Kitchen Tutorial: Part 3 (Oven and Stove)

This is a continuation of the Kitchen Tutorial. See Part 1, Part 2, and Part 4 for the rest of it.

To Make The Oven:

Step 1: On the opposite side of your freezer, draw a line that is even with the top of your freezer. It just looks nice if they line up together. Plus, you’ll need some room above the oven for knobs.

Leave one inch of cardboard between the oven and the freezer and one inch on the side of the box. Make the oven as high as you want it. It’s the only thing on this side of the box. If you make it relatively small, you might be able to add a shelf under it, but I didn’t do that so you’d be on your own. ;-) My oven is 8 inches high by 7.5 inches wide)

Step 2: To create the oven window, measure a rectangle inside your door that is one inch smaller than the door on all four sides. Cut it out, all four sides.

Step 3: Now, cut out the door, but leave the bottom connected to create a hinge for your door. Score the inside of the box along the oven hinge like you did with the fridge and open the door. Tada! You have an oven!

Step 4: Cover the hole of the oven with contact paper just as you did the fridge and freezer, wrapping it around to cover the raw cardboard. Do this also with your door--wrap the contact paper around the edge of the door and around the inside of the window, just like you did with the other holes.

Step 5: To create the “glass” for your oven door: Measure some clear contact paper that is 1 inch wider and taller than your oven window. Cut out two pieces of this size and stick them together nicely. I was in a rush and got bubbles in mine, and they bug me.

Step 6: Now adhere the “ window” to the inside of your door with 1 inch strips of the white contact paper. This will stick everything together as well as line the inside of your oven door so it looks nice. Add a piece of contact paper to go inside the hinge to add support just as you did with the freezer/fridge.

To Make the Stove:

Step 1: Determine how big you want the stove to be. I think I made mine slightly too big so that the stove burners almost touch the sink, so leave some room. Once you know how big you want it, get on your computer and create four donut circles in Word using their automatic shape creator. Or just cut some out of construction paper by tracing the lip of a cup on the paper.

Step 2: Once you have the burners ready, glue them on the top of the box and then cover them with more clear contact paper. It helps to keep everything from peeling off during playtime, and it also makes it waterproof! (Yes, ours has been tested already with a popsicle!)

Now onto the Towel Rack, Shelving, and Accessories!