Accessories for the IKEA play kitchen

The most frequently asked questions about play kitchen 

From when is the IKEA play kitchen useful?

The IKEA DUKTIG is a popular gift for children aged 2 or 3 for Christmas, birthdays or Easter. To answer the question, play kitchen yes or no, many parents start offering their child accessories for the play kitchen to play with at the age of one. If your child likes to play with pots or toy food, then you should think about buying a play kitchen. Playing with the mini kitchen is very creative and never gets boring. Because you can always expand the kitchen with different accessories for the DUKTIG play kitchen and make it interesting. In addition to the usual kitchen accessories such as pots and spoons, you can always buy new accessories for the IKEA play kitchen made of wood or fabric or make them yourself with paper. Buying a play kitchen is worthwhile because many children enjoy playing with it up to primary school age. So the question of how long the IKEA play kitchen is suitable for cannot be answered in a general way. However, there are so many ideas for the play kitchen that children will enjoy playing with it for a long time.

Play kitchen for boys?

Definitely! After all, toys should not be chosen according to gender, but should cater to your child's interests. In times of emancipation, the kitchen has long since ceased to be purely female territory - many men are also enthusiastic cooks. And it's the same at IKEA play kitchen: Not only girls are interested in play kitchens, boys also enjoy playing chef. The best way to find out is to find out for yourself. If your child enjoys pots & co., then you should think about buying the play kitchen for boys.

Play kitchen buy or build yourself?

Think about how you want to use your play kitchen. A weatherproof kitchen made of plastic is great in the garden - but the IKEA play kitchen made of wood is much more stable and durable. Of course, there are also different types of children's kitchens. You can start with a few pots and groceries and find out whether your child enjoys the play kitchen and whether it is worth buying a big play kitchen. When buying the play kitchen, make sure that the height of the worktop is appropriate for the child's height. Children grow very quickly, so many manufacturers of children's kitchens offer height-adjustable models that grow with them and can be played with for several years. A self-built DIY play kitchen, on the other hand, is a real one-off that you can design creatively. However, you have less effort if you buy a play kitchen made of wood or another material. You can pimp a bought kitchen with buttons, paints and adhesive foils.

Play kitchen or a shop?

Before buying a shop, many parents ask themselves whether they should choose a play kitchen or a toy shop. Both role-playing toys are clearly among the favourite play worlds in the children's room. We have compared the advantages of play kitchen and play shop for you:

• In the play kitchen, children can play alone. In play shop, at least two people play together. For several children, a play shop is therefore probably more interesting, while the play kitchen is a great activity alone.
• The toy shop often takes up more space in the home because it requires more accessories than the play kitchen.
• The best variant is a combination of play kitchen and kiosk, which combines both play worlds.