Esther and William love pretend play

Anything from real life role play to small world play

To large scale fantasy adventures with unicorns and dinosaurs

Their imaginations are their only limit

But it can help, particularly with real life role play

To have some quality toys

Our kitchen from Plum Products

Is a little over a year old now

It is still much loved and going strong

It would make a perfect present this Christmas

For any little girl or boy

That enjoys playing house or cafe

That enjoys working in the kitchen

That loves to play with food

With the Boston wooden kitchen from Plum Products

There are so many different ways to play

And the kitchen looks good too!

The Plum Boston Wooden Play Kitchen

Has a modern minimalist design

It is a large open play kitchen

Making it ideal for twins, siblings and friends

The design of the kitchen encourages interaction and collaborative play

Esther and William love working together in the kitchen

Making tea and cakes for all their toys

And any visiting friends and relations

They mimic what they see mummy and daddy doing in the kitchen

They copy what they have seen on TV

And act out what they have heard in stories

They love stirring soup

Serving tea

Slicing pizza

Baking cakes and apple pie

They love to do all the kitchen chores

That they have seen or heard of

They love playing at real life

And extending their play with their imaginations

And their pretend creations

They love to be together and play

Children love to do what mummy and daddy do

They love to act out real life scenarios

One of the things we love to do as a family is make our own pizzas

Now you cannot eat pizza everyday but children love repetition

And having created once in the kitchen with real foods

They will enjoy perfecting pizzas again and again through their play

Through their play they are learning many things

Their language is developing

Vocabulary extending

They are developing their gross and fine motor skills through their large and small actions

Since starting school in September

Much of Esther and William’s kitchen role play

Centres on the school kitchen, the cook and the dinner ladies

They take turns playing the different characters and roles

Of people who help them every day

It is a wonderful window into their world

Showing what they are learning from the environment around them

The Boston Wooden Play Kitchen from Plum Products

Is double sided

So offers a range of ways to play

And means more than one child can be playing at anyone time

Esther and William often play alongside one another rather than properly together

The kitchen has a plastic sink that can be removed

Esther and William spend quite a lot of time stuffing things down the sink hole!

The sink has a mixer tap

There are two rings on the hop

And a small work surface area

I am yet to find a kitchen with enough work surface for two children to be chopping

Mixing or creating at the same time

The Plum kitchen has a cupboard with two shelves

And a two shelf oven

There is also a single shelf above the unit

We tend to keep salt and pepper and a toaster on this

The cupboard houses a tea set

Along with various wooden pots and pans

The Boston kitchen does come with a good range of accessories

Meaning that children can get on playing with it straight away

The accessories it comes with are a spoon, spatula, knife and slotted spoon

As well as a frying pan and pot with lid

We have added a whole host more and think that now perhaps we have too many

Esther and William have a wonderful time playing with their kitchen

But it is often Mummy who does the tidying up

And actually I quite like it

I enjoy setting out the tea set

Putting pizzas and pies in the oven to cook

Setting up scenarios ready for when Esther and William next come to play

Lots can be learned playing with this kitchen

Number skills are used for sharing and weighing and timing

How many slices of pizza can we have each?

One sugar or two?

How many apples shall we bake in the pie?

How much does this potato weigh?

William loves anything to do with measuring and weighing

Social skills are also learned through kitchen play

Sharing space and utensils

Negotiating with one another

Collaborating on a project

We do lots of sorting work in our kitchen play

Young children love to move things around

They love to explore products with all of their senses

Play food can be very tactile and can be used in sensory play

I love to give the children a basket of soft play food to explore

I watch as they feel each piece and ask them to talk about colour and size, shape and texture

Which of the foods do they recognise? Are there any that are new?

Can they sort into different food groups?

Can they order the foods according to size?

A wooden kitchen offers so much potential for play

For learning through play

And The Boston Wooden Kitchen from Plum Products

Is one of the best ones I have seen

We have been playing with this for over a year now

The kitchen is sturdy and strong

It still looks as good as it did brand new

And all the time we are adding to it with play food and accessories

So it is continuing to offer Esther and William something fresh and new

The kitchen with seven accessories costs £150

With all of this

• Contemporary styled wooden play kitchen, ideal for hours of inventive play cooking
• Features a unique 360° island design for all round play – plenty of space for friends to join in!
• Modern design that includes granite style worktop, overhead shelf and contemporary cooking hood
• Features include an oven with shelves and a clear door that opens and closes, cooking hobs with knobs that click and turn, ample storage space including cupboards and shelves, turning taps and a removable sink for easy cleaning
• Supplied with seven wooden accessories, including spoon, spatula, knife and slotted spoon, as well as a frying pan and pot with lid
• Made from responsibly sourced timber
• Supplied flat packed and pre-drilled with easy step-by-step assembly instructions
• Recommended age: 3 years+

We think it is worth every penny

We were sent one Boston Kitchen from Plum Products for the purpose of this review