Alex Toys in My Kitchen Set

by Alex Toys

Product Features

• This set won the Scholastic Parent and Child Magazine Best Toy of the Year Award and The National Parenting Center's Seal of Approval
• The dials on the stove really turn
• The oven door opens and closes
• Kids love the bright colors and shapes
• Cooking sets encourage imagination and social development

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 13.8 x 11 x 16 inches ; 7.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000K7G3RW
• Item model number: 15W
• Our recommended age: 36 months - 8 years
• Manufacturer recommended age: 36 months - 7 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #78,623 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Alex in My Kitchen Set lets kids create a huge feast in their own kitchen. Then clean it all up in their sink. They can hang pots and pans on the hooks. This award-winning kitchen set is perfect for little chefs.

Product Description

With In My Kitchen, children can create a great pretend meal from start to finish. They can make a huge feast using their own play range and oven and then clean it all up in the sink. They can even hang pots and pans on hooks! Accessories not included.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars fun, compact, inexpensive, not plastic, June 8, 2007

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mamallama (Puget Sound) - See all my reviews

= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

After much looking around, and being unwilling to fork over $150 for a nice heavy wood kitchen, I got this on a whim for my almost-2 y.o. It's been in the house for only a few days, but she *adores* it. The quality is passable, it might not last for a second child, but the play value is great.

PLUSES:
- Wood, not plastic
- No noises/voices, etc. other than ones the child makes up
- Oven looks like the real thing (window, handle)
- Unisex colors
- Sink is big enough to actually put in play dishes and "wash" them
- Compact and lightweight, yet sturdy

MINUSES
- Strange paint smell, which I hope will dissipate
- Edges not sanded down in spots
- Water knobs fit loosely and wiggle a bit (feel cheap)
- Seems expensive for the size
- Oven magnets too strong to open door without having to hold the entire toy -- I put felt stickers over the magnets to lessen the pull

Overall, a neat launching pad for the imagination. (LEGO DUPLO is also great at that sort of thing.)

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 2-year-old loves it, October 26, 2006

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Boston mother "jellinpaz" - See all my reviews

We gave this to our son for his second birthday and he really enjoys playing with it. I guess it's only as good as whatever accessories you get to go with it - we have some plastic dishes and some small utensils, and it keeps him very busy while I am working in the kitchen. Mostly he puts things in the oven, takes the bowl of the sink out and puts things in that way, bangs with his spatula, etc. It is well-made and has a lot of play value for the little space it takes up.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A tiny kitchen for tiny tots!, September 17, 2008

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Jessa Fee "Some of my best friends are books,... (High Plains, Colorado) - See all my reviews

= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

Amazon Verified Purchase

In my opinion, this tiny kitchen is a great value for the very low price.

We wanted a wooden kitchen that would fit under our breakfast bar (which we no longer eat at) to save space in our eat-in dining room and allow our daughter to pretend to cook while we were are cooking. I was very surprised at how small this kitchen was once my husband assembled it, but it is JUST RIGHT for our foster daughter. It's quite small, but so is she. She is one and it's the PERFECT size for her. She LOVES it! I like that the sink is a bowl but I plan to replace it with a metal one when I find the right size. We bought the accessory pack and I like that the hot mitts are cloth, the pots and pans are stainless steel, the whisk is metal, and the spoon is wooden. Only the measuring spoons are plastic (and I plan to replace those with a metal set like mine, too).

I like the overhead rack with hooks for hanging up all the accessories. That keeps our daughter busy, taking everything *off* the hooks.

The handle for the cold water came off but just needs a better wood glue (we use Gorilla Glue).

By the way, with a little imagination and encouragement, the oven doubles as a dishwasher! When my daughter wanted to "help" me load the real dishwasher, I showed her how to throw all her dishes in the oven, press some buttons and "wash" them, which she does religiously now.

I definitely prefer wooden toys like this one to plastic ones that light up and make noise. Santa once brought our sons a very pricey "deluxe" plastic kitchen when a wooden model sold out (we were "upgraded"), and it had so many bells and whistles that it interfered with their own imaginative play (and tested my ability for replacing batteries and reassembling it every time it fell apart while they were playing with it). And instead of a robotic voice telling my daughter how to pretend over and over again, I like the sound of her banging pots and pans together. After I have had my coffee, that is.