If you were to choose between these 2 kitchens for a petite 5 year old and a 20 month old, which would you choose? My 5 year old doesn't really like the pink one, but would play with it if it was actually in our house.
http://www.amazon.com/KidKraft-53173...881015&sr=8-14
http://www.toysrus.com/product/index...FindSrc=search
ETA: I added a poll so the lurkers would feel free to respond anonymously!!
I took the girls to TRU yesterday to check out the FAO Schwarz one, and I liked it well enough. It's fairly small though. I'm used to the larger Step2 plasticy ones, so I have to adjust my personal bias on that. DD1 wasn't in love with it, but it's because she said she didn't like the pink. What she really wanted was a McDonald's Drive-Thru window!!!We don't even go there very often! She said she liked the red on it. But in reality, this would be more for DD2 - who will be 20 months at Christmas. So the smaller size would be great for her. And red would totally look better in my house.
What other kitchens should I be looking at? I really like the wooden ones, but am kind of clueless as to where to start looking to make sure I compare all of them before making a decision. I research like crazy on stuff like this.
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Kidkraft Retro Red One
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FAO Schwarz Pink Bake Shoppe
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i like the red one better. looks more "classic" i guess. i normally love pink for my DD, but that pink one is just too over-the-top pink for me.
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I like the pink one. The red one is 100% kitchen, but the pink one has that 'shoppe' part which could be the jumping off point for tons of imaginative play options.... market, diner, lemonade stand, maybe even puppet show.
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Hands-down, the red one!
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Red one. I like that it's just a kitchen. I could see the other one just getting cluttered...at least in my house!
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I'd do the red- totally cute. It's a little smaller..... and down the road when you want to sell, might be perceived as more "gender neutral" as it isn't pink!
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Love the read one, but I'm drawn to the pink for these reasons!!
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Originally Posted by SnuggleBuggles
My kids would not keep all that shelving neat and it would just look like a cluttered mess in my house.
"Someday, I am going to go to bed without toys on the floor and sippys in my sink. Things will stay where I put them and I can have nice, fragile items on display. But when I do, I will look around with a wistfullness in my heart and miss the days where vibrant imaginations ran wild and there was evidence of life happening around me all the time!"
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I like the red one.
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Originally Posted by SnuggleBuggles
not enough cupboards to hide all the extra food and pans.
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