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Courtney
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My dd, almost 9, is very into dollhouses now. She received the Trading Spaces design/redesign dollhouse last year for Christmas. Now she really wants a traditional wooden dollhouse. I've seen some beautiful ones, but can't afford to spend $200 or more on one. Any ideas or suggestions? Have any of you ever put one together from a kit? I know she would love decorating it with wallpaper. I've been checking ebay and craig's list. Any other ideas?
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Courtney,
Check out Hobby Lobby, Michaels or even Jo-anns for their kits. They're fun to do and you and your daughter could make it a project. You could do a theme one -- maybe Little House or Victorian -- and then add it to your school day as "education" . There are lots of fun books at the library about dolls and doll furnishings where you'll find more ideas than you can possibly use. Remember that these big craft/fabric stores usually have coupons in their weekly ads so you can get the house "shell" for 40% off and then work on it as you go.
A good friend had her daughter's doll house on a turntable (actually, I think the whole table was a turntable) and that made it really easy to decorate and use later.
What a fun time you'll have -- please keep us posted....
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We got a nice one last year from Rainbow Resource Center in the $50-75 range I think.
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Have you checked out Tasha Tudor's Dollhouse : A Lifetime in Miniature? More pictures on Tasha's Site as well.
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Dollhouses
This place has some very resonably priced dollhouses. I plan on ordering from them after we finish fixing up a vintage dollhouse that we already have.
HTH!
The link didn't work for me, so here is the site.
www.hobbylinc.com/prods/ywc.htm
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bumping up this thread because i have questions:
i found two kits that are just lovely and dh and i have committed some time to build either one for our 7-yo. my big question is:
this appears on the bottom of the descriptions:
Quote:
| Age recommendations: Assembly - 12 and up. Assembly with parent - 7 and up. Finished houses are not recommended for young children. Enjoy your front opening dollhouses. |
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our daughter is 7. what does "Finished houses are not recommended for young children" mean???
i'd hate to buy and assemble a dollhouse kit for her and then have to restrict her play because things might break.
ps these are our current picks:
front opening dollhouse
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harrison dollhouse
would we be better off buying this?
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I expect that they mean that the houses are not guaranteed to stand up to rough play.
If your daughter tends to be careful with her toys, playing with them as they are designed to be played with then she'll likely be fine with one of the kits you were looking at.
My children on the other hand will poke, prod and pry at anything they are given and I would expect a kit house to lose trim, to have things be pulled off their hinges, and windows poked through in no time. (I've caught my younger children standing on our wooden doll house! Fortunately it is very sturdy).
So if I was buying a doll house kit for one of my children I'd likely buy this one Fun one dollhouse Kit and brush up on my painting, wallpapering, and flooring skills.
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