[DIY Craft] Handmade Play Kitchen Ideas
Are you thinking about giving a play kitchen to your child? When you search online, you’ll find all kinds of play kitchens, but store-bought ones can be quite pricey, which makes it a tough decision.
So, how about gifting a handmade play kitchen instead? In this article, we’ve gathered ideas for DIY play kitchens.
We introduce a variety of ideas, from full-on DIY builds to ones made entirely with items from 100-yen shops, and even ones made from scrap materials.
Use these ideas as inspiration and make a play kitchen your child will love!
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[DIY Project] Handmade Play Kitchen Ideas (1–10)
Cafe Kitchen
One of the joys of DIY is imagining your child’s happy face as you create.
If you’re going to make it by hand, how about a stylish café-style kitchen with natural wood grain as the base? Start by gluing together wooden boards of the same size to create a slatted, pallet-like base.
A door covered with chalkboard sheet has a solid, authentic feel that’s exciting.
Make use of items with a natural texture—like jute twine and cork sheets—to design a kitchen that suits your taste!
Play kitchen made from 100-yen store slatted racks
Slatted wood panels from 100-yen shops, well-known as DIY staples, can actually be used to make a play kitchen too! Combine the slats like a rack, secure them with adhesive, and fill the gaps with a hot glue gun.
Cover the back with more slats, then add hooks from the 100-yen shop and install items like a cardboard-made microwave door, and you’ll have an adorable kitchen that showcases the warmth of wood.
It’s sturdy as well, so your child can enjoy it for a long time.
Pretend-play kitchen made with 100-yen store items
This is a pretend-play kitchen made with assembly-type storage boxes and adhesive remake sheets from the 100-yen shop.
Combine four boxes and secure them with duct tape to create the base.
Cut holes in the box lids to insert a bowl for the sink and a pump for the faucet, then cover the exterior with remake sheets to finish.
Adding a wire grid for hanging kitchen tools will make it look even more realistic! If you have the kids help apply the remake sheets, they’ll feel more attached to it and take better care of it.
[DIY Crafts] Handmade Play Kitchen Ideas (11–20)
A pretend kitchen you can make yourself (DIY)
If you enjoy DIY projects like sawing wooden boards and drilling holes, this is a full-fledged DIY play kitchen you should definitely try.
You can get everything you need at the home improvement store CAINZ, so you can do all your shopping in one go.
Using items like color cube shelves, stacking boxes, and cork sheets, the kitchen looks incredibly real—with a faucet, sink, and stovetop.
Even making nail holes is easy with a power driver.
You can already picture your child’s delighted face saying, “Wow, amazing!”
A kitchen made using a cork board and baskets
This is a play kitchen you can make using a cork board and a basket you can find at 100-yen shops.
Prepare round plates or bowls, cut the cork board to match their shapes, and fit them in—before you know it, you’ve got a kitchen sink! Then gather round and stick-shaped wooden parts, and attach them to look like a stove and stove knobs.
If you connect part of the board to the basket with zip ties, it can also be used as a toy box that opens and closes.
This way, tidying up practice will be fun, too.
Authentic play kitchen
How about making a realistic kitchen out of cardboard? Use a small bowl as the sink—cardboard is easy to cut, so making the hole is simple.
Another tip is to use a pump bottle shorter than the box and turn the pump part into the faucet.
Adding an aluminum stove-top sheet will make it look even more authentic.
There are plenty of easy ideas to incorporate, like using plastic bottle caps as buttons and coasters as burner grates.
Enjoy creating a kitchen full of originality!
L-shaped counter kitchen
Your child’s eyes are sure to sparkle at the sight of this impressive L-shaped counter kitchen made from color (cube) storage boxes! Lay the boxes on their sides, arrange them into an L-shape, and finish the form with wooden boards to create a counter-style kitchen.
Using 100-yen shop silver trays and wire decorations for the sink and stove helps keep non-wood material costs down.
The enclosed kitchen area becomes a private little space just for them.
If your child loves pretend play, they might not want to come out for a while!