Playroom kitchen and market

DIY market stand for dramatic play by Little Lifelong Learners. We're sharing how to make a simple DIY market stand for kids using Ikea crates! This DIY Ikea playroom hack is easy, inexpensive, and can be used to transform your play space into a farmers market, grocery store, bakery, donut shop, coffee shop, pizza shop, lemonaide stand, and more. Your kids will love engaging in imaginative play and play-based learning using this DIY market stand! Read the blog post to learn more!

This pretend play project has been in my head for a while and I was so excited that Ben helped me make it come to life! We created a designated play kitchen/market area that sparks their imagination and gives them a space to have fun all together. I had been watching how the kids play and figured out the best set up for all four of them. I saw how they could use a little more counter top space and shelves because they love laying it all out. They needed a counter area for a “market” but then…