A handcrafted wooden play kitchen is a treasure created for passing down for generations. Children play with pretend kitchens for a number of years. So, the kitchens are a decent value like that. Also, if you buy a wooden one with the thought of passing it to future generations, you add value. There are two types of wooden play kitchens.

One type is the machine produced "wooden" play kitchen set. "Wooden" is a word used with trepidation in this case. The wood is really MDF which isl made from wood and glue. A different term for this type of construction is particle board. In the near past, this variety of plank regularly contained formaldehyde. Generally, a layer of melamine is on the surface of the plank to provide it a level appearance.

This type of manufactured toy kitchen set arrives in a flat pack. It comes un-assembled. It may take quite a few hours to assemble. Initially manufactured in China, or other country with low-cost production, they are sold in mass to the United States.

There is an additional form of wooden pretend kitchen set. These kitchen play sets are created from real lumber such as cherry or pine. Designed with a sense of realism, they encourage a girl or boy's creativity. These kitchen sets have all the pieces: a stove, sink and oven. The big variance is that the majority of it is made from wood. The knobs are hand cut from wood and the burners are wooden. You can tell the burners are burners, but they do not have the realistic look found in manufactured kitchens..

Usually, these wooden toy kitchen sets are built here the United States by a small group of or individual devoted craftsmen. The kitchens are independently made and usually assembled. They either have a natural finish, or come unfinished. Attention is taken to avoid any type of harmful finishes.

These pretend kitchens can passing for top quality wooden pieces of furniture. Such is the craftsmanship, detail and the quality of the kitchen. They also have the advantage of coming completely assembled, or required assembly of a few of parts. In interest of saving on shipping costs, some newer designs ship in flat packs, but are very easy to assemble

Since these kitchens are handcrafted, they can cost a bit extra. However, out sized plastic pretend kitchen sets can easily cost as much and require much additional space. The same can be said about the mass produced imported kitchens.

Your choices are simple. Choose a simply designed wood pretend kitchen or, you purchase a mass produced product.