Very nice. Anna, a craftblogging mom who knows what to do with a boxcutter, hacked this sweet, slot-together play kitchen out of cardboard. The design was inspired by Momoll's awesome--and awesomely priced--slot-together kitchen made of birch ply.
If you already have a round cake pan for the sink and a Velcro tab for the cupboard door, and if you spray paint it whatever color you have on hand, the cardboard version could be about 100% cheaper than the $600 $450 Momoll original.
There aren't plans or instructions yet, but there's a preliminary sketch, and photo of the disassembled pieces in the flickr set.
Toy Kitchen is finished! [fortytworoads via baby toolkit, thanks dt reader eric]
an in-process post: What I've Been Building and the genesis of the idea [fortytworoads]
Previously: Please Sir, can I have some Momoll?
Wow... I've had something like this in the back of my head ever since I saw the Momoll one; nice to see someone go out and prove the concept. The cake pan for the sink is a nice touch; I wonder if my daughter would mind if I borrowed her sink when I want to make quiche, though?
I'm thinking of foamcore instead of cardboard, although cardboard might slot together more nicely...
posted by: cam c. at October 28, 2007 10:24 PMFYI, the Momoll kitchen is $450 here:
http://store.pommenyc.com/lili.html
Thanks so much for posting about my little toy kitchen! I just wanted to let you know that I wrote up an instruction manual for it, which is now up in my new Etsy shop - fortytworoads.etsy.com. $7 vs $450 - you decide :)
posted by: Anna at October 29, 2007 10:11 PMI had been looking for a kitchen for my son that is not pink . . . I had not seen the Momoll but at that price I would have kept looking. Target, the minor Satan to some, has released a pretty trick wood play kitchen for $99 USD. Microwave, sink, range, fridge, shelves and even a little chalkboard all in one unit (and it's blue!). One note, the assembly went smooth but was very long and tedious, like getting locked in an Ikea overnight with a box cutter and an screwdriver. Comes with a couple of pans and cooking utensils.
posted by: EthanPDX at October 30, 2007 4:17 AMsweet! now i know what a certain little someone is getting for christmas. thanks for sharing!
posted by: katie at October 31, 2007 6:12 PM