Play Kitchens for Toddlers: A Parent Review of the Best Toy Kitchens

These play kitchens are perfect for babies and young toddlers. We had the Fisher-Price Laugh and Learn kitchen and it did a great job entertaining all three of our kids. They each started enjoying the kitchen from my youngest who was 7 months old to my oldest who was 4 years old at the time. When they finally outgrew it, I passed it down to my baby nephew because it was such a great toy.

Wooden kitchens are heavy and sturdy. They are too heavy for your kid to move or knock over. They look and feel more like a real kitchen and will provide your kids with years of pretend play. The only con to a wooden kitchen set vs a plastic set is that if you have more than one small child they can shut each other's fingers in the doors.

My two year old and four year old fight like cats and dogs and I knew that without good parenting they would slam the heavy wood doors on each other, but we still decided to buy them a wooden kitchen. My boy is way too rough with toys for a plastic play kitchen set. He would break the parts off of a plastic kitchen and maybe even knock it over since he loves to climb. We've had the Melissa and Doug wooden play kitchen for over a year now and it looks brand new still. It is surviving the wear and tear of three kids just fine.

Most of the famous chefs are men, so why not encourage boys to cook? My son loves to play with his big sister's play kitchen. You won't find any pink here! These toy kitchens are perfect for boys.

These Disney themed play kitchens are perfect for your sweet little princess.