Product Description

This unique kitchen plays along with children by recognizing and responding to individual foods placed on the burner. Other deluxe features include a microwave that makes three cooking sounds and has a lighted countdown timer. When kids turn on the faucet, they'll hear running water, and when they "wash" the dishes, a motion sensor triggers dish and silverware sounds. Features realistic house details on the outside, plus a pretend coffee maker, dishwasher, refrigerator, oven, sink and 13 accessories. Measures approximately 37" x 30" x 44". Requires 4 "AA" alkaline batteries (not included). Limited warranty.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #90495 in Toys & Games
• Brand: Little Tikes
• Model: 4225
• Released on: 2006-09-01
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 39.00" h x 18.00" w x 44.75" l, 40.00 pounds

Features

• 40 different sounds and sayings
• Kitchen recognizes and responds to each food
• Comes with 13 accessories
• Microwave makes 3 cooking sounds and has a lighted countdown timer
• Recommended Age Range 2 years and up

From the Manufacturer
Interactive kitchen has 40 different sounds and sayings. Kitchen recognizes and responds to each food a child plays with. Microwave makes 3 cooking sounds and has a lighted countdown timer. Faucet makes running water, "clinking" dish and silverware sounds. Pretend coffee maker, dishwasher, refrigerator,oven, sink, and 13 accessories.

Customer Reviews

My 19 month boy loves this!!
I am a physician and a first time Mom and am absolutely thrilled with this product. For all of you who are like me and read all the reviews (sometimes multiple times) before buying any product for your child (paying particular attention to safety, educational value, toy appeal to children, and ability to last for years to come), this is a great toy for your child. Believe me, I have researched this thoroughly. After spending weeks reading reviews about the different kitchen sets, I narrowed my choices to this Little Tikes kitchen and the Lifestyle Dream Kitchen. I chose this one b/c it had more interactive units (microwave makes 3 different sounds, stovetop recognizes what foods are placed on the burner, and the faucet has running water sounds), was less expensive, and had kitchen shutters. I do like the "real" look of the granite plastic Lifestyle kitchen but like another reviewer stated, looks aren't everything. The assembly was easy. My son can't get enough of this new toy. He usually plays with toys for <15 minutes, but this kitchen set occupied his time for 1 hour, which is a record! He likes to pull up a stool so that he can reach the buttons on the microwave and loves opening and shutting the kitchen shutters. There is plenty of room for multiple kids to play with and they love playing peek-a-boo with the shutters. Be sure you have the room in your car to take this home (I had to put both backseats down in my SUV) and also the room in your house b/c it does take up quite a bit of space. Yes, I wish that the cell phone was interactive as well, like the Dream Kitchen, but my son doesn't seem to mind and likes to take it in and out of the cradle and say "hello". The kitchen comes with sparse accessories so I bought a set of kitchen pots/pans/basic dishware for $10.00 and surprisingly, there is enough space to fit all these extra accessories. This kitchen is more expensive than most but I know that the durability, imaginative potential, and the appeal to children will make this toy a good investment for years to come.

Great fun for kids 2 and up!
My two-year-old daughter received this for her birthday and she immediately took to it... We could not drag her away to play party games with the other kids!

Big pluses for parents: It's durable and sturdy, no worries about kids hurting themselves. Also, it's easy to put together. Took me about twenty minutes.

My only concern, as with any children's toy, is that there are loose parts that might get lost... These are food items, which could be easily replaced by generic kitchen-type toys. The only parts you would not want your kids to misplace are the foods (eggs/bacon, spaghetti, mac & cheese) which trigger the cooking sounds.

But I'm not sure I have to worry about those loose parts. My daughter made sure all of the foods, dishes, and pans were put away in the various storage areas of the kitchen. She was very particular about this.

All in all, a great play item for the kids. They can put their imagination to full use on this toy!

Well worth the money
We orginally purchased the Tea Party Kitchen for our daughter, but it was so flimsy we decided that it wasn't worth the money we paid for it, so we took it back and purchased this one instead. It is very sturdy and assembled easily. It is more expensive, but you get more bells and whistles (literally) for your money. I'm not sure that a child needs all of the sound effects that it comes with (for example, when you put the chicken leg on the stove, it tells you that you're cooking chicken and that if you move it before the cooking sound is done, it will tell you to 'be careful it's hot!' and every single time it's done, it tells you to clean up. A bit of a nag if you ask me!). It has several functions, such as the microwave, coffee maker, dishwasher, stove, oven, refrigerator so it really is like a complete kitchen. The sound effects are only for the stove, sink and microwave, but those are more than sufficient. The point of this type of toy is imaginary play, so you don't want to take too much away from the child! A couple of minor things that I noticed was that though the set comes with lots of pretend food, it does not come with plates or cups, but my daughter just uses the ones from her tea set so that wasn't a big deal. Also, we picked it up from the store and it almost didn't fit in the car because the box is so big. Overall, I am glad that we went with this kitchen because our daughter plays with it everyday and because it is nice and sturdy, I'm sure she'll play with it for years to come.