Top Three Play Kitchen Sets

A child’s imagination is his or her best toy. Using his imagination, he can create games and toys that are far superior—and usually cheaper—than those complex ones bought in stores. For example, a cardboard box can become a castle or a hideout.

A child’s imagination is also greatly exercised and enhanced thru make-believe games. Boys, for instance, can pretend they are soldiers in the battlefield by fighting “battles” with their friends using plastic toy guns. Girls can pretend that they are nurses in a hospital by using their dolls as their “patients.” Make-believe games do not just provide fun for countless hours; they also promote friendship and camaraderie. Kids learn how to trust, share things, have fun, and learn from each other.

A lot of make-believe games can be played by both genders. One of these games is playing as cooks, dads, or moms in a kitchen. Playing kitchen allows kids to pretend that they are preparing their favorite dishes. Most of the make-believe kitchen toys do not provide any real hazard to kids so they can pretend to use “knives” to slice down fruit or a “stove” to cook their meals.

Play kitchen sets can be bought in any toy store. They can range from a little more than a hundred to several hundred dollars. Most of these sets are compact, so they won’t take up a lot of space in a kid’s bedroom or playroom. Most of these kitchen play sets are made of tough, safe plastic or wood. Manufacturers, with safety in mind, took a lot of research to design and produce the safest sets possible to reduce the chances of injuring a child.

While there are many cheap kitchens the market, three stand out as favorites.

1. Lifestyle Dream Kitchen – this set comes with a toy microwave, a plate rack, storage areas, a framed window, a plastic countertop with a granite look, a make-believe sink with a play faucet, and a pull-out sprayer. Included in this play kitchen is a special frying pan and boiling pot. When placed on the stove’s front burner and with the switch flicked on, these cooking utensils produce sounds akin to frying and boiling.

Aside from these, the Lifestyle Dream Kitchen also features a twenty-seven-piece accessory set.

2. Sweet Magic Kitchen – developed by the toy manufacturing giant Fisher-Price, this kitchen play set includes a toy refrigerator, an overhead pantry, and storage area. The set also includes a stovetop, an oven, and a sink. A cool feature of this set is that the oven “bakes” toy sweets that change color when the oven is activated. A thirty-two-piece mix-and-match accessory set is also included in the purchase.

3.  Wooden Play Kitchen – as its name describes, this homey, nicely-constructed kitchen play set is made of wood instead of plastic. The set has a freezer, microwave oven, sink, storage shelf, cabinet, and an oven with a stove on top. The set’s brightly painted colors are sure to attract children. The set is tough and provides entertainment for kids for years to come.