I managed to pick up a few barbies for the girls at a Mattel factory recently and had decided to get rid of the barbie fold out house they got last year (or atleast relinquish it to the toy room) as DD2 had decided that the shower and toilet actually needed to have water in them and has ruined the cardboard backing on the house.
All the walls now push out and don't sit in correctly.
While my girls LOVE barbie and i am happy to get them barbies i am not happy to pay a small fortune for a plastic house that comes apart, breaks or the cardboard bends out of shape.
So we were thinking that maybe santa could get the girls a BIG barbie house (to share), having a look around they can cost anything form $150 right through to $300
SOOOO i thought i would ask my uncle who has made this gorgeous dolls house (att pic) how much it would cost to custom make a dolls house for the girls, one big enough to fit barbie and some of her furniture (quite large) and also tack on a garage for her car
I am waiting for a price back, i know it could easily cost me a couple of hundred and that is without furniture, but he does an amazig job (he has my pops talent) and it's something we could keep and pass through the family OR sell for possibly better value?
Definitely the wooden one. I am so over plastic not living up to everyday use, and ocassional roughness.. Kids get excited and rough sometimes and then the toy breaks, so frustrating..
definately the wooden one...my cousins are joiners and the quality of craftsmanship is amazing. my sister wont buy my nephew any plastic toys all wooden so they last x
The house from Uncle! Definitely. 'Cos if they're anything like mine (and go nuts over chocolate sauce on a plate ), plastic would be broken in no time. And a family made toy wood be much more special.
I'm completely over plastic toys that break and don't last.
For DS2s christmas presents I found some great wooden toys at Aldi - I've been buying them and putting them aside. I picked up a wooden rocket ship (closest thing I could find to a "boys" dollhouse).
I say go with the wooden one!
FWIW my pop made my sister and I a dollhouse for Christmas - I think I was about 8. My nan made all the furniture out of wooden pegs. Awesome, awesome present!
My nan & pop used to make all of our x-mas presents, i had a dolls higchair he made me up until i was 21 - even though it was slightly broken.. then it got destroyed when we moved
Waiting on my uncle to shock me with a price...
What would you choose?
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