Asda George wooden Dolls
house and Accessories set
This is my first Christmas
purchase for my Daughter, my niece had a similar dolls house which she adored
playing with, which inspired me to buy one for Lilly. Lilly might be a bit
young to start forming pretend families but it’s a beautiful piece that she can
use and come back to again and again as she grows. For best use you need to
make two purchases, the house (£35), which comes with 3 levels and the
accessories set (£15) to decorate rooms and has dolls to play with. Although
I’m waiting until Christmas to give this to Lilly I spent about 40 minutes this
afternoon putting it together to check it had no missing pieces, and success as
it went together pretty easily, considering I done it alone and spent most of
the time searching for an appropriately sized Philips screw driver (X).
The house is formed of
sturdy wooden boards, which are painted beautifully into a pretty pink flower
and butterfly inspired cottage. The house comprises of 3 levels, which includes
a fully opening roof section and two main front opening doors to allow access
for play. The house comes with 2 staircases to give it a real life home feel.
The website has a suggested age range of 3-4 years, but like most toys as long
as your child is supervised and not allowed too many small parts I feel this
would suit my daughter who will be 15 months at Christmas. The given dimensions
on the website are 64.9cm width, 58.9 height and 33 depth. The accessories are
robust and nicely painted. The accessories help to define rooms and to aid
play. I’ve already hinted to my partner that Lilly might like an extra bed and
some more kitchen accessories, which I’m hoping he could knock-up himself from
some MDF and paint. I also intend on whipping up some pillows and bed sheets
with my sewing machine, to give the house a finished look.
The house is very sturdy
when it’s all been pieced together. I would have liked the windows to open at the
front like the shutters do and the stairs although they are made from solid
wood have MDF glued on the top and bottom, which looks a little cheap compared
to the lovely exterior. This said the house is way cheaper than other similar
dolls houses on the high street. Although I got mine out a little early to
check it over before giving it for Christmas, I would suggest putting it
together in advance. Wrap it or present it as it is because trying to put it
together with normal Christmas chaos and a child in your ear every couple of
minutes probably could become very stressful. Nobody wants a stressful
Christmas. 
