Game doll houses for girls
A game dollhouse is a toy that any girl dreams of. If earlier children built them from everything that came to hand, now you can find a huge selection in shops. How to make the right choice of such a toy for your princess will be discussed in this article.
Benefits
In preschool age, the leading activity is the game. In the early school years, the gaming activity is replaced by learning, but the game still holds an important role in the child's life. Among all the games that a child plays, a big place is played by a family game. An important attribute of the game in the family with dolls is a game dollhouse.
Playing in the family, girls perceive the game as a reality. Dolls live in the house, go to work, on a visit, on birthdays, holidays, they communicate with each other. It develops the child's communication skills, speech, contributes to the intellectual development of the child, the development of logic. During the game, dolls bring order, are engaged in cooking, repair. In this way, girls learn to run a household through play activities.
Playing with dolls, girls learn to follow the daily routine. They put the dolls to sleep at night, wake up in the morning, drive to work, to kindergarten and school, feed. Dolls take baths, take care of their wardrobe and change outfits, which helps the girl to become accustomed to cleanliness, neatness, and learns to observe personal hygiene.
The presence of a large number of small parts in the dollhouse provides invaluable assistance in the development of fine motor skills, which is so important for the development of the child. The development of fine motor skills contributes to the overall development of the child, his intellectual abilities, development of speech, his physical and mental development.
Such games for girls are calm, they help to relax, and if you and your family help the child in the game, your family will not only rally, having a great time together, but also help direct the girl’s thoughts and development on the right track.
How old do you start playing?
There are gaming doll houses for sale that are suitable for girls' games of completely different age categories.
- For girls up to 3 years, you must choose the most safe toy. It should not have tiny details that can get the child into the respiratory tract. At this age, the girl will not appreciate the high cost of the purchase, so do not try to buy the most expensive one. The most important criterion should be quality and safety. Such babes will not fit large houses at all. It is better to choose a compact model of medium or small size.
- For girls from 3 to 7 years the brightness of the gaming dollhouse and its functionality will be important. It should be a lot of different interesting little things, lighting and sound effects are welcome. At the age of 3-7 years old girls will be interested in ready-made play sets with furniture and accessories, animal houses. It should be borne in mind that at this age the girls are still small, and the toy will most likely be waited by many different tests.He will be repeatedly tried to assemble and disassemble, he will fall, so give preference to a solid, sustainable home.
- Girls aged 5 to 12 years attracts games with Barbie dolls, modern Monster High, Steffi, Winx, Bratz. Therefore, the toy should not be intended only for mini-dolls. The game model in this age period should be suitable for games with dolls 30 cm high.
- For teenage girls and adults Collectible doll houses are on sale, which will be an original design element, a bright decoration of the room's interior.
Dimensions
The range of such toys is very large. You can meet both small-sized houses, and medium, and large.
Little ones
Most often, small doll houses are made of wood, but they are also made of plastic. Together with him, it is better to immediately purchase suitable mini-dolls in size, so that in the future you don’t have to search for suitable dolls for sale. Accessories required for the game are also purchased separately. Plastic houses are sold ready-made kits, have light and sound effects.
Average
Models of medium size are most often designed for playing with Barbie dolls. They are made entirely of plastic or plastic with cardboard floors, there are also houses made of wood. They differ from small ones in that they have at least two floors.
They have excellent functionality, detail, exterior and interior decoration, a large selection of accessories, which are often included in the package. The average size of the house can play several girls.
Large, with a height above the child
Large doll houses can be made of wood and plastic. They can be installed not only indoors, but also on the street. They can be of various forms: two-storey, in the form of a multi-storey cottage, a castle, a fortress. They are intended most often for games with Barbie dolls, but there are also three-storey houses for dolls, whose height is 40-46 cm. can put.
In addition to the fact that these houses are an excellent, albeit an expensive toy, they will also serve as a storage place for all the dolls of the girl. Furniture for this house is sold in the kit. Large doll houses are very strong and durable. During the game, such a house will be able to accommodate not only all the dolls that the hostess has, but also her own. You can often find gaming models of large sizes, which are equipped with a slide, swing or gymnastic accessories.
Open and closed models
Game doll houses can be:
- open;
- closed
When choosing, be sure to consider this factor.
If the room where the house will be located is not too large, then a closed option will do. The facade can always be closed, which will save space in the nursery. They have one play area on the front of the house. Also for small rooms fit open. play houses on a platform with wheels.
Open houses differ from closed houses in the number of play areas. In open models gaming zones are located in a circular. This will allow several girls to play at once, which is very convenient.
The house on the platform can easily be put to the wall and the playing areas can be turned towards you using the wheels. However, if an open model is installed stationary, then it is more suitable for spacious rooms, where it will be approached from all sides.
Equipment
Playhouses for dolls can be completed in different ways. It may just be an empty house. Furniture may be included in the package. And also it can be a whole game set.
An empty model is good for girls who already have a lot of dolls and accessories for them. There, she herself can place everything to her own taste, and simply buy the missing items.
Game doll houses, the package of which includes furniture, almost always have everything you need to play. They will only need to settle their tenants.
Furniture
Furniture for the dollhouse will depend on its type.
In total, there are 3 groups of furniture:
- Furniture designed for mini-dolls. Such furniture is usually made of wood, suitable for dolls up to 15 cm in size and designed for the age of playing up to 5 years.
- Furniture for Barbie. It can be made of plastic or wood. It is suitable for dolls whose size is 25-30 cm. It is much smaller for sale than furniture for mini-dolls, since Barbie cottages most often have everything you need.
- Collectible furniture. These are truly unique specimens made of wood. Designed for collectible doll houses and has a very high cost. Such furniture is very elegant and realistic in its performance.
The most common on sale are furniture sets for mini-dolls. These kits are affordable, and have many different options that you choose, taking into account the interests of your daughter.
- Doll living room contains all the necessary pieces of furniture for relaxing, playing, reading books and watching TV. It may include sofas, armchairs, coffee tables, cabinets, lamps, a fireplace, vases, cabinets.
- The kitchen for dolls includes all the necessary cabinets, worktop, table, sink.
- The doll’s bedroom can have beds, wardrobes, dressing tables, bedside tables, dressers.
- The kits for children’s doll rooms include cradles, cribs for babies, tables and high chairs, rocking toys, dressers.
Equipment
Game doll houses can be equipped with various equipment that is found in real life. It can be refrigerators, stoves, washing machines, televisions, computers and laptops, microwaves, electric kettles and irons. On sale you can find a large variety of such technology.
Plumbing
The doll bathroom is one of the most important accessories. It includes all the necessary plumbing: sink, bath, shower, toilet, as well as tables for storing hygiene items and items for the care of plumbing.
Wallpaper
Doll houses can have different internal walls. It may be just a plain coating of the material from which the toy is made. There may also be wallpapers that are already pasted without the possibility of replacement, and houses, which include several types of wallpaper. These kits even offer various options for photo wallpaper.
Curtains
Curtains in the configuration may or may not be present. If necessary, they can be easily made by yourself.
Backlit Models
The play doll houses equipped with illumination are more realistic. They can even turn on the lights separately in each room. Separately can be included desk lamps and nightlights. Light effects can be equipped with a fireplace, creating the appearance of a blazing flame, oven, refrigerator.
Houses cartoon characters
Doll houses can be made in the style of a particular cartoon character.
For barbie
Barbie doll houses are usually presented in pink colors. They may contain bright accents. In them all the accessories are suitable for princesses.
For Winx
For fairies Winx you can find a house in the form of Alfea. This is a two-story house in which each fairy has its own room. It also has a library, bathroom, kitchen and some other rooms.
For Monster High
Such models often have an asymmetric shape, distinguished by their contrasting color range. The design of the rooms is made in dark colors. Doll houses for Monster High have clear detail elements, bright interior.
Almost all the houses, in the name of which it is indicated that they are for Barbie, are suitable for playing with all modern dolls, whose height is 25-30 cm.
For Peppa Pig
Doll houses for Peppa Pig include the house itself, which can be a two-story, or a fungal-shaped forest model, as well as the characters of the game - mom, dad, Peppi and George, and the necessary set of furniture.
These models can be purchased and various accessories. There are boats, a tree house, a ferris wheel, a yacht and many other accessories available with which you can create your own life stories for Peppa.
For Hello Kitty
The choice of houses for Hello Kitty is great. Most often, these are small models. The package includes a house, figures for the game, and many different accessories.
Materials
For manufacturing use materials such as wood, plastic and plastic, combined with cardboard.
From plastic
Plastic houses are distinguished by their colorful, bright execution. They are very light, it is not difficult to assemble them, such models may contain cardboard floors. Houses with cardboard floors, as a rule, are cheaper than fully plastic. However, plastic is distinguished by its fragility, so these toys are more suitable for older girls.
From wood
Wooden game houses are the most reliable option. They are durable, suitable for gaming even very young princesses. Such models are absolutely safe for children, because wood is an environmentally friendly material. Wooden houses are a rather heavy construction and are much more expensive than plastic ones.
Given all the above factors, choose a game dollhouse that is right for your daughter is not difficult.
Pick it up from:
- your financial possibilities
- age girls
- the size of the dolls played by the girl
- space that you can allocate for a toy,
- configuration,
- preferred material.
Popular materials for making a house with their own hands
Not every family can afford to spend huge money on the purchase of a gaming dollhouse. You can please the girl by building it yourself, moreover, such a toy will be no worse than the purchased one.
It is possible to build such a house taking into account all the wishes of your daughter, and it will be truly unique, unparalleled. For the construction of using a variety of materials available to each. The most popular are plywood, drywall, felt and cardboard.
Plywood or drywall
Plywood is the most durable material for making a house. Such toys are suitable even for babies' games, it will be very difficult to break the details. It is an environmentally friendly, safe material, if properly selected. The safety class of plywood should be E0, it contains a small amount of formaldehyde, which are part of the impregnating adhesive.
Practically every man has the tools for processing plywood, whose help you will most likely need for building such a house. Plywood walls can not be decorated with anything else, such a house would look great without it.
Drywall is a more modern material for manufacturing. It is much easier to damage a plaster cottage house than a plywood cottage. Plasterboard parts are glued together with PVA glue.
Out of felt
Felt is an excellent material for manufacturing. house with his own hands. The edges of the felt are not showered; it is very easy to sew from it. You can always take this toy with you. The house is compact enough, and all the necessary accessories for the game are stored inside, which is very convenient. In addition to being very beautiful, he is also practical, it is easy to care for felt.
With careful washing, the felt does not shed, will not faint, and will retain its shape. In filling such a house, you can include various interesting tricks, such as latches, buttons, buttons, lacing, stickies, which the girl will not only be interested in, but also help develop fine motor skills.
From cardboard and paper
This production version is the easiest and most popular. It can be made of cardboard boxes.Some schemes do not even involve gluing. However, cardboard doll houses are suitable for older girls' games, because Cardboard is a material that is easily torn.
See the following video for an example of playing in a doll house.