I received toy kitchen set hacks that are absolutely adorable.
Jenny's play oven
Jenny and husband, Per, turned an item from the as-is department into a play oven for her 2-year old daughter.
She says, "We found a small, laminated and hinged cabinet, which was probably a 'Vattern' bathroom cabinet (33x35x37cm). We then bought two extra flat laminated panels (at 1 Euro each) 1 in black and one in white, to create the missing side wall and oven top.
We added from the hardware store:
- 4 pinewood wheels designed for making a toy cart, painted them with black enamel paint to make them shiny, superglued to top panel, to create hotplates.
- 6 pinewood doorknobs, again enamel painted black, then once dry added numbers and dial-style icons, using a tippex pen - for the oven and hob controls, superglued to front
- red electrical insulation tape (self-stick), to smooth out the plywood rough edge of the top panel (chance, it was exact width)
- some self-stick coat hooks, for hanging the play oven glove, toy pots and pans and accessories
- one red handle to use as a pull down on the door
Portable baby stove
Ariacielo made a box stove to complement the Duktig set. The stove is a cardboard box covered with white and red self adhesive paper. Knobs are ingeniously made from bottle caps!
See instructions for the baby stove.
Related hack:
- Play kitchen for under $200
Wow! That oven is to die for. I'm sure that kid is so happy!! Maybe a shelf inside would help create more storage space?
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This is so CUTE!
ReplyDeleteThe baby stove is indeed very cute. However... in what way is it a hack? It doesn't include a single IKEA element.
ReplyDeleteThis is so cute! Much better than a big ole' plastic one!
ReplyDeleteI think your site is genius. I just discovered it today. I saw "IKEA" and my eyes got wide. I am inspired by IKEA products and even more inspired by people who can turn them into something else. I LOVE IT!! Keep up the good work, Jules!!
ReplyDeleteanon2, yes, i do realise that the stove itself does not use any ikea items but i wanted to include it because it was such a great accompaniment to the duktig cooking set.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for all the nice comments folks. :-) Such a friendly community. Anon: The shelf is a good idea - would be even more like a 'real' oven then.
ReplyDeleteIt ended up probably no cheaper than a plastic one off the toy store - but we had such fun doing it, and she loves it.
Very cute project. You could go and buy one, but like you said, you had fun doing it, and besides, she gets to know that she is playing with something made just for her, by someone she loves!!
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ReplyDeleteWow, how creative and clever!! Definitely hacking this idea!
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