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toy kitchen / play food for 2yr old boy??

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mummysanderson · 25/10/2013 08:18

So I'm thinking my 2 year old son would really like a toy kitchen and play food as an alternative to the hundreds of toy cars that he currently loves playing with!! Dh however is not so keen and thinks that it would be a waste of money...

Opinions please, and if anyone has seen any bits and bobs on offer please share :-) many thanks x

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lagoonhaze · 25/10/2013 08:24

My 6 year old son plays with his 2yo sisters pink wooden one from Asda.

Loads of my friends boys play with kitchens. However all of us are very anti gender toys.

I bet your son would love it. I like the Ikea one.

CoolaSchmoola · 25/10/2013 08:27

Why not? Or does your husband not cook?

Cies · 25/10/2013 08:29

A classic toy that will have years of use.

Hobbes8 · 25/10/2013 08:29

I'm getting my 2 year old boy one for Christmas. The ikea one gets good reviews on here, and I got a leaflet through the door from ELC the other day and they have a nice half price one. I'm hopefully going to check it out today.

I think the ikea one is about £65, or £90 if you include an add on shelf and microwave thing. The ELC one is £75 reduced from £150. They're both wooden, which I like, and come in red so gender neutral.

TicTacZebra · 25/10/2013 08:32

My 2 year old loves her toy food. (getting her a kitchen for Christmas) they have one for £35 in asda. It's pink though so depends on how you feel about that.

ELC do good food sets. My DD plays with the play food near enough every day.

BobaFetaCheese · 25/10/2013 08:32

On amazon; pintoy wooden kitchen. Got it for our 23m old ds, he loves it.
And its small, relatively cheap (£55-ish, dnt pay more for it).

Soz for nt linking, feeding baby n typing with a finger!

dannin · 25/10/2013 08:33

I nanny a two and a half yr old boy and whenever we go to his friends house (2.5 yr old girl) he always play with her kitchen and loves making tea, cakes and pasta. It's great imaginative play. He also loves cooking properly too! I would say get a set for your son.

ZippityDoodahday · 25/10/2013 08:34

It's a gender neutral toy & if your dh thinks otherwise he's being sexist.

BobaFetaCheese · 25/10/2013 08:40

AMAZON KITCHEN

Thyve got some decent quality plastic food stuff; casdon baset withfood is good.
Elc is good for food and i buy real saucepans etc from the supermakrets budget ranges (milk pan in morrisons £1.75, small scales, wooden spoons etc).

PeterParkerSays · 25/10/2013 08:41

DS had one at about that age. He's played with it more than any other toy and other children always want to play with it when they visit.

We have this cooker, which comes flat pack
and this food. Pans were 2nd hand off eBay.

Fab.

sleepdodger · 25/10/2013 08:43

Ds had ikea one for 2nd bday and loves it, yr later still v much used
We keep it in kitchen so we can both cook whilst I'm sorting dinner wtc

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mummysanderson · 25/10/2013 08:50

Thanks all! I am really liking the ikea one and will take a look at elc/amazon too :)
Its not that DH thinks we shouldn't buy one because we have a boy, he just doesn't think he will bother with it!
Ds always goes straight for the cars, every time lol. I'd like to get him something a bit different but don't want to spend £100 on something that doesn't get played with :)

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Hobbes8 · 25/10/2013 09:32

ELC also had a half price garage! I can't fit both in my tiny house though (was supposed to be moving before Christmas - bah!)

AnySpookyWolfyFucker · 25/10/2013 09:32

DNephew, also 2 years enjoys playing with his IKEA kitchen. Sometimes he 'cooks' with it as intended pretending to make food, sometimes he 'cooks' his cars on the hob. ;)

absentmindeddooooodles · 25/10/2013 09:37

My ds is obsessed with his toy kitchen! I got him a plastic one when he was about 17 months. Never played with anything else but totally destroyed it.

Got him a wooden one ( little tykes) with washing machine fridge built in etc. Its fab. Loads of little gadgets bit still looks and is lovely quality. ( I love wooden toys etc)

Every child thay comes over goes straight for it. And this is coming from a ds that lives and breathes cars. :)

GillyBillyWilly · 25/10/2013 09:47

My nephew is 2 and has a play kitchen with plastic food, pots, plates, utensils etc... He loves it!!!!!!!!

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Fleetwoodbigmac · 25/10/2013 10:26

Wilkinson have Some really good value wooden play food in at the moment, about half the price of similar in elc.

Dontletthemgetyoudown · 25/10/2013 10:58

my boys played with the little tykes kitchen that they had and then when dd1 had a JL red wooden kitchen the youngest boy used to play with that, not now that's hes almost 12 but he did at about 6 or 7 still.

sainsburys half price toy sale has some good plastic toy kitchen bits worth a look at.

LegaaaahhhhAutopsy · 25/10/2013 11:01

IMO you can't go wrong with an Ikea kitchen.

WiseKneeHair · 25/10/2013 11:03

We bought DS1 a kitchen for his second birthday and he loved it and played with it loads. DS2 also played with it lots. In fact, by the time DS3 was two, the first kitchen was really on its last legs (after 5 years of usage), so he also got a kitchen for his second birthday. He's five in a few weeks and although he doesn't play with it as much as he used to, he does still play with it.
I would second the ikea suggestion. It is a lovely kitchen and very robust.

TheOnlyPink · 25/10/2013 13:40

I am so glad to read this thread, I also have a car mad almost 2 year old boy and i bought him a green plastic kitchen (€20 in heatons for any Irish bargain hunters!) it comes with the pans, spatulas etc, but like you was wondering if he would play with it. Glad i got it now!

ScornedWoman · 25/10/2013 14:22

My DS had his just before his 2nd birthday and still plays with it daily at 3.8. He cooks, but the washing machine is his favourite, so I got the little wooden airer from Ikea and he pegs his own pants and socks on it when I've done his laundry!

HenriettaBrain · 25/10/2013 18:15

If you have a sainsburus near you, they have a set of blue pots and pans in their sale at the minute, they are £1.50 if I remember correctly!

blacktreaclecat · 25/10/2013 20:26

We've just bought the ELC wooden diner kitchen in the half price sale for DS 16mo. He loves it!
It was a nightmare to put together though

CreatureRetorts · 25/10/2013 20:29

Ikea one is only £65. Bargain! I've got it for DD's birthday (not til December!) and really want to open it....