Dollhouse Black Friday – Along with bikes and play kitchens, dollhouses belong to a category of “core” toys that are genuinely timeless. Children “get to explore and discover the infinite possibilities of how that toy can be used,” from serving as the backdrop for “a complex social hierarchy, like a doll ‘family'” to experimenting with the concept of gravity by dropping accessories from the roof, since dollhouses don’t necessarily do anything on their own (unlike many tech-heavy toys).
Zahn claims that the Barbie Dreamhouse is “still the gold standard” and “consistently ranks as the best-selling dollhouse” year after year. Each year, Mattel, the company responsible for the iconic Barbie brand, releases a new Barbie Dreamhouse.
The most recent version has ten indoor and outdoor play areas and is 43 inches high, or almost as tall as a typical 7-year-old. It comes fully furnished, with a cute swinging Papasan chair, and features a variety of lights and sounds (such as mood lighting and a disco-party setting).
Children can have their Barbies or other comparable-sized dolls ride the elevator, descend to the pool, or engage with the realistic details, such as the realistic grass, movable decorations, and changing furniture (including a grill that becomes a dessert buffet).
Hape’s dollhouse is a reliable, reasonably priced option that provides all the essential areas of a traditional dollhouse along with a few extra features. Kids can equally easily play side by side with friends or by themselves because there is no front to it; it is open-faced on both sides and has two floors divided into eight rooms.
A music room and an outdoor pool area, in addition to the more typical bathroom and kitchen, are made possible by the 360-degree access. Additionally, it includes 31 unique accessories, including furniture, two dolls, and two animals.
“My 4 and 5 year old were busy for hours playing with it,” says one Amazon reviewer. They have so many options for rooms and accessories to use their creativity with.
Adding that “it’s not too big to where I can’t store it anywhere and it’s not too small to where the kids will get bored with it! (Alternatively, if you prefer a different design, Hape also produces a taller “all seasons” dollhouse with three stories and a roof that can be turned around to show snow in the winter.)