Happy Meals Kitchen

If you love a touch of nostalgia then the Rolife's Super Creator Happy Meals Kitchen is for you.  Model kit makers, miniature collectors and craft fans will all want this down-home kitchen that is complete with miniature appliances, furniture, food and kitchen accessories.

It's the perfect project for the entire family.  This do-it-yourself kit can be assembled by children as young as eight years old with some adult guidance.  

At only 152 pieces the entire Happy Meals Kitchen will take approxiately three to four hours to assemble.  Simple to understand instructions make it easy to put together.

It's a great way to teach kids patience, eye-to-hand coordination, perseverance and how to follow instructions.  They'll come away with a great sense of accomplishment once the kit is completed.

Back in the days when I was a young boy and teenager I’d often visit my friends’ homes (and they mine) and share a meal. My brothers and their families and other relatives would get together during the holidays or on a visit and sit down for a meal.

The men knew to keep out of the kitchen while the women cooked up their specialties. Mom was known for her fried chicken, my sisters-in-laws had their own family favorites and when visiting friends I wasn’t sure what they would be serving.

All of the meals had a one thing in common. They were all fixed in small, efficient and quaint kitchens.

Counter space was at a minimum, round-corner refrigerators with freezers somehow managed to keep food cold-as much as it could hold. Whether the stoves were gas or electric they all looked the same: pastel or 1970s garish yellow, green, orange or blue. They all had four burners, large dials and a huge oven.

Sometimes there would be microwave oven, not the sleek small ones of today-but big hulking units that made lots of noise and had simple controls.

Very rarely did people call out for food or cook pre-made processed food. Most food was fresh, selected from stores’ produce isles or butchers. Canned vegetables were used sparingly and junk or trash food was seldom eaten.

I miss those simple and compact kitchens. Small as they were a lot of good meals were prepared in them.

In Rolife’s Super Creator Happy Meals Kitchen the nostalgic look of these kitchens is captured perfectly.

Take a look at he wooden slat floor, green metal three-tier serving cart with wheels filled with goodies, the small preparation table with a single wooden chair with a green cushion, the checker board sink floor mat and cream colored walls with white wood trim.

The two walls kit includes an apron and towel wall hook mount, a window with four panes of glass backed by an outdoor scene, a small silver sink with faucet, a sponge, a dish washing fluid bottle and next to it a small metal basket with lettuce ready to be rinsed.

The roof consists of wooden beams with six windows and a working light hangs in the middle of the ceiling. Triangular wooden roof peak windows really set off the design.

A double-door cabinet sits below the sink. The small table I mentioned is complete with bread, glassware and dish full of food. A white and orange checker bag sits next to it.

Next to the sink on the L-shaped counter top is a small white microwave oven with a metal pot with a wooden handle sitting on its top. A bottle of ketchup sits next to it.

The adjacent wall has a two-shelf and single alcove cabinet with glass doors and is filled with foodstuffs and cups. Below it is a black kitchen utensil bar with hooks and sponge, a spoon and a ladle. A row of white tile lines the wall.

Drawers and cupboards open with various boxed and jar goods such as peanut butter, mixed seasoning and other paper containers that can be folded and assembled.

The two-burner stove is cream colored with four dials, an oven, a storage drawer, a black top with a pot, a pan and a utensil on its top. The oven door lights up revealing food cooking and the bottom drawer is filled with containers.

Such detail! Parts fit together easily using tabs. Colors pop, plastic kitchen utensils, furniture and accessories look exactly like their larger counterparts-it’s a perfect set-up.

The small refrigerator/freezer is pastel yellow with silver handles with a small outdoor painting on the wall above it. It opens to reveal food, glass shelves, ice trays and beverages.

The box the kit comes in features a full-color photo of the Kitchen on its front with information and small photos on its back. It is a simple lidded box that is easy to open.

Inside the kit are instructions, eleven bags containing various PVC parts, furniture, miniature utensils, foods, silverware, pots, pans stickers, flats and LED lighting parts.

Included with the Kitchen is a pair of tweezers. I also recommend you use an X-Acto knife and blades, a small Flathead screwdriver for popping out parts, a magnifying stand or glass, a pointed tool and glue (if necessary).

Read over the instructions carefully, check to make sure all the parts are there, take your time and carefully assemble the parts (numbered coinciding with the illustrated instructions) only as you need them.

What a wonderful slice of nostalgia! I can practically smell the home-cooked meals my family and friends prepared. Time went slower back then and was not so frantic. People took the time to get together to enjoy a meal as a family or friends.

It was more than just eating. It was a time of socializing, catching up on the news and enjoying each others’ company.

For photos and a video of the Happy Meals Kitchen click here. For the Rolife website click here and to see Robotime's other products click here.

Hebrews 10:25 - Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.