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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
One Cool Toy!
I gave this Play-Doh set to my son today for his 4th birthday and he loves it! He spent close to 5 hours straight "cooking" and "making dinner" for my husband and I. It is a great toy and I highly recommend it for kids who like to spend time creating different "meals" and putting them together themselves. I think that it teaches to clean up when done or the play-doh...
Published on October 25, 2004 by M. B. Anderson
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
Cute idea but not steady or STURDY enough
There's little to criticize about Play Doh as far as a fun, squooshy and classic toy to spark imaginative playtime for youngsters; however, this pretend kitchen leaves much to be improved upon. First off, the table on the side does not stay put. The leg is constantly tipping over with the slightest movements, making it frustrating to set up. The cookie press is fun...
Published on September 14, 2005 by frisky2000
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
One Cool Toy!, October 25, 2004
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This review is from: Play-Doh Meal Makin Kitchen (Toy)
I gave this Play-Doh set to my son today for his 4th birthday and he loves it! He spent close to 5 hours straight "cooking" and "making dinner" for my husband and I. It is a great toy and I highly recommend it for kids who like to spend time creating different "meals" and putting them together themselves. I think that it teaches to clean up when done or the play-doh dries out, to wash the dishes and it's just a lot of fun.
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
Cute idea but not steady or STURDY enough, September 14, 2005
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This review is from: Play-Doh Meal Makin Kitchen (Toy)
There's little to criticize about Play Doh as far as a fun, squooshy and classic toy to spark imaginative playtime for youngsters; however, this pretend kitchen leaves much to be improved upon. First off, the table on the side does not stay put. The leg is constantly tipping over with the slightest movements, making it frustrating to set up. The cookie press is fun to create various shapes, but the receptacle doesn't hold much dough, so after about half an inch of squeezing out the design, you need to clean it out and refill. The recipe cards offer creative and fun to make dishes, and the utencils are cute, but I doubt most children can really enjoy hours with this toy.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
fun toy for playdoh lovers, November 26, 2004
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I bought this toy for my 3 year old daughter who loves playdoh and she loved it ...but the stand that connects to the oven always falls off so we just turn it upside down and play with it that way because there are cool shapes on the underside you can smash playdoh into. overall it is a good playdoh toy for playdoh lovers..
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
Great fun for kids!, June 15, 2009
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NOTE: At the time of review, this product is listed at over $30 on Amazon- we paid less than half that price locally. This toy IS really great, but look for mid-teens/under $20 for sure.
Net Assessment: This toys is LOTS of fun, and I would definitely recommend it or give to friends with young boys or girls. I think this toy has great "growth" potential - i.e. it can be used for "cooking" in many different phases, with the child focusing on different aspects and levels of complexity of meal making/assembly as s/he grows.
We got this for our 2 1/2 year old, and she LOVES it. Most Play-Doh "equipment" other than the dough itself is marked 3+ but I thought she should try something beyond the small substitute tools we had found to help her mold Play-Doh at home. Lately she likes to play with Play-Doh at her small table in our kitchen while we get meals ready, and regularly makes "pancakes", "pizza" and other "meals" for her doll, so this seemed like a great fit.
We don't presently plan on buying kid-size toy kitchen equipment, but in many ways I think this mini-kitchen is more fun, because instead of playing with completely pre-made food and just moving things around, she can first *make* her own food, and then put it in the oven, or fry it up on the stove, further manipulate and plate it, and "feed" to her doll, etc. She likes to tell me that the oven is hot when putting things in/taking thing out, and to adjust the knobs on it. She also likes frying up the noodles/eggs/chicken or other food that she has made with the spatula. The pizza cutter was also a very big hit, as she sees me use one at home. Toast of all colors is also a favorite. After a few minutes playing with it for the first time, she wanted to pause so both of us could find and put on our aprons (obviously, Mom had forgotten about this key step!).
As a parent, I like that the toy is not very big, and everything can be stowed away. Note that a storage box does not come with toy, and the original packaging cannot double as storage, but an adult shoe box or other box would work.
Set-Up: My daughter plays with this toy on a small wood table, and most of the actual "food prep" (cutting, extruding, molding, etc.) takes place on this table. The stove is used to "fry", and the oven to "bake", and the side table is mostly presentation/temporary storage while playing.
Instructions: I didn't see any user assembly instructions or usage guidelines with product, not even on the box. They aren't really necessary, but take a good look at the box and how the various items are set up and being used before throwing out/recycling the packaging. For example, there is a little white piece that attaches to the back of the stove as "hooks" for tools - this is a great idea, but I almost accidentally missed this piece in all the packaging!
Quality of Some Equipment/Tools:
Stove: Great. Oven door opens, and the one large mold or one tray can fit in it. Stove buttons are decals, but there are two knobs on the stove (one for stove, one for oven) that actually do turn.
Side Attachable Table: Have not had stability issues yet but this is not a key component of play at present (mostly just set stuff on it). The flip side of the table doubles as a mold for various foods, so would not expect table to be used each time (we dissemble when done playing and put in a box). Can see how stability could be an issue (if, say, small surface used for "cutting"), but not a deal breaker.
Chicken/steak mold: Works surprisingly well - I didn't think the Play-Doh would unmold easily and was worried that I'd be called in to get the stuff out, but it really does unmold quite well, and my daughter can do it by herself.
"Toaster": Very simple design, but pretty clever idea.
Hand-held Extruder: The exuder tool works a bit like a garlic press (although not of similar heavy duty quality, don't get me wrong). The extruder tool is *not* a "spaghetti factory" - you *can* make medium-length noodles but you need to stop midway, and refill (possibly with Play-Doh from a larger can than the four cans provided with the set). I don't think the extruder is designed or intended to make really long noodles - the recipe cards show things like cut string beans, and "drizzle" frosting on croissants, but none of these would be very long. It's true as mentioned by another reviewer that when you push down on the extruder that some of the dough squishes out to the sides, but even my 2 1/2 year old understands now to take the leftovers and push back in to keep on exruding. If she loads too much dough into the tool she may require help squeezing at the start.
Extruder shape selector: At this age, after 2-3 bouts of frustration/I-can-do-it-myself, she can now feed the extruder shape selector into the extruder tool.
Recipe Cards: About 2-3 cards come inside the box. The other cards are part of the carboard packaging and need to be cut out. We store these in a resealable plastic bag when not in use. Even though she is too young to follow the "recipes" exactly (dish suggestions depicted on the recipe cards which honestly even I might not turn out quite perfectly!), she enjoys looking at the cards and organizing them with all her other equipment. The recipes are definitely pretty and a good source of inspiration, but I think most kids will have no trouble thinking up things to make on their own!!
Play-Doh Included: The tubs of dough included are smaller than a "standard" tub, but adequate for play and in colors that you might not have. We only have a very limited collection of Play-Doh at home outside of this toy, so eventually I can see buying more varied colors (in the standard tub size) to compliment the set-up. Note that, compared with the standard tubs, the overall quality of the tubs included is not as robust and the lip of the lids is not as deep/is a little harder for very young fingers to pry off/put on securely. Definitely not a deal-breaker, just an fyi.
Parent Involvment: My child is probably on the young end of the user base, so I'm more involved than I would expect parents of older children would be. When the tool was brand new I spent more time with her showing her how things worked and helping her get the hang of certain things. I do help with the extruder at times, and generally keep an eye on things, but I don't *have* to sit with her while she plays (although I should add that this toy is also very fun for parents - adds a little creativity to the day!). We put the entire set away in a box when done, so I do help with certain aspects, such as the set-up/take-down of the side table.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Fun for all....., January 2, 2006
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This review is from: Play-Doh Meal Makin Kitchen (Toy)
My daughter got this for x-mas and she really likes it a lot. She doesn't use the table because it doesn't stay on very well. And to tell you the truth we had a hard time putting the table on. DUH!!!
The press to make shapes does not work well at all. More play doh comes out of the sides then comes out in shapes. For the price kids will like it. But don't expect to much.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
My 3 year Play-doh hating son - LIKES this!, March 1, 2007
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Since my husband would not let me get a real play kitchen... I saw this and snapped it up! To my surpise, my 3 year old that normally hates touching play-doh, was all for this!
We made lots of different foods with the molds and even wanted to sleep with the fake egg (not happening!)
Oh coarse the biggest down side to this is that it IS play-doh... it makes such a mess and I am always vacuuming, but it is worth him being really happy to play with something besides Thomas the Tank Engine!
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Hours of entertainment, August 16, 2005
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I got this for my 3 year old nephew at Christmas time and he still plays with this for hours. This is the one creative toy for a kid that will keep them entertained for a long time.
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FUN!! Cute, too., August 13, 2010
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FUN toy! We paid about $20 for this toy in a retail store, currently it's much less on Amazon so if you can, order from here for best price. Thankfully though, even at higher price we paid it's worth it because the kids LOVE this toy! Bright and colorful parts, off-the-charts-cute stove with an oven, knobs that turn, and an attachment to hang the cooking utensils off the back. The handles of the utensils are fat, perfect for little hands. The table is a little wobbly, but the kids didn't seem to mind. There's shapes underneath the table top, so they're often taking that off to use anyway. The table leg doubles as a rolling pin.
We bought this as a gift for our 5 year old, but the older kids usually end up sitting down to play as well. The set comes with "recipe cards", some precut inside the box and others that you cut out of the box sides. Those cards are a big hit - the kids use them as recipe cards and also as menus when playing restaurant. We kept the pink cardboard inner packaging, the kids set that up as a background when they're playing with the set. What I think is the BEST THING about this toy is that unlike other Play Doh sets, this one is just as much fun even WITHOUT using Play Doh. The kids also use it as a little play kitchen for their play food. We have a larger standing kitchen set, but this is perfect for a table top or when they're playing house/restaurant anywhere they want to set that up.
We have several Play Doh sets - this one is the absolute best in terms of fun factor, versatility of play, and playing with it without Play Doh. Note: unlike other Play Doh sets this toy can't be stored in the original box (there's no front) so I picked up an inexpensive clear plastic storage container to keep it in. It's so cute and played with so often that I didn't want any of the utensils/parts getting lost.
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I love it, August 6, 2010
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It is a very good set for the price i was actually expecting a lot less, the one thing i wish it had was more colors, or instead of the deep brown/red, for it to have a bright red play-doh. Other than that it is awesome, and i'm an 18 year old girl lol so imagine how much fun an actual kid would have.
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Better than I expected, January 20, 2010
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My 5 year old daughter received this as a gift. I didn't really expect her to like it as much as she has. The table that attaches to oven is worthless though.
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