All
  • All
  • Products
  • Articles
  • Videos
  • Galleries
  • Conversations
  • Social

Play Food

Ikea Play Food
Toys

Ikea's Felt Food Makes For Furry Kiddie Kitchen Fun!

For the love of felt!
by babysugar

For the love of felt! Ikea offers minimalist design to the masses at an equally attractive price. And, kids will eat up the Swedish superstore's latest import – play food that coordinates with the retailer's popular Duktig play kitchen spaces. Not yet available online, the four fabric play sets have been spotted in stores throughout the country and children can't wait to get their wee hands on 'em! Felt food has become an inedible staple in play kitchens since moms have turned away from plastic varieties. We've rounded up some of the most life-like handmade felt creations. Take a look!

View 15 Photos ›

To see more felt designs, read more

Sweet Meats Encourage Food Play
Eco

Go Ahead — Play With Your Food!

Parents may not be keen on their kids playing with food at the dinner table, but when it comes to tykes setting up a little restaurant or grocery store, things are more hands on.
by

Parents may not be keen on their kids playing with food at the dinner table, but when it comes to tykes setting up a little restaurant or grocery store, things are more hands on. Food play encourages creativity and the more realistic the food looks, the better.

San Francisco-based Sweet Meats creates plush "pillows" designed to look like popular cuts of meat, including T-bones, pork chops and ham bones ($65 for the set). The adorable fleece toys are made from 100 percent recycled materials and colored with recycled AZO-free dyes. Ideal for carnivorous families wanting to encourage their kids to try new foods, the company also plans to introduce a plush bacon line this Summer.

Toy Box: Haba Biofino Soft Foods
Toys

Toy Box: Haba Biofino Soft Foods

We've already told you about our love for Haba's wooden toy food line, but I'm now taken with their Biofino line of soft, international toy foods.
by

We've already told you about our love for Haba's wooden toy food line, but I'm now taken with their Biofino line of soft, international toy foods. The felt-based toys are a perfect way to introduce your lil one to the colors and diversity of foods found abroad and just may encourage them to try the real thing. The Ravioli set ($12) comes with a dozen felt pasta pockets and felt sauce packaged in a tin can, while the Doner Kebab set ($12) includes felt fixings for the perfect wrap that is magnetically closed. The most colorful among the bunch, the Weiner Schnitzel With French Fries ($13) even comes with a felt ketchup packet from which they can pretend to push out their favorite condiment.

Quiet Hours Knit Play Food
Toys

Toy Box: Quiet Hours Knit Play Food

Tea and hand knit cookies anyone?
by babysugar

Tea and hand knit cookies anyone? I recently came across an online shop that sells some of the most darling toys I have seen in a while. Selling only artisan-crafted items, Quiet Hours Toys features an array of classically designed items that do not require batteries, screwdrivers or instruction manuals to operate.

I was particularly taken with the shop's knit play food. The collection includes everything from produce items and sweets — like sandwich cookies to sushi and each item is hand-knit. A welcome change from the crates of plastic food with fake labels, I can see my daughter and I sitting down for an elegant tea party featuring these delectable items. To see the entire knit food collection, read more