My father made a wooden one for my girls for last Christmas, so they were just 4 and nearly 2. DD2 has only started playing "properly" with it in the last few months, but they both love it Can't see either of them growing out of it for quite a few years. My mother-in-law does folk art and she did all the painting so it's just beautiful, I'll be sad when they do get too big!
If you do get one, get the Early Learning Centre furniture. It's really tough and you can leave out anything that's a bit too small (like books for the study set!) We had some other stuff from Ebay and it started breaking really quickly.
OK help please - I'd like a nice (but fairly basic) doll/furniture set - girly colours - preferably wood but will take sturdy plastic - that's not going to cost an arm and a leg. Product recommendations? Where to buy?
Have checked out the ELC stuff - very nice - but once you've bought enough sets to make a basic house, very exxy!! PLUS only one store here and they don't even have the people right now.
I've looked on ebay too but I have hesitations about how well the dolls fit the furniture.
Alternative is to do the tight-arse mummy thing, give her the dollshouse and then just stock it with the duplo furniture/people that we already have. Will that totally destroy the doll-house experience? Opinions?
Maybe I am a tight-arse mummy, but I reckon get the house first, add the furniture over time. So use what you have and guage her interest.
Then you can grab bits and pieces every week or so, or when they are on special at Toy World lol
Can't see either of them growing out of it for quite a few years. My mother-in-law does folk art and she did all the painting so it's just beautiful, I'll be sad when they do get too big!
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