For Christmas, my girls receive 2 1/2 gifts from us. One "big" gift that they share and then two individual gifts. This year, their shared gift was the "Diner"!
I found this Pottery Barn market stand on Craigslist for $35, which I was thrilled about! It retails for $300. With a little fabric and imagination, I transformed it into the "DINER"...
I was super excited to make more
felt food for the girls! I added a few accessories and their
cash register from their current
play kitchen.
Homemade waffles and bacon with an
apple (from their play kitchen).
Homemade pancake, egg, and bacon with an
orange (from their play kitchen).
Homemade hotdog with chips and
cookies (from their play kitchen). I borrowed their
ketchup and mustard from their kitchen too!
For the fourth place setting, I borrowed the entire
sandwich and fries from their kitchen!!
I found a ton of adorable "Diner" accessories at Michael's!
The plates, baskets, bowls, cups, and utensils were all purchased at Michael's. Plates and baskets were $1 each, bowls and cups were 2 for $1, and a set of 4 utensils for $1.
I had planned on making menus, but couldn't resist the matching menus at Michael's! The smaller ones were 40 in a pack for $1...I laminated a few for the girls and stored the others.
The larger menus were $1 each.
I also got these cute little bags! What's inside each bag?
Dry-erase order-taking board, of course! Only $1 each at Michael's!
Guest checks...huge packet (I think 50) for only $1. I laminated a few for each girl, so they can reuse them.
Play checks (again, I think 50 in the package) for only $1. I laminated several in order to reuse them!
Play money....again, laminated to last longer! A bunch in the package for only $1.
The guest checks, play checks, and play money were all purchased at Michael's.
In addition, I found two cute 2-piece chef apron/hat and waitress apron/hat sets for only $1 at Michael's!
I'm thrilled with the way the "Diner" turned out and very thankful for all the amazing accessories that I found at Michael's!
Total cost...
Pottery Barn Market Stand: $35
Fabric/letters for transformation: $15
Accessories from Michael's: $24
Homemade felt food: free from scraps that I already had
Grand Total: $75 Love it!!
Our tree on Christmas Eve 2011
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I found this Pottery Barn market stand on Craigslist for $35, which I was thrilled about! It retails for $300. With a little fabric and imagination, I transformed it into the "DINER"...
I was super excited to make more felt food for the girls! I added a few accessories and their cash register from their current play kitchen.
Homemade waffles and bacon with an apple (from their play kitchen).
Homemade pancake, egg, and bacon with an orange (from their play kitchen).
Homemade hotdog with chips and cookies (from their play kitchen). I borrowed their ketchup and mustard from their kitchen too!
For the fourth place setting, I borrowed the entire sandwich and fries from their kitchen!!
I had planned on making menus, but couldn't resist the matching menus at Michael's! The smaller ones were 40 in a pack for $1...I laminated a few for the girls and stored the others.
The larger menus were $1 each.
I also got these cute little bags! What's inside each bag?
Dry-erase order-taking board, of course! Only $1 each at Michael's!
Guest checks...huge packet (I think 50) for only $1. I laminated a few for each girl, so they can reuse them.
Play checks (again, I think 50 in the package) for only $1. I laminated several in order to reuse them!
Play money....again, laminated to last longer! A bunch in the package for only $1.
Our tree on Christmas Eve 2011
Handprint snowmen!
It came with everything! Money, coins, and the credit cards. This is such a neat learning cash register...the girls are truly "learning" from playing with it..I would highly recommend it!
Mac loves to play with it too...a little too much! She has destroyed several pieces of the money.
Izzie was becoming more and more frustrated with Mac. At first, I put the money away. But, quickly realized that punishing them was not the right solution for either. So, we agreed that Izzie was allowed to play with the paper money that came with the cash register and I would make Mac some money to play with too!
I'm very pleased with the way it turned out! There are a few open spaces, where the green wreath is showing (next time, I may wrap the wreath in fabric/ribbon to cover), but for this one...I may go back and add the basket grass like the tutorial suggested. 
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