You can purchase a larger IKEA kea play kitchen, but for those of us who have only a tiny bit of real estate for kids toys, this mini version is ideal. We fit it into the bottom of our linen closet and it was the perfect kitchen nook for our daughter. Add in a few sets of utensils, pots and veggies, and your kid will be making you pretend mushroom soup forevermore.
Emily Westbrooks is a freelance writer and blogger from Maine. Based in Dublin, she's married to an Irishman and an adoptive mom to Maya and Noah. She writes about travel, parenting, adoption and fostering for sites like Romper and Moxie & Mabel, as well as for her own blog, From China Village.