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LayBabyLay blogger noticed her kids weren’t using the play kitchen as much and her fix was adding pieces to the bottom to make it taller. Apparently that did the trick. Do you think it would be more fun if it grew a few inches?

@Corduroy: @Mrs. Lemon-Lime: My 6 y/o niece asked for a play kitchen for Christmas, my sister told her she already had one she doesn't play with . Her answer was that it was too small. I just texted my sister to put something under it and see what happens, we never thought of that while talking about it.

We’ve had ours for going on 5 years and 2 LOs. It is rarely played with but every time I ask if I can get rid of it, the answer is no (my youngest LO is now 5). So I’m waiting.

We don't have have a ton of toys but we still regularly rotate toys so there aren't as many out as much. So in my house I'd switch it out for something big (probably the two ride on toys that are in the basement to make space for the Christmas tree). If they never asked for it back in a year I'd talk to them about getting rid of it. Or just quietly make it disappear. But my 4 year old is catching on to that so I try to talk to him about stuff more now.

He used it from age 1.5 to 2.5 and just started hiding items in there and throwing play food / utensils / pots & pans.

With big items like that, we pack it up in the garage or ask the in-laws if they'd like it at their house (they have a playroom), and then we try reintroducing it in a couple months.

I plan to bring it back when he is 3.5 and it's summer (AKA, 110 degrees so we are stuck inside.)