Building a DIY children’s play kitchen in 30 easy steps. Maybe. Part III

Now that the base of the play kitchen is complete it’s time to do some work on the “special features.” You might recall that the first step in building this play kitchen was shortening the legs of the Ikea night tables using my much treasured jigsaw. I held on to the excess wood thinking that the pieces would come in handy at some point of this project. And come in handy they did. I played around with them a bit and figured out a sequence that would look pretty good for the sink faucet and taps.

Step 7: I measured and marked the center of the piece of wood and using several different sizes of spade bits, drilled, starting small and worked my way up until the hole was big enough to fit the faucet nice and snug.

I purchased very basic (and very cheap) faucet and taps at a local hardware store. Here’s my little munchkin modeling it for you. I told her to put it on her head.

Step 8: I then took another scrap piece of the night table leg and using the spade bit drilled holes for the taps. Both the faucet and the taps fit quite well.

Step 9: Using a strong adhesive I attached the wood holding the faucet to the piece with the taps and added another spare piece to use as the base.

Step 10: And finally, I attached the completed faucet and taps to the kitchen using the adhesive.

And there you have it. A completed sink.

8 plastic wheels: $6:00
MDF Board: $15.00
Metal Bowl for sink: $5.00
Shelving brackets: $5.00
Faucet and taps: $10.00

Total: $41.00

Recycled materials used:
Night tables: Purchased nine years ago
Wood planks found on the street

Building a DIY children’s play kitchen in 30 easy steps. Part I

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