Make your own Waldorf play kitchen

This being the season of gift giving, I'd love to share with you some of my favorite eco-friendly gift ideas.  My son's are getting a wood play kitchen like the very wholesome looking ones in the waldorf style toy catalogs.  However, to save money and just for fun, I'm making it myself from mostly reclaimed materials.

First, I've used an old cutting board for the stove top.  I just turned on the burner of the stove (electric) on high and burned burner shapes on the cutting board by holding it upside down and pressing it on the burner for a few seconds.  Then I placed that on top of an old night stand and voila! instant stove top.  Next I attached a piece of wood cut to the shape of the front of the night stand w/ cabinet door hinges. You can also cut a little window out and add a small handle of some sort.

For the sink I used another piece of old furniture, an old tvstand and cut out a hole in the top to place a stainless steel bowl for the sink, then I cut a wooden dowl to the general shape of a spout and added two small drawer pulls for sink knobs.  Last, I used peel and stick floor tile for the "counter top" and put it all around the sink.  It's really cool!  Honestly, I spent less than $50 on this endeavor and it was a lot of fun to make.  I can't wait to give it to them at Christmas!

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