There are thinkers and there are doers. Anna, author of forty-two roads is both. After seeing this (rather expensive) play kitchen on the Nursery, she set out to make her own kitchen for her daughter, Lara.
Look! Forty-Two Roads Play Kitchen Prototype
Anna started by drawing out a plan and then making a paper prototype. The actual kitchen is made from recycled corrugated cardboard which she has covered with contact paper. She cleverly devised a system of joining cuts which mitigated the need for nails, glue or anything else to hold the pieces together. Voila!
Best of all, you can buy her 14-page instruction kit to make your own at her Etsy shop for $7.
Read more about her project on her blog, forty-two roads (here and here).
Brava, Anna!
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Gah! Creative moms like this always make me feel guilty!
It's an adorable kitchen, and an even cuter little kiddo!
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Fantastic! I feel bad for the original designer though.
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Personally, I prefer this to the original. Nice job.
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