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Monday, July 13, 2009

Eco Dollhouses Environmentally Friendly Wooden Dollhouses

Think about environment from the very start by selecting an environmentally friendly wooden dollhouse for your little ones that also teaches about the environment, and conservation. these beautiful modern wooden dollhouses are a delight for young and old!
Eco Dollhouse

SmartGear (Wonderworld) is an advocate of protecting the environment. The Eco Dollhouse is part of Wonderworld's(SmartGear Toys) new collection of products to educate children about importance of recycling, saving energy and prtotecting our environment.

This modern dollhouse features all hardwood quality construction. It has water-based nontoxic paints and lacquers.

The multi-colored wood dollhouse comes with furniture and a 3 member doll family. This dollhouse measures 21.26 w x 23.23 l x 19.69 h in inches.

This dollhouse teaches through play about recycling, planting trees, solar panels and energy, conserving energy by riding your bike instead of riding a car, and collecting rain water. Lots of play value at home or in your classroom!

Plan Toys is another company well worth yout time and money! Their wooden toys are superior. They have been doing the right thing by the environment long before it became cool to Be Green!

Plan Toys have real world functionality to encourages creative play. They are "Committed To Minimizing Our Impact On The Environment" Plan Toys has a few Envrionmentally friendly Eco dollhouses to offer.

Eco Home



Plan Eco Home is the dollhouse of the future! "Wind turbine, solar panels, and a living roof are the clean energy sources used in the Plan Eco Home. There is even an electric scooter instead of a car! This set includes the house, two dolls, an electric scooter, and furniture for two rooms. This wonderful set is crafted from recycled, natural rubber wood, dyed with vegetable and soy dyes, and assembled in an earth-friendly process."

This dollhouse is a good starter home for younger children. For older children and even adult collectors of modern dollhouses, PlanToys The Green Dollhouse is beautiful!

Green Dollhouse



This dollhouse features a stylish open concept modern design. "The Green Dollhouse is an amazing, energy conscious inspiration. The energy efficient design includes a wind turbine, a solar cell panel, and an electric inverter for generating electricity, a rain barrel for collecting rain. There is also a biofacade, which uses the natural cycle of plant growth to provide shading, and a blind that can adjust to the amount of sunlight and air circulation. Recycling bins are also included with the house. This beautiful dollhouse is crafted from recycled, natural rubber wood, dyed with vegetable and soy dyes, and assembled in an earth-friendly process."


Friday, February 6, 2009

New Video Kidkraft Savannah Dollhouse

Kidkraft has released a great video showing the many features of this lovely dollhouse!



The reviews for this dollhouse have been excellent as well. You can see all the reviews it has received on Amazon.com IT has 5/5 stars!

Amazon.com Reviews for Kidkraft Savannah Dollhouse


Friday, October 31, 2008

Cherry Hill PlayKraft Dollhouse

New Cherry Hill Wooden Dollhouse Collection by Kidkraft


Beautiful and Bright this new dollhouse from Kidkraft comes with furniture and more sets are available to expand your decor. This dollhouse is on a swivel for quick and easy access to any room at any time and by mulitple children. This dollhouse is brightly decorated in fun eye catching colors that also depict typical home scenes. The furniture is block style but with a new update look with splashes of color and some unique designs.

This is more of a child's play dollhouse than a collector's piece. Some of the furniture can definitely find their way into modern collector dollhouses. The lime green, hot pinks would add a nice splash of color to modern frame dollhouse too!

The Cherry Hill dollhouse is part of a new line for Kidkraft called Playkraft. This line includes min play sets which can be added to the Cherry Hill dollhouse. The play sets include a ballet dance studio, ice cream parlor, and more.

The boys counter part to the the Cherry Hill collection is the Playkraft town line including new cool interactive wood train sets and town play sets.

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Kidkraft Dollhouse Cottage 2008 Review

Kidkraft Cottage Dollhouse Review

Pretty in white and pink, the Cottage Doll House from KidKraft is a perfect first real wooden dollhouse. Featuring a living room, kitchen, bathroom and bedroom, this sturdy house is sure to provide little girls with hours of fun and imaginative play. There are 3 levels with charming touches like flower boxes and scalloped trim.




The dollhouse has a Kitchen, living room, bathroom, bedroom, and sitting room. It includes 15 pieces of furniture and a smiling family of 4 dolls. The cottage dollhouse is constructed of environmentally sound rubberwood.

It is very easy to assemble! Allow 15 minutes. The directions are excellent, as usual for Kidkraft! The only tool required is a small phillips head screw driver. The pieces are pre-drilled and line up perfectly. The dollhouse is finished in a high gloss, wipe clean paint.

An interesting note is this same dollhouse is also available under the Little Tree label, made by Kidkraft for Target Dept stores.

Where can you find a good price for this dollhouse? Try ebay:


Kidkraft Cottage Dollhouse on eBay

Or Amazon.com for the best prices:





Kidkraft Cottage Dollhouse Review

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Wooden Dollhouse Bookshelf

In my post, How to Build a Wooden Dollhouse I provide some examples of cool bookshelves that can easily double as a durable and stylish wooden dollhouse.

There are also some excellent wooden dollhouse bookshelves available on the market for a reasonable price.

The best is Guidecraft's Dollhouse Bookshelf:



This sturdy bookshelf is solid wood, and does double duty as an attractive dollhouse, complete with window cut-outs, and storage unit. The dimensions are 47”H x 43 1/2”W x12"D", Weight: 84 lbs. this does require adult assembly. Assembly is very straightforward!

If used as a dollhouse, this would fit 1:12 inch scale dolls, or dolls up to 10 inches doll. My girls also use their bookshelves as a home for their Little Ponies, and Littlest Petshop critters!

Another good choice is by Kidkraft

The Kidkraft Dollhouse Bookshelf is wooden, or made of MDF.

The Kidkraft Dollhouse Bookshelf is brightly detailed in pink, yellow, and violet pastels. It features a flip-top hidden shelf or roof. This lovely choice is also for doll up to 10 inches in height, meaning a bit to tight quarters for Barbie and friends.

The dollhouse bookcase has three subdivided shelves with room not only for books, but for plush animals, dolls, and jewelry boxes too. Plus, the little door on the lower shelf opens to reveal a hidden cubby-hole for all sorts of treasure.

There are four cut-out windows that add to the house-like look and feel of the bookcase, and provide your little one's dolls with excellent views. The dimensions are 30"L x 13.5"W x 40"H, weight 31 lbs.

You can fidn the best deals for this dollhouse bookcase on eBay because there are alot of sellers offering the same item!

Kidkraft Wooden Bookshelf




There are other similar options available. I have found a cute dollhouse bookshelf at Target, and other department stores. However, the display models on the shelf show that lots of wear and tear. I woudl not recommend them because simple nicks and bumps in the wood reveal the ugly MDF underneath.

For a variety of choices, check-out eBay:

Sunday, May 4, 2008

Kidkraft Releases Updated Savannah Wooden Dollhouse Playscale for Barbies

Kidkraft has released an updated version of the Savannah Dollhouse:



This classic dollhouse has brightly detailed four floors of fun with classic wood furnishings. All wooden furniture is included and is designed with perfect style, size and fit for this Fashion Doll Sized (Playscale 1:6) Dollhouse.

The Savannah Dollhouse is more of a Victorian style home for fashion dolls. The house is designed with the classic style found among the stately homes of Savannah, Georgia. The artwork throughout depicts typical house scenes such as staircases, plants, curtains, bookcases and more. This dollhouse is a nice dfferent option to the typical pink, pink and more pink Barbie dollhouses!

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

How to Build a Miniature Wooden Dollhouse Discovery Channel Video

How It's Made Video - Wooden Dollhouses

"How It's Made" was a show featuring how heirloom quality wooden dollhouses in 1:!2 inche scale are made. The process is fascinating. You can see the quality and hand-craft care that goes into a quality wooden dollhouse. They are architectural works of art.



Collectors can spend a fortune on these highly detailed dollhouses!

You can see why most 1:12 inch scale dollhouses are recommended for older children 8 years and up. They are works of art that cannot be completely appreciated by a younger child.

How It's Made Video - Wooden Dollhouses