To get rid of my almost-5-year old's play kitchen?

[littleloopylou]

We are moving house and I can definitely make room for her enormous play kitchen, but it will be a bit annoying/awkward.

I have separately promised DD a ridiculous bed with a slide and castle tent thing which she desperately wants.

This morning, I was musing about where to put the kitchen in the new house and DD piped up "I know if I have the castle bed I can't have the toy kitchen." (I had actually told her this about her separate play tent).

Wibu to take this opportunity to ditch the kitchen? I'm not sure how long children enjoy playing with this kind of thing. DD says she doesn't want it - and tbf she barely plays with it - but I don't want her to sacrifice something she will enjoy using if she will miss it down the road.

I have no advice but my daughter is 5 later this year and I'm starting to wonder the same about her kitchen. My only apprehension is that we also use it to store other toys lol

I love this ! Your daughter has given you the answer ! Ditch the kitchen. If she wants to explore more role play down the line, you can always get her something smaller. I gave my grandaughter's play kitchen to the little girl next door. She had only recently arrived in the country, and she was chuffed to bits with it. We had to make way for the barbie dream house, etc

My 6 year old still has her toy kitchen. It does not get played with unless she has friends around (which hasn't happened since the summer due to covid). I'm thinking I'll keep it for this summer if it's not played with then donate before Xmas.
If you're moving, she has other stuff her and and her friends can play with together (when allowed) I'd get rid now.

I ditched my DD's play kitchen when she was 4 to make room for her new baby brother's cot. She's never forgiven me for it...

She has told you the answer!
Ours barely got looked at after DD2 started Primary school (after we disassembled it and shipped it most of the way across Europe in a house move....)

The only big toy we have now is the Barbie house... And the growing collection of Lego and Our Generation doll paraphernalia.

By the time they are 5, kitchens ime are something kids only play with somewhere else - they ignore their own but it's the best thing ever at school or a friends house. Definitely ditch it!

DS has his kitchen too. He loves it and does play with it. I have it in my living room.

Will you have a shed - you could put it in there and then when her friends come to play after school (after covid), you can send them all outside.

I ended up just setting one up with stuff from my real kitchen! A bunch of pans, plastic containers, safe utensils, and a small amount of dried pasta/beans etc and they were happy. Saves on storage space.
In fact, 8yo DS still loves this on occasion and he can actually cook.

Whew this is making me feel better! DD tends to prefer playing with dolls - I can hear her OG train engine horn right now - so maybe this does make the most sense.

Re the shed question: I will have enough money leftover to make a few renovations. I'm considering removing the chimney breast in DD's room to make it bigger and/or putting in an inexpensive summer house. But i was imagining using the summer house as an entertaining space/yoga studio and letting DD play in there but not fill it with unsightly toys all the time iyswim