IKEA Supermarket DIY {under $50}

IKEA Supermarket DIY {under $50}

November 16, 2010 |  by  |  Before & After, Blog, DIY, Ikea Love

Part of Louisa’s new room was to build a play kitchen.

The original idea was to purchase a play kitchen/ supermarket . We looked around in stores, but everything we saw, was either too small, too expensive or too plasticy.

So we decided to take this in our own hands and purchased 3 IKEA Babord Shoe Racks, $9.99, a couple of 2x4s, some fabric and various accessories (baskets, plastic fruits, miniature cans and bottles,…).

This is how it turned out:

And here the  Step-by-Step instructions:

{IKEA Babord Shoe Racks, $9.99}

{Attach the 2x4s at the corner with screws}

{half way done!}

{the same thing with the back, just add one more shoe rack on top}

{Staple the IKEA fabric to the horizontal beam}

{Cut out a sign for the market}

{paint it and add all the accessories}

{We attached the sign with string}

{Done! Cost under $50, accessories are all from the Dollar Store, Miniature Food is from World Market}

Did you do a DIY Play Kitchen or grocery store? Upload a photo in the comments below!

More DIY play kitchens are here (they are all awsome!)

Have a fab day everyone!

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19 Comments

  1. Yagnaroopaya
    February 12, 2011 at 12:54 pm

    Hey there! This is my 1st comment here so I just wanted to give a quick shout out and say I truly enjoy reading through your posts.

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  2. Elna Rioseco
    February 12, 2011 at 9:03 pm

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  3. steel building
    March 28, 2011 at 9:13 pm

    Hi just thought its interesting.. This is twice now i’ve landed on your blog in the last 2 days searching for completely unrelated things. Spooky or what?

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  4. Luciana
    May 10, 2011 at 4:48 am

    This is awesome!!! I don’t have kids yet but certainly will make this adorable supermarket for the future ones! :)

    Love the blog!
    Luciana recently blogged..Mac &amp cheese

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  6. Hannah
    May 30, 2011 at 9:57 am

    This is wonderful! I have been wanting to get a play kitchen and have felt the same way about most of the options out there, this is perfect and cost effective! I cant wait to make this! Thank you for sharing, your blog is wonderful!

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  7. Lisa
    June 10, 2011 at 11:42 pm

    I have been looking for ideas on how to make a grocery store for my kids playhouse, thanks for the inspiration.

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  8. Kim
    July 27, 2011 at 12:03 am

    Love the market idea! We were looking for a way to store/display all our kids wooden food. I’m also in Canada, but I don’t see those shoe racks or anything comparable online – maybe they are only in store?

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  9. Blueberry Junkie
    November 4, 2011 at 4:07 pm

    Thank you so much for posting this wonderful tutorial. I had a couple of those Ikea shoe racks for years and I ended up using them to make my very own market for my kids. They love it!!

    I blogged about it and linked to your instructions here: http://www.blueberryjunkie.com/?p=777

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  10. Dee
    November 16, 2011 at 6:04 pm

    I LOVE this idea, we’ve been trying to find an idea like this for our little guy who loves to pretend to shop. But these shoe racks aren’t available at Ikea anymore, any thoughts on something we could use instead?
    Dee recently blogged..{RFam} Littleton Colorado Family Photographer

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  11. stream comedy movie
    December 26, 2011 at 11:12 pm

    Youre so cool! I dont suppose Ive read anything like this before. So nice to find somebody with some authentic ideas on this subject. realy thanks for starting this up. this web site is one thing that’s needed on the internet, somebody with a bit originality. helpful job for bringing something new to the web!

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  12. Jacinto Cush
    March 31, 2012 at 1:34 am

    I like your design and site structure

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  13. Simone
    July 15, 2012 at 10:29 pm

    What a great idea!!
    I made a playkitchen out of IKEA’s RAST-Table, you can take a look at my blog: http://mammacrafted.blogspot.it/2012/06/ich-baue-eine-kinderkuche.html

    Next year: definetely a supermarket! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  14. Begga
    September 18, 2012 at 12:11 pm

    love it ! :D looks so good!

    here’s a kithcen I made out of a small nightstand/table

    http://www.bergruniris.com/bilskurinn

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  15. Heather
    October 4, 2012 at 5:36 pm

    Thanks for sharing! This is soooo awesome! My girls will love it!! I think I may do a small section on it as well so they can play with their 18″ dolls on it too :) )

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  16. Van
    October 5, 2012 at 8:56 am

    What an excellent idea..! and not only to build a shop or a kitchen for your kids, but also your own real market stand or simply a rack in your own kitchen, garden or winter garden.. Loving it!!!!!!
    Van recently blogged..My first Chrismtas present!

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