Cooking Toys are all the rave
I just got back from the Housewares Show in Chicago. You may wonder what does that trade show have to do with toys?
Well, cooking toys have been around for a long time and proven to hold kids interest year after year. Starting from the moment toddlers bang wooden spoons and pots and pans, they recognize tools used in the kitchen that create yummy things they taste all day long. Manufacturers have provided hours of play with plastic kitchen sets, wooden vegetables, velcro (R) peel-able fruits and china tea sets.
Back in the day, toy stoves used actual bunson-type burners, then there was the EZ Bake Ovens with the light bulb. That changed to the new modern version of microwave cooking with kids (kids should not use the
actual microwave) Next came candy and other sugary-goodie making sets and now there is the FOOD NETWORK!
This show has created a following of child chef-enthusiasts who want to help cook, bake and plate new creations instead of having the same-old same-old dinner on the table. Even preschoolers are asking to be "cookers" in the kitchen. The general idea of "play cooking" with school age children has grown from pretend play to actual cooking and it’s not going backwards.
When kids see Paula Deen, Rachael Ray, Bobby Flay, Mario Batali and Masaharu Morimoto making fancy food that they may not recognize at home, kids want to show mom and dad what they learned. For parents, this is an excellent teaching moment about healthy nutrition and good food shopping habits. But for kids, this creates a new kind of playtime.
Everything from salad spinners to measuring cups promote motor skills, thinking and social interaction.
The cooking toy category seems to have grown to include licensed toys from popular cookbooks, reviving classic brands and introducing new ideas. We have been testing this category here at Toy Tips and find focus group after focus group, kids go back to them.
We are excited to test and review all the newcomers this year and will be reporting on them in our magazine and on toytips.com
Question of the Week, what toy company made the original toy 7-UP Dispenser which happened to be my favorite toy the year when I was 7!
Email me your answer and peek back next week to see got it right.
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Marianne
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Evgeniya commented:
These are some of the toys my 2 nieces have, they are both nelray 19 months old.Fisher-Price Laugh Learn: Learning Puppy Introduces baby to the alphabet, numbers, counting, parts of the body, colors and more. Fisher-Price Laugh Learn Vacuum Cleaner Baby will learn things like opposites, actions and objects through sung songs and appropriate activities.Fisher-Price Laugh Learn Say Please Tea Set Introduce the delights of pretend play while helping baby learn about counting, shapes, opposites, manners and more.Fisher-Price Laugh Learn: Learning Purse Baby will learn about numbers, colors, size, opposites, and greetings.There are a lot of other Fisher Price Laugh and Learn stuff that are cute and educational too, as well as lots of other fisher price toys that are also educational. But I love all the Laugh and Learn toys.Hope this helps and good luck, :D
Gowtham commented:
oh it will be easy to say he aint goingto get aohnter toy if he breaks this one but i know how hard that can be for the parent and also with kids they need to visualise this cus they usually can spot empty threats get him two toys put one in view but out of reach and go if he breaks the one u gave him he will NOT be getting the other one u will be returning it to the shop cus his five u could say it has to survive atleast five days b4 he gets the other one >>>if he breaks the first take him with u when u get a refund for the other one>>>>and try it all again a week later tell him to remember his trip back to the shop>>>if he doesnt break it withi 5 days give him the second one and get him to start a collection of playable toys>>>> and do this a few times>>oh best to try with cheap toys like those small cars
MyPictureTeddyBear commented:
Cooking Toys are great for imaginary play and fine motor skills.
Toy and Games commented:
Did you do the testing. Do you have results now?
Toy and Games commented:
Did you do the testing. Do you have results now?
Mikelda commented:
