Learning Resources Pretend & Play Cooking Set

I received the Learning Resources Pretend & Play Cooking Set in the mail recently and it really is cute. The set comes with ten pieces total including a tea kettle, frying pan with lid, two-handled pot with lid and five utensils. Everything is made from lightweight yet durable plastic. I see these toys lasting years and years. I have a five year old daughter and her hands are the perfect size to hold all the utensils and the cookware. This set goes great with her play kitchen and the food she already has fits great in the pots too. The pots have great bright and bold colors that are mostly the primary colors like yellow, green, blue, and red. My daughter has played with the set for a while now and has been a little rough on them by banging them around with the utensils and them falling off the kitchen set onto the tile and they are still doing great! These dishes will stand up against the toughest and roughest kids around! Trust me, you will NOT regret getting this cute pot, pan, and utensil set. Your kids will LOVE this set and enjoy them for years to come. Bottom line for this set is...GET IT!

First of all, the pieces in this set were MUCH smaller than I imagined, but I suppose they would probably fit well on a child-sized stove. What would be the learning features? It's pretty much for children imitating mom or dad cooking; it would not teach them to cook. That being said, the plastic used to make these items is really very thick; not that thin, brittle plastic that a lot of play cooking pans/utensils are made from nowadays. The handles on the pans and on the utensils are small enough to fit a child's hand comfortably; the colors are bright (red, yellow, blue). There is an awful lot of plastic used to bag up the items inside the box, probably more than is really needed, seeing as it has the warning to "keep plastic away from children". My granddaughter who will be 3 in December I think will really enjoy playing with this, as she has a play kitchen and loves to use it. The price for this item is really worth it, as it has 2 pans with covers, a tea kettle, and 5 cooking utensils (a "knife", a spoon, a spatula, a potato masher, and a spoon with holes), so there is really lot of items in this set. Pieces are put together well and even with tugging on those parts that may come off they did not; very sturdy. I would definitely recommend this to a friend or anyone looking for a child's play cooking set. Great value for the price, and should stand up to quite a few years of play.

The Pretend & Play cooking set is ideal for boys and girls age 3 and up and gives them a chance to ‘cook' just like the grownups do. The set is well made and brightly colored in sturdy plastic with a tea kettle, frying pan with lid, and a 2-handled pot with lid. The lids fit firmly on the pots. It also comes with an assortment of kitchen gadgets such as a slotted spoon, spatula, masher, and ice cream scoop, all with firm-gripped handles. This pretend cooking set was tested out in a preschool that had a pretend kitchen which was ideal to play in, as the children took turns cooking and thinking of what they would cook next. They enjoyed the colorful pots & pans in yellow, blue and red. They had fun using the utensils, stirring the pots, flipping imaginary pancakes and eggs in the frying pans, serving pretend ice cream with the scoop and making tea. This set encourages children to use their imagination, creativity and coordination skills, while pretending to cook. I would recommend this cooking set to any aspiring chef over 3 years old for hours of fun.

The Pretend & Play cooking set is sturdy and safe as well as age appropriate for 3 year olds and up. Ideally when combined with the Pretend and Play dish set, it equals hours of fun. The box clearly states the items should be washed before use. This is simply to remove the slight oil film from the manufacturing process but it is important to get it done before children have a chance to handle the pieces. The 8 year old enjoyed the set more than the youngest child but it was likely due to being able to identify the utensils with those seen in the kitchen. It was fun to convert an upside-down cardboard box into a make believe stove and cook up their favorite imaginary foods once the smaller children absorbed the concept of pretending. All the parts are flexible enough to survive the roughness of the older children and the accidental misuse of the younger ones. The bright, cheery color combinations are a great invitation to excitement and will hopefully encourage them to assist in kitchen tasks later on. The different colored knobs and handles add greatly to the visual appreciation. The firm attachment of these various parts gives peace of mind to parents. A person on a tight budget can easily afford this set as opposed to the high dollar toys and can be confident it will provide activity long after the battery operated ones are cast aside.

We have a LOT of toys in our house, but our 2 year old LOVES playing with our toy kitchen. She needed some new pots and pans though, so we got this for her. It's nice. The plastic is sturdy. The utensils are all different. The 2 pots each have lids. I can fit 3-4 fake plastic food toys in the big pot for making pretend soup. The tea kettle is cute. It's nice that its an actual tea kettle, and not just a tea pot.

Good constructive toy for a 3-year old. No fancy electronics. No batteries needed. Just a fun way of getting a good lesson in geometry and spatial lessons to help the development of a toddler's mind.

My grandson LOVES them. He plays with them hours at a time.

From the picture on the front of the box it looks like the cooking set would be fun for kids to play with. I liked the logo “Cook Up Some Fun”. This gives me the impression that my grandkids would like this too. I don't remember utensils in other cooking sets that I grew up with and this is a nice touch. The utensils are a good size. The handles are big and sturdy. The only draw back is the utensils are bendy and I can see them possibly breaking as kids tend to play rough. I would have liked to have seen the same thickness as was on the handles or made as one whole piece but this wouldn't keep me from buying. The pots are the right size to hold stuff to pretend cooking. I like being able to put water in the kettle. The colors are nice, bright and fun. The colors match the Pretend and Play Dish Set. Makes me think of them going together and my grandkids would enjoy both of these items. Since they are plastic easy to clean and sturdy enough to withstand the kid's play. Also since they are plastic they can be taken outside without worrying they will break or rust if they are left out. The size is nice for the pots and utensils. The 3+ age suggestion is perfect. Especially since little kids like to imitate their parents. I definitely think kids would like playing with this cooking set. I had fun checking them out for the grandkids.

This sweet little toy cooking set has a great retro vibe to it; reminds me so much of the type of toys I'd buy for my kids back in the "olden days"... you know, before everyone went crazy for electronics. No batteries, chargers, wifi, or internet connection needed-- just good old fashioned fun through use of your imagination! :-) This ten-piece set is made of good quality plastic in bright primary colors that kids love. All the handles and smaller parts are VERY securely attached. I twisted and tugged at everything pretty hard to check everything out, and I don't think there's any chance a child could easily break a handle off. It's well made. The five utensils have small but chunky handles, as do the pots, that are just the perfect size for little hands to grip easily. While the packaging says it's designed for children ages 6 and up, I find the set perfectly suitable for younger children, and fun for them too. The little tea kettle is super cute. It's lid flips up just the way an old time real stovetop tea kettle does. I'm deligating this toy set to the bathtub when my little ones visit. They love filling things with liquid and then pouring it out, and this is the perfect toy for that! I can certainly see why this play cooking set was awarded the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Seal. It's a fun, simple, quality toy that stimulates a child's imagination.

The cookware set is cute, but the plastic is cheap. The plastic is really too rigid to be a toy for a small child because it breaks too easily. When the spatula broke as shown in the picture a large chunk of it flew and almost hit me in the eye and this was from a toddler simply flexing the spatula as small children do sometimes with their toys. The piece that broke off had a point on it and jagged edges. The potato masher broke as well just from my son pressing it onto the carpeted floor like he was cooking and it broke and again shaper jagged pieces flew threw the air. Luckily no one has been hurt, but I have taken the utensils away from him. The pots and pans themselves are not bad at all.