Kitchen is a place of fun things to do with kids but at the same time it can be dangerous as well. If you are planning kitchen remodeling or kitchen renovations, consider children as well in your kitchen design, they will be spending a lot of time with you in the kitchen.

Whether its a contemporary kitchen or a modern kitchen and you don’t want to go out and spend a fortune on the renovations. With the help of an interior designer or a home improvement shop you can install kids safety features in the kitchen. Major cause of accidents in the kitchen is, young kids pulling out something from the kitchen cabinet or kitchen drawer and eating it or spilling all over themselves. Two things that I will suggest every parent to consider in their kitchen plans as kitchen gadgets are:

Cabinet knobs or Cabinet handles:

Cabinet latches or child proof lock have been the norm of the past. I saw some magnetic knobs for cabinets at a childcare center few weeks back, without the magnetic knob nobody can open the cabinet because there is nothing to pull it open. Very safe and easy to install, consider installing them. Child proof lock will be very expensive to install in every drawer and cabinet while cabinet latches do not last very long before your child figures it out how to open them.

Closet organizers:

As well as its for your convenience, it is also a child safety feature in your house. Closet organizers will allow you to keep the dangerous products away from your young child’s reach and avoiding any child accident.

Remember the toy kitchens that we used to play with when we were kids, they are still there and with lot better usability. Benefits of using plastic tools in the kitchen with kids is a very good start. Colorful tools attract kids in the kitchen and they think of them as toys and love playing with them. They also remove the risks of kids playing with the sharp and dangerous tools.

Here’s is a list of few safe tools for kids.

Pizza wheel: Great for chopping soft fruits, vegetables and processed meats. Good substitute for knife.

Egg slicer: Another great substitute for knife. Very useful for slicing eggs, soft fruits and cooked vegetables.

Brushes: Brushing marinades on meat. Glazing on pastries and muffins.

Plastic scissors: You can also use blunt scissors or craft scissors, good for snipping vegetables and cutting processed meats.


Rolling pin: Its not a dangerous tool, also available in plastic. Use for rolling dough for cookies, flat breads and cookie crumb for cakes.

Ice cream scoop: Very good portioning tool in the kitchen other than serving ice cream.

Cleaning scrub pads: Get rid of that peeler. Cleaning scrub pads with rough green surface are very good for scraping skins from carrots, potatoes, etc.

Plastic spatula: Good for spreading things around, making mash etc.

Whisk: Another safe tool as is, but plastic ones are also available. Great for mixing marinades, beating eggs, combining liquid ingredients for recipes.

Want some kids recipes. Try Google search.

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