Ikea table & chairs

[adrimolina]

Hi, I am going to Ikea tomorrow, could you recommend a table & little chairs for my 18 month old to sit and draw, use play dough, etc? I've seen a couple online, but I am curious to see if there is a specific one that you like, thanks!

[wendibird22]

I have the round green plastic one with 4 green stools. My girls love it. It's a big enough surface for two kids to play at and not fight about whose stuff is touching whose. It wipes clean very easily.


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[lizzywednesday]

My brother bought this one for my nephew:

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/50178411/

I've been looking into this one for my DD:

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/40153703/

Honestly, the 1st one takes up about the same footprint as our high chair, so I may just get that. DD sits at a table at daycare with no problems "wandering" so I might as well.

[lizzywednesday]

I have the round green plastic one with 4 green stools. My girls love it. It's a big enough surface for two kids to play at and not fight about whose stuff is touching whose. It wipes clean very easily.


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That's the MAMMUT model:

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/pr...533/#/00168650

[jennilynn]

We had the Latt but my rambunctious boys broke a table leg (the chairs are still fine, though.) The table legs are pretty thin. My mom has the Mammut (blue rectangular one) and it's great.

[wendibird22]

That's the MAMMUT model:

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/pr...533/#/00168650

Yes, that's it. I adore it! IMO the wooden rectangular tables are tiny.

[twowhat?]

we have the round Mammut table and it's great for 2 kids, size-wise. We have 4 chairs to go with it though in retrospect I wish I'd just gotten the stools so that they'd store easily underneath the table. The chairs are sturdy enough for an adult - DH and I sit in them all the time.

Two things about the round Mammut that I don't like:
It has FIVE legs. Kind of annoying if you want 2 chairs to fit right across from each other because it won't work that way. But it needs that fifth leg for stability (i.e. a child can lean hard on the edge of the table and it just won't tip).

Since it's plastic (though a VERY sturdy plastic), it's lightweight and pushes around easily. You might find that good or bad.

It wipes off well enough, though it has a surface that I don't consider to be exactly smooth - there is a texture to it and we have marks all over the table from markers, even crayon, that don't wipe off. But - it's an art table so I don't worry about it.

IMO the rectangle tables at IKEA aren't quite big enough for 2 kids who are likely to fight over space.

[LMPC]

We have the Latt and love it. My kid is kind of low-key though, so it's been sturdy enough for her.

[candaceb]

I noticed this one when I was there this week:
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/40147180/

I like the fact that the legs are adjustable. We have a Kidkraft table and are very happy with it - solid wood and solid as a rock.

[tamar]

Too late for op but we love mammut too. We have the round table with 3 chairs. We bring the set outside in the spring/summer and it's a hand me down too. It's used very heavily but holds up beautifully.