Dolls are a very important type of toy that can help children learn how to care for others and help them understand complex concepts of parenting and discipline. Sometimes, dolls are used in psychiatric therapy sessions to give the child an example to play out events and tragedies that have occurred in their own lives. Dolls allow children to experience a temporary role reversal: for a brief period of imaginative play time, the child is the parent and the doll is the child. Children of all ages and both genders can benefit from playing with dolls. However, some children want more than just a doll with whom they can imagine another world. Some dolls are lifelike and look like children while other dolls are miniature and are designed to look like grown up people. With miniature dolls, a child may need a place to create elaborate stories and scenarios. Dollhouses can be used to provide a living space for different dolls. What does every doll house need? Doll furniture.

The Doll House Experience

Doll houses come in a variety of different sizes and are made of a variety of different materials. Some doll houses are purchased at toy stores or collector’s stores and are manufactured with materials such as plastic. These doll houses are usually inexpensive because they are mass produced and use cheap materials. Other doll houses are crafted by hand and are made of real house building materials such as wood and wood glue or nails. Hand made doll houses can be worth a lot of money when they are crafted carefully. Many doll houses are made so beautifully that they can be considered an art form in and of themselves. A beautifully hand crafted doll house can be the perfect playground for your child and his or her dolls.

Hand Crafted Furniture

An empty house is no fun for a child or for the dolls. When you have a beautiful doll house you will need to fill it with beautiful doll furniture. A furnished house will make the experience seem more real for your child. You can make doll house furniture yourself by repurposing household items and painting them to look like furniture. A coffee table can be made out of a matchbox and a sofa can be made by wrapping fabric around a cigar box.