My girls do use their kitchens and I just use the plastic food storage containers (glad, ziplock) that are deep enough for the gliders to eat from their dishes. I cut holes with scissors and knives, it's rough, so I used emory boards really good to soften edges. It's not real attractive, I may try the lighter thing around the door and see if that looks better. I have 4 kitchens, 2-round, I use for daytime with a bowl for pellets for daytime snacking, (I may switch out for some cheerios or something some days) I don't put much in there so they'll be hungry for dinner in the evenings. The evening kitchens are rectangular, they give a little more space for 2 dishes, and my 2 girls have been eating in them together just fine. I wouldn't mind the evening kitchen to be a little bigger, but not too much bigger. My girls do potty on and in their kitchens, and sometimes in their food dishes, but it does help contain the food mess.