With the Melissa and Doug Slice and Bake Cookie Set, kids can enjoy the step-by-step process that makes baking cookies so much fun. The cookies in this play kitchen food set come in a cookie dough tube. As with most of Melissa and Doug products, the cookies slices are stuck together with Velcro. When they come out of the can, it looks like a roll of cookie dough. In the first step, they can take the little wooden knife and slice off each cookie. The cookies have decorated icing that also is attached by Velcro. They can remove these, or they can leave them if on if they want. They should have a lot of fun taking the decorations off and on their cookies. All that is left to do is to put them on the wooden cookie sheet, stick them in the play oven, and watch them bake. When they are browned to perfection, the little oven mitt will be just the trick to take them out. They can use the spatula to scoop them off and serve them up.

We think the Melissa and Doug Slice and Bake Cookie Set is one of the best, if not the best, of all the toys made by this company. They have really targeted the most favorite thing kids love to do with mommy or grandma. All of us have wonderful memories of doing this when we were kids. It will be so much fun for kids to take these out of the can, slice, bake, and decorate them. Just a word of warning in regard to baking, our testers found one problem with this. The cookie sheet is really made to fit the Melissa and Doug wooden ovens. As a result, this may not fit in other brands of play ovens.

Children love nothing more than to play with toy food and pretend to be cooking their favorite meal just like mommy does it. Boys and girls alike can have lots of fun with toy food and play kitchens. Investing in buying a durable and long lasting set can provide countless hours of fun for your child. Not to mention the fact that it can get them out of your way for a bit while you cook the real meal.

One great set is the Melissa and Doug Classic Deluxe Kitchen. This product has everything that a kitchen needs and more. It comes with a refrigerator a stove with an opening oven. The knobs all turn to give a much more realistic effect. Additionally, this model comes with both a freezer and microwave for further play value. You’ll also find a spacious sink that may help you teach your kids that washing up is not as so hard after all. There is also a great deal of storage space for all the kitchen utensils and play pots. Visually stimulating, this kitchen is made from solid wood, offering a level of durability many other toys simply cannot meet.

It is important to note that this model does not come with the cooking utensils and accessories, but you could always purchase a set before assembling the toy kitchen, as the Melissa and Doug line have several great play kitchens accessory options to choose from. Although the Melissa and Doug Classic Deluxe Kitchen is a bit pricier than some of the other ones on the market, it is well made and will provide your child with many years of enjoyment. In fact it is so well constructed and designed, that you will be able to pass it on to your younger children when they are old enough to play with it.

Now before you rush out and buy you child one, you should know that it does require some time to assemble. It could take as long a couple of hours. Do not worry too much though, as our staff found the color coding helps to ensure it is difficult make a mistake when putting the pieces together. Just make certain you have enough room to assemble it as it has lots of nuts and bolts and little pieces. For this reason, it would probably be a good idea to do it when the little ones are not around.

Once assembled, the Melissa And Doug Classic Deluxe Kitchen is quite safe for most little ones to play with as all the edges are rounded. There is no need for you to worry about the children getting hurt on any sharp corners. All the knobs and faucet also have soft curves, and the little plastic windows of the microwave and oven are unbreakable. The screws and the bolts are also recessed, and the wooden pieces and all the metal hinges are pre-painted with hard durable acrylic paint. As a result, you can rest assured that the play kitchen is a fun yet safe toy for your little ones to enjoy.

The Melissa and Doug Kitchen Bottle Set is a prime example of the creative design they put in their toys. With each of their great products, they try to incorporate a very realistic feel to the wooden play food. In this set, they have added a magnetic lid that snaps off and on the bottle just like the real ones you use in the kitchen.

All kids are normally enthralled with magnets anyway, so this just adds even more pleasure to their play time fun. In addition, this design makes it easy for them to get the lids on and off. As you well know, children can get really frustrated when their little hands and fingers can’t get something open, and it normally takes all of the fun out of it for them. This product has been designed with this in mind. Best of all, they can play with this on their own, and they don’t have to run to you every two seconds to open it for them. With this set, they can pour salad dressing on their play salads, use the olive oil for healthy cooking, the mustard and ketchup will go quite nicely with their hot dogs or hamburgers, and the grape jam will go perfect on toast. Mom won’t have to worry about any stains or messes from these. Since they are made from wood, you also won’t have to worry about the dog using them as a chew toy.

If you are considering this product, your child probably already has other items to go with it. If not, you should plan on buying some along with this. We think the Melissa and Doug Kitchen Bottle Set is a cute idea, but your kids will probably lose interest in it fairly quickly if they don’t have other food to make it more interesting. The magnetic lids are what make this fun. These lids offer up some educational value, as well. Little ones can learn their colors as well as match up the lids with the color of the bottles. It also works on their spatial skills because of the different sizes and shapes of the lids. This set is recommended for ages 2 to 6, and we agree that even two year olds can easily play with this.

The tea set is just right to serve tea and sandwiches to friends. Kids have fun pretending to pour tea into the cups and placing the cups on the saucers. The cups and saucers then get delivered to the recipient with graceful ease – at least that’s the way it was during our test session.

Little girls love to have tea parties and invite their friends to their tea parties. Boys like to join in the fun, too! It provides chiming sound effects as the tea is magically being poured. In some households, this is the ideal toy to practice the ability to pour tea and presenting good manners to guests. For others, it’s just plain fun.

Let’s start off with the size of this amazing toy kitchen. Step2 makes kitchens of all sizes and this may very well be the biggest. They don’t call it a walk-in kitchen for no reason; it actually allows children to walk into it, as it has a bar-style counter on two sides and a fridge and stove/sink on the third side. The fourth side is open to allow children to walk in and out as they please.

For homes that don’t have much space for their little ones to play, this may not be a good idea. Home daycare centers or classrooms that want to invest in a pretend kitchen set may be wise to invest in this one as it accommodates multiple children at once. More than one child can be in and around this amazing little kitchen, some even ‘eating’ and cooking at the same time!

This is an electronic kitchen, so it requires 4 AA and 2 AAA batteries for the electronic phone, stove, and microwave to ‘talk back’ to your children and make all of the sounds and chitter-chatter that they love so much. The LifeStyle Grand Walk-In Kitchen does require quite a bit of battery power.

We all know how important accessories are for a pretend kitchen set. No Lifestyle play kitchen is complete without a nice set of accessories, and the fact that this kitchen has a nice set of accessories is the understatement of the year. It comes with everything that a child could ever need to create their own imaginary culinary delight and then some.

To name some of them, the kitchen includes a frying pan with a matching lid as well as a boiling pot with a matching lid. It also includes silver pots and pans with lids as well. Also included are a coffee pot and coffeemaker, four stainless steel cooking tools, a strainer, two plates, two cups, two bowls, two knives, two forks, and two spoons. Also included is a salt and pepper shaker and a pepper mill, five pretend spice jars, a pot holder, two wicker style baskets, a phone, and 64 pieces of play food—much more than come with most other sets.

It also comes with an 11” stool to allow children to pull up a seat to the counter. Additional stools can be purchased.

Step2 products are durable to say the least and they can withstand a lot of play. This Step2 kitchen is no different. The surfaces are even able to be easily wiped clean, making it easy to fix real spills that may occur when your children are playing pretend with real items.

This playset is as realistic as they come, down to the hardware on the handles and the faux stainless steel (looking) appliances. This manufacturer has gone to so many pains to make this the stretch limo of toy kitchens, and the children in your life are bound to be in love. Just make sure you have the space!

The Melissa and Doug Wooden Sushi comes with 24 pieces for the little sushi chefs to make their creations. This company does a terrific job in their design of Velcro tabs to keep the wooden play food pieces together. With this many pieces, this is really necessary. It also gives an added touch of an authentic chopping sound when they use the play wooden cleaver to make their pretend sushi. This has shrimp, tuna, and salmon roe sushi rolls that they can slice up. All sushi needs some condiments to spice them up, so they have included some ginger, wasabi, and soy sauce along with a sauce bowl. Of course, no Japanese meal would be authentic if it didn’t have chop sticks. If they are really lucky, they might even be able to get the hang of these unlike a lot of adults we know. The sushi might even tempt kids to try this for real and expand their taste palettes a bit more.

For us non-sushi lovers, it was very interesting for our staff to see everything that goes into sushi making. You could say the Melissa and Doug Wooden Sushi educated everybody that works here, as well. We had to research a bit to see how authentic this was to the real stuff. We do not think this is very authentic looking, but it does contain some of the food items that go into sushi. However, we do like that it introduces children to food from other cultures. We are really glad to see that this company has finally included a lid for storage, especially with this many pieces. This product is the most unique item that we have seen in the Melissa and Doug food. We could be wrong, but we think this will have a very limited audience because most kids we know are very picky eaters and sushi would not be high on their food list. However, its uniqueness might just be what hooks parents into buying it.

The Learning Resources Breakfast Foods includes most of the food your child normally likes to eat for breakfast with the exception of cereal or oatmeal. It has a fried egg, two bacon slices, a muffin, a pancake with a slab of butter, a bowl of strawberries, and a glass of orange juice. These are not necessarily the healthiest choices, but they represent the normal breakfast foods. There is also a healthy breakfast set if this is a concern. They may even try to sneak it onto your plate. It comes with a great little basket that they can use to tote around their play kitchen food. They can use this basket to pretend shop for all their breakfast food. These items are made of soft vinyl that can actually be washed, and as we all know, they will definitely need to be washed after the kids get through with them. Our testers report that these are very durable, and they even tried biting them to see what would happen. While the food didn’t taste very good, they said they were so tough that they couldn’t even see any bite marks. This is really good to know because we can be pretty sure that kids will try to take a bite out of these. We have tested other brands that have not fared nearly as well as these did.

We think that any child will be greatly entertained by the Learning Resources Breakfast Foods. We also think that most parents will be very glad that they bought this set for their children. It is a good solution that lets kids cook their own breakfast in their own play kitchen without mom or dad constantly fussing at them about making a mess.

The Toymonster Limited Kitchen Trolley is your little chef’s own cooking station. He or she can use the kitchen trolley to make any snack or meal that they please. While playing with the kitchen trolley they will feel like true cooks. A child’s imagination is the only limiting factor, and with your help, they can make learn the art of role play and cooking thanks to this toy.

The Trolley is for your child’s “real” cooking experience as they can practice play cooking in their own play kitchens based on the home’s own cooking background. This toy includes an actual timer and a plate warmer to ensure dinner is nice and toasty when served. There is also a utensil rack as well as two storage shelves and a toy sink. This unit comes with other accessories as well including several toy dishes to help get the “meal” cooked correctly. All of them are made with food grade plastic, and the smaller parts are both dishwasher and microwave safe, which makes for easy cleanup. It also comes with a mini apron for your child to feel like a professional.

If space is at a premium in your house, the Toymonster Limited Kitchen Trolley is ideal. Just 35 x 13 x 22 inches, it should fit anywhere in your home. Moreover, though, The toy kitchen unit also has locking wheels for stability. Wherever you place the kitchen trolley it will not move easily, but with your help, it can be shifted to any space in the house to help ensure that you can make the most of your living space.

The recommended age on this toy is 36 months to 8 years so adult supervision is needed should your littlest one be playing with this toy. Additionally, the cooking accessories included are quite small and may present a choking hazard for many very young children. Moreover, because it has wheels, it is essential that little ones not pull up on this toy, as they could experience a fall.

Made of durable plastic, this is one of the stronger toy kitchens on the market today. With enough space for two or three children to play at the same time with this set combined with that durability, you’ll never have to worry about this one being a toy that will last through all of your children.

The only real drawback we saw with this toy kitchen was the lack of food accessories. While many of the kitchens on the market today come with more food than your child could ever use, this one just comes with the cooking accessories. However, because food accessories are quite available at many physical and online locations, that shouldn’t keep you from purchasing this great model.

The KidKraft Cookware Playset comes with a variety of colors and many pieces, they have several sets that these would match with perfectly. There’s blue for boys, pink for girls, and they have also included white and yellow to stay gender neutral. There are 27 pieces in all including four place settings of cups, plates, bowls, and a knife, fork, and spoon. This makes it great when they want to have a little cooking party and invite their friends. There is also a pot with a lid and a little pink skillet to cook up the “fixins” for a delicious meal and serve it to their little friends. They can serve up kid-sized helpings because these are not little miniature sized replicas, but they are actually a normal size of cutlery and dishes that are perfect for kids. If all of your dishes are dirty, you could even borrow these to fill in. Your kids will love eating off these just about any time whether it is in their playset or for real. These are made from pretty durable plastic, so you can hand wash them. These were really intended for kids to play with so putting them in the microwave or dishwasher is probably not a good idea. They are all pretty tough, but we do not recommend anything other than hand washing.

If you are shopping for play kitchens and play cookware to go with it, you can’t go wrong with KidKraft. We are sure the Cookware Playset will be a great choice for your child. The size and the assortment of cheery colors will definitely please them and make their play time that much more enjoyable. It is also a good thing to have when little cousins or friends come over to play. We know parents need all the help they can get to keep their little ones entertained and out of trouble. There is nothing better than getting invited to join your little ones for a tea party or a pretend meal they prepared just for you. We are positive that you just can’t go wrong with KidKraft on the label.