Homemade Outdoor Play Kitchen From An Up-cycled Cabinet

Hubby and I did a major garage

clean-out as soon as we got our 

first nice fall-weather weekend. 

As part of the re-organization we 

took down a freebie cabinet

we had picked up from Freecycle

a few years ago and didn't need anymore. 

My oldest daughter "E" suggested 

that we turn the cabinet into a 

play-kitchen and we agreed!

We flipped the hinges on one door around

to open like an oven door. 

Then, using only materials 
we had on hand

we were able to transform our 

little cabinet into an outdoor play kitchen

for their little play cottage on our deck. 

We had a set of oven knobs

from a kitchen remodeling project.

I used 4 scratched CDs from my car

as the burners (glued down),

and an old broken night light
 is the "clock"

The faucet was generously donated by 

our awesome neighbors across the street. 

The sink is just a glad-ware round container

that I traced a hole for and cut out with a jig saw.

The feet of the cabinet were made by screwing

4 clean (empty) pineapple cans to the bottom of the cabinet

through small blocks of wood. 

The counter top was made by spray painting some

left-over rustoleum gray spray paint 

The backboard was a scrap of wood 

we attached with two small "L" brackets. 

A small shelf rack set inside the cabinet

serves as the oven shelf.

The girls now call it the 

"Step 2 Cafe".

They even made menus and

fresh flower bouquets for the table!

Happy Cooking!

Fondly,

pink and green mama