the better. "Storage" is typically built into the to kitchen with the appliances. There is room in the refrigerator, oven and under the sink the sink. Some units even have cabinets and shelves.
You can spend a bit of money on a toy kitchen. The great thing about a play kitchen is that it is a toy that gets many years of use. When you factor that in, it makes sense to spend a little bit more for quality.
In conclusion, when you are buying a toy kitchen think about where you will put it, how much space it will take, how long you will keep it, and if there is enough storage.