This post has been a long time coming. I've been meaning to blog about Elle's birthday for, well, a couple months. I can't believe our little girl is now two. We have a two-year-old. I may be biased, but she is the sweetest little toddler you'll ever meet. For her birthday Mister and I made her a play kitchen. We were so excited to give it to her, and she didn't disappoint. We've been wanting to give Elle a kitchen for awhile, but we didn't want to pay for one. Even the cheap ones are pretty spendy. I came across the idea of making one out of an old entertainment center and I got really excited about it. We were having a hard time finding the perfect entertainment center as the shell, then one day someone in our neighborhood was giving away theirs for free. It was perfect!
Mister fixed the doors and shelves, sanded it, filled in any dents or holes with wood filler, and painted it. One of the doors had a glass window in it. I didn't like the idea of glass in the playroom. Mister was going to make a new door, then I had an idea to put tin where the glass was. It worked out perfectly! I loved that she could have magnets on her kitchen door. We cut the door into two pieces so she could have a fridge and a freezer.
We found the handles at Ikea, and I spray painted them gold. We also found the faucet at Ikea in their Last Chance section. I also spray painted it gold. The sink was a metal bowl we got at a thrift store, and was also spray painted gold. Mister cut a hole for the sink, and and glued it in using Liquid Nails, and installed the faucet.
The stove was made out of wooden plaques and circles I found at Hobby Lobby. I painted the wooden plaques black, and cut out the white burners from white vinyl. The knobs were made out of wooden circles. We cut 2 circles in half and used that as the top part of the handle. Once again, I spray painted them gold. Mister glued the stove on with wood glue. The handles were put in with screws. Mister drilled holes just a little bigger than the screws, so the knobs would turn. We moved the hinges of one of the cabinet doors to the bottom, so the door would open down like an oven.
Cost Breakdown
Entertainment Center: $0 (you could probably find one for $10-$20 at a thrift store)
Handles: $14 ($6.99 for a 2-pack)
Tin for Fridge Door: $0 (we already had some tin, but here is something similar)
Faucet: $17
Sink: $0.50
Wooden Plaques for Stove: $2.99
Wooden Circles for Knobs: $2.99
Spray Paint: $3.76
Spray Paint Primer: $3.76
Grand Total: $62.98
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