When you have kids, you become creative in many aspects of your life. Whether it be on ways of keeping them entertained, or keeping them contained when out and about down to making veges as small as you possibly can to hide them in their food (and they will still find them!).
Since having the boys, Chance and I have been able to bring out our DIY creativity with certain projects and the latest was Chance doing a kid’s kitchen hack!
We bought Finn a small kitchen when he was little and he absolutely loved it so for Christmas we wanted to get him something bigger and better. However, everything we found was pretty ugly in my opinion! IKEA had a cute version but it was a bit small so we decided to buy one from Kmart ($89) and then paint it to suit the decor of his playroom/our house.
As you can see from the original, it is really bright and has a lot going on. I love soft, neutral colours and so we decided on a white base with a big of light grey to add some warmth. We did keep the window section as Chance liked the look of it with the softer colours and it did brighten it up a bit without being over the top.
Chance painted all the different pieces first and did two coats before leaving them out to dry completely. He then put it all together and then put the hooks along the window section so that Finn could hang his pots and pans, as well as his utensils.
We also bought a heap of plastic food for him to play with, which is wonderful for imaginative play and he loves cooking us up burgers and other concoctions. Chance wants to put shelves in the fridge eventually so he can make it like a real fridge but in the meantime we have it in tubs in there.
So, there you go!~
The perfect kids play kitchen for under $100 and you can paint it to suit whatever colour theme you have going. If you look up online you will find heaps of cool versions as well!
Add some hooks and plastic utensils and your kids will love it (and so will you!)
EDIT: We recently made another kitchen for Finn’s best friends 5th birthday in pink! We used a cotton candy pink and the marble bench top is a laminate sticker from Kmart! 🙂
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Rochelle says
Hi
I am doing a kitchen up for my daughter and I love the pick one you did up I wondering what you used for the splash back and the side of the cupboard? Also how did you do the window and pots and pans etc?
Thank you in advance
sarah.lamont@hotmail.com says
Hi Rochelle, the splash back actually already came with the kitchen and so did the side of the cupboard. It’s a newer version of the original kitchen! The pots & pans are from Ikea and my husband screwed in picture hooks so he could hang those and the utensils from them 🙂
Holly says
Hello just wondering if you used normal paint or spray paint and did you sand it back before painting?? Thank you
sarah.lamont@hotmail.com says
Hey Holly, Yes it was power-sanded back. My husband used a water-based undercoat and normal interior pant for over top. xx