I so wanted a new kitchen for the babies! With a 2 and 4 year old homeschooling is mainly play learning. Buuuutttttt my bank account scoffed at me and said “yeah maybe not!” So I set out to figure out what I could do with the resources I have!
So I totally forgot to take a before picture, but the kitchen we had was a 2011 Step 2. We got it when my oldest (now 10) was 2, so you can imagine the level of decrepit-ness we were working with here! I mean this thing stayed on my Dad’s Front porch in the elements for at least two years and was in the kids playhouse for four years before that. G-R-O-S-S was an UNDERSTATEMENT! But for the sake of this post here’s a stock photo of what it looked like ten years ago! 🤣
As you’ve probably guessed, the stickers had all cracked off. The accoutrements were all missing. There is dirt and cobwebs galore.
But my daughter and I wiped that bad boy down and started painting! (next time I’ll take pictures of the process!)
So since I didn’t think of taking the pictures of the process I’ll tell you what we did!
We took the entire set apart. We painted the cabinets high gloss black and the counter high gloss white. We painted all the doors and faucet Silver! I used black puffy paint to repaint the back stove burner for extra texture because were big on sensory play here!
We let it dry and put it back together. I bought a chalk board for $3 from Dollar General and hot glued twine on the hook.
For the chalk cup we painted an Ice Cube Gum container silver and hot glued twine for the hook!
We painted over the faux window and used the Cricut to cut out a vinyl tile. And we got a little bamboo plant from the dollar tree and screwed it into the ledge and hot glued the plant into the pot!
We even made some salt and pepper shakers with dollar general toothpick holders! Just stick some colored paper scraps in and hot glue the tops on!
Here’s the final results of all our hard work!
We are so excited about this transformation! And I promise to take more pics of the process!
In all we spent $19 on the makeover and I’ll break it down here:
$13 spray paint
$2 toothpick holders
$3 chalk board
$1 bamboo plant
If I can do it, you can do it too!
Happy Crafting!
Kids + Canvas By: Dani Russell 