We love the Step2 Lifestyle Deluxe Kitchen! *Review & Giveaway* (Closed)

Last month, my house became a bake shop in the kids play area. I am madly in love with the Step2 Lifestyle Deluxe Kitchen! I think I spend more time at it than any child does.

If you want to talk about role play, I wanted to show you the fabulous Step2 Lifestyle Deluxe Kitchen.

WARNING! It could make your real kitchen jealous! This deluxe play kitchen is loaded with features, accessories, and storage space, which will keep your children busy for hours imagining that they are a 5-star chef!

• Appliances make realistic electronic sounds
• Granite-look countertop
• 38-piece accessory set included (accessories may vary)
• Loads of storage space
• Framed window with overhead light
• Sink with modern faucet and pull-out sprayer
• Adult assembly required
• Made in USA of US and imported parts (phone, play food, light, faucet, electronic keypads and burner made in China)
• Requires 8 – AA and 5 – AAA batteries (not included)

Here is my kids’ first reaction to the Step2 Lifestyle Deluxe Kitchen. They are this way every day with this kitchen! It is priceless and so much fun!

I took this video to show you a walkthrough of the Lifestyle Deluxe Kitchen. I am amazed at the little space this takes up and how much fun is jam packed in it!

What do I love about the Step2 Lifestyle Deluxe Kitchen?

• I love that it is very sturdy. It is not top heavy, like I had originally thought it might be.
• Very easy to put together
• I love the sound effects that each section makes (microwave, oven, stove, dishwasher)
• I love that the Lifestyle Deluxe Kitchen really doesn’t take up too much space. We have it in our entry way, which the kids call ‘play house’ and it is perfect in there!
• If you want to move it to another room, you can easily slide it where you want it. We rotate the kids’ toys and shift rooms from time to time, so this is perfect!
• The price of the Lifestyle Deluxe Kitchen is right around $219.00 retail. Do I think this is worth the price? You bet! I have seen smaller play kitchens that are not built this good go for far more than this.

I firmly believe that having toys in your home such as a play kitchen truly opens up your child’s personality, imagination, and let’s them be kids while having that fun pretend play.

Step2 is introducing a wide array of new kitchens covering a variety of price points, home décor styles and play pattern needs. Whether for boys or girls, experts like best-selling children’s cookbook author, Barbara Beery agree that having and using a play kitchen in a home builds imaginations and cultivates a love for cooking while helping to promote a lifetime of healthy eating habits.

To celebrate creativity in the kitchen for both parents and kids, Step2 is announcing a national contest that will award one grand-prize of a new dream kitchen suite from Frigidaire, including a refrigerator, dishwasher, over the counter microwave, and oven, as well as a new Step2 toy kitchen of their choice. The “Step2 Creative Kids in the Kitchen Contest” is asking families to submit an essay of 250 words or less on how they foster creativity when cooking and have fun in the kitchen together. Second place prize is a Step2 kitchen of their choice, while one third place winner will receive a $50 gift certificate good toward any toy on step2.com.

I invite you to go to http://contest.step2.com/ and enter! You will need to tell them how you promote creativity in the kitchen with your kids with a brief essay, 250 words or less. The Step2 Creative Kids in the Kitchen Contest begins on September 15, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. ET and ends on December 4, 2009 at 11:59 p.m. ET.

For more information and other fun Step2 products, please visit www.step2.com.

In the meantime, how would you like to win a Step2 Lifestyle Deluxe Kitchen that is shown above?

What you win

• Step2 Lifestyle Deluxe Kitchen

How to enter (MANDATORY)

• With the holidays just around the corner, visit the Step2 website and let me know another fun product that you would love to get your little ones!

Extra Entries

• I would love to hear how you spark creativity & role play with the kids in your home!
• Twitter the giveaway. Copy & paste text below to Twitter. Leave link on comment entry. Once Daily Retweets available for extra entries. (leave a comment with a link to each RT)

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• Blog about this giveaway (leave link on comment entry)
• If you need a dream kitchen from Frigidaire, don’t forget to go to http://contest.step2.com/ and enter!

Details

• ONE (1) winner will receive a Step2 Lifestyle Deluxe Kitchen (Valued at $219.99)
• Winner will be chosen at Random and backed up by post content, so be creative with your entry!
• Winner will be contacted via Email. If no response in 48 hours, another winner will be drawn
• For more specifics on how winners are drawn, click here
• Winners are posted here for reference
• US & Canada entries only
• Contest ends on October 17, 2009 at 11:59 pm Central Time