| Grow with me kitchen offers moms young activity play for toddlers and more realistic roleplay for preschoolers, in a kitchen that grows with their child. In the toddler mode the kitchen is sized appropriately in height for easy access for fun activity play. Features include a blender with peek a boo action and fun music, clicker knobs on the oven door and sink, knobs on the stove that have fun cooking sound effects, a microwave and oven, fun stacking measuring cups, a shape sorting pot with three shape sorting food pieces. For the realistic play, the height easily transforms to a preschool sized kitchen. Revealing 2 additional appliances: refrigerator and dishwasher. The blender mode changes to realistic blender action and sound effects. The shape sorting pot now can be used as a cooking pot. Accessories include: blender, drinking cup, plate, fork, spoon, spatula, stirring spoon, phone, pot with shape sorting lid, 3 shape sorting food pieces and 3 stacking measuring cups. |
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 Get this for a lot less at Toys R Us |
| Review Date: December 5, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Jennifer, |
| We're going to get this for our 18 month old as a Christmas present - but I've been price shopping and Toys R Us (online and in stores) has this same thing for $69.00. Just a heads up. |
just like mom and dad
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| Review Date: June 4, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Linda, CT, United States |
| When we were shopping for a birthday present for our 1 year old granddaughter, we were surprised at how substantial today's toy kitchens have become. We chose the Grow With Me because of its convertibility - small enough for her to use now, and expandable for when she's taller. No sense cluttering up landfills with too-small-too-early discarded toys. Corina loves playing with her kitchen, especially with the blender. It's sturdy, durable, and has no sharp corners or tight doors to scratch or pinch little fingers. And her parents like the fact that all the accessories can stow away inside the oven. All in all, we're happy with this product. |
Great Kitchen that Really Grows with the Child
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| Review Date: April 20, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Irene in Boston, |
We bought this kitchen for my daughter's 1st birthday. It cost $70 at Toys 'R Us, so I was pretty surprised to see the price so high here. There are a lot of other bigger play kitchens out there, with more bells and whistles, but at the $70 price, this playfully colored kitchen is simple, but still great.
My daughter loved this kitchen immediately. At its low setting (only one row of appliances available), it was the perfect height for her at age 1. It comes with enough accessories that you don't need to buy additional pieces unless you want to. Still, other people have given my daughter kitchen accessories as gifts (play food, a tea set, etc.), and those gifts did really enhance my daughter's play.
She is now 3 1/2 years old, and she still enjoys playing with this kitchen. It is now set up in the higher setting, as shown in the product photo (two rows of appliances available). This kitchen has been a staple in her play area over the last few years. It really encourages imaginative play; my daughter can spend over an hour playing with it independently. She'll pretend to do dishes, make dinner, set up a party, etc.
The only problem we had with it was the blender - when it's positioned on its stand, and the button is pressed, I think it's supposed to turn so that playful berry characters are shown through "windows". For us, when you press the button, the little balls inside the blender bounce around, and it makes noise, but that's it. If we take the blender off the stand and turn a little knob underneath by hand, we can make these little berry characters appear through "windows". So, I think we got a broken blender, but you know, it never actually mattered at all, the blender is still fun to play with the way it is. Other than that, we did have an appliance door or two get pulled off just once or twice, but they snapped back on just fine, no biggie.
My 9-month-old son has already started poking around the kitchen, and I hope he enjoys it as much as my daughter has. While I try not to get caught up in gender roles, I am still happy that the mostly white-and-purple colors are gender neutral.
After seeing my daughter with this kitchen, two of my friends got the same kitchen for their daughters, and they have not been disappointed! |
Overall the BEST kitchen for a younger toddler!
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| Review Date: September 16, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Jessica M. Davis, Poughkeepsie, NY |
Assembly: Very easy, only a few screws. (Converting to the larger size is as simple as pulling the top up with your foot on the base).
Pros: Changable height. I got this for my 11 month old and it is the perfect height for her, but we will be able to convert it for her when she's older. When you convert the toy the sounds change from cute and fun toddler music and silly sounds, to realistic cooking and blender sounds. Also, the blender changes from spinning slowly and showing cute fruity characters to a fast, realistic spin with no characters. Plenty of accessories and the little shelf is a really cool feature.
Cons: The sink comes out which of course is the first thing my daughter takes out and throws. She is constantly trying to the climb onto the kitchen as well so be careful if you have a climber. The way the oven door folds down a young toddler is inevitably going to end up standing on it, and though it doesn't seem like it will break, it might.
Price paid: $69.99 at Toys R Us |
Great Kitchen but Check Toys R Us
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| Review Date: December 21, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Ned, Jacksonville, FL United States |
| This is a great toy and the reviews were very helpful in the purchasing decision. I don't understand why Toys R Us would have it for [...] versus the price through Amazon. I have always found Amazon to be competitive but in the area of children's toys am finding I have to check around. Amazon is still my first stop. |
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