Play Kitchen

 I can't believe it, but my baby is TWO! 

For his birthday, we decided we wanted to get him a play kitchen, 

because he LOVES to pretend to cook, clean, and do the dishes. 

Hopefully he enjoys doing this in the future... ;)

Have you noticed how darn expensive these plastic kitchens are? 

Ridiculous!

There have been SO many cute DIY ones out in blogland, but by the time I figured out what to get him, it was too late to start one.

So we bought one at WalMart for about 80 dollars.

The next day, I walked into the DI and saw this beauty for TEN dollars. TEN!!

The only thing wrong with it- a few cracks in the oven door! No biggie. 

   So, I took it all apart, cleaned it, spray painted it, re-wired it- and here it is!!
(I'm not finished- I still need to do the bottom trim, and touch up the paint under the oven door- but I'm fairly pleased!)  

 Here is what I did to the oven door~I used some special glue, taped over it until it dried, and then painted it. It's not perfect, but it will do! 

 

 Inside the oven, I didn't want to paint too much, so it's still a little girly- but after re-wiring everything- it works! As in, the lights light up and a fan blows out cool air (while a song plays...haha).

 I happened to go to Kmart this week, which almost never happens, and came across this blender and mixer for $16... total. They came with cups and fake ice/lemons, etc. My boys will LOVE these.

Kitchen and Paint - $20

Accessories- $28.50

 TOTAL: $48.50

I will be linking this up to the blogs located in my Linky page up top!

  

 

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