Guidecraft Color Bright Kitchen Stove Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought this stove for my two year old because she always wants to cook when mommy is in the kitchen making dinner. I received it yesterday and we've already had a lot of fun making carrot and mushroom stew - sometimes with plastic eggs.
When I was researching toddler kitchen equipment I was concerned about materials. The frame, door handle, knobs, and front instrument panel of the stove are made of solid wood. The painted side panels and back panel are made of hardboard. The unpainted portions of the stove top and bottom expose hardboard. The oven door and inner shelf are completely painted but their smoothness suggests hardboard as well. So, the structural elements are all solid wood but the embellishments are mostly hardboard. This might be as good as you can do if you want wooden toddler kitchen equipment given that other brands seem to have no solid wood but use particle board for structural components. (BTW, the see-through oven door is acrylic).
The item was well wrapped so that the pieces arrived undamaged. The package includes ten screws with a hex-wrench and two screws (to attach the oven door hardware) that require a phillips-head screwdriver. I think it took me about a half hour to put the oven together (with my toddler's help of course). The wooden pieces fit together well but not exactly. The tongue-in-groove panels are well set into the piece (I can't imagine them popping out as they have in similarly designed pieces of furniture that I've had experience with.)
This stove is the perfect size for my 39-inch tall child and I could see her playing with it if she grew another foot is height. The box says that it is designed for ages three plus. Since my child is still in a pseudo-climbing stage, she has made a slightly annoying habit of standing on the open stove door. The stove is light enough to easily move around but not so light that it feels un-sturdy.
The only drawback that we've experienced is that the stove tips when we are trying to open the oven door. I would suggest bolting the stove to the wall for a smaller child so that they don't become trapped if they were to hang on the handle and it were to fall over on them. There are two 1-inch diameter holes in the back panel of the stove which would make bolting quite simple without damaging the stove itself.
In all, I like this stove and think we are going to have a lot of fun with it.

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All the knobs move and the extra-big handle opens the oven door. A large, spacious shelf is inside the oven for adding that extra pan to be cooked. Assembly required. 26"H x 15 3/4"W x13 3/4"D.

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