Crafting for my cook

Little Fish loves to cook. He's a big help in my kitchen, cracking eggs and making rice and retrieving items from the cupboards. I thought it would be nice if he could have control of his own kitchen. Now that Cupcake has outgrown her swing (*sob*), we have a place to put his.

I started with an apron. I used the free Montessori Child's Apron from Sew Liberated. I like that it is designed for kids to take on and off themselves, and I made it reversible so Little Fish could choose how to wear it.


He even hangs it up himself when he is done.


Then I made a coordinating oven mitt. This was the first time I've ever quilted anything (you can tell) and it was kind of fun.


Then I took inspiration from Christie at Childhood 101 and made a cardboard box kitchen.


All in all it took about 1 hour (spaced over two days) and 1100 yen. I got the boxes free from Big Fish's company and the rest are ¥100 store finds. The hardest part was getting Big Fish to remember to bring home his box cutter.


I think that this kitchen is going to get a lot of use.


I have a chef's hat in the pipeline as well. I can't figure out how to make decent cooking pots and a rolling pin and whatnot (they take a lot of abuse from Little Fish!) so I am on the lookout for some. Until then he'll have to settle for sharing mine!