AIBU to want to sell my daughters Barbie dream house?

My 10yr old still plays with her Barbie Dreamhouse. Didn't get into it until she was about 7 so I think you may regret getting rid of it.
I gave DD the master bedroom due to all her toys!

Is she isn't bothered, why are you? Sell it. Keep the money till you find her passion

Is it in her brothers room because he has the bigger room?

Anyway I think you shouldn't get rid if she doesn't want to.

Making them get rid of toys as a punishment is horrible.

How is it mean? The kids have LOTS of stuff they didnt always appreciate

It's annoying but I think moving it to a communal room (most likely living room) is the only option. Totally get it not fitting in a box room - unless you get rid of her bed or wardrobe. But being in her brothers room is not really an option either and not surprising that she doesn't play with it.

Yes I know what you mean. It seems to be more widely sold online rather than in actual toy shops. If I buy anything Barbie for DDs dreamhouse id likely get it online, probably Amazon or somewhere like that. I think UK is definitely becoming more Americanised with dolls accessories, so its probably more of a modern day thing trying to keep up with them.

Actually a quick Google does indeed show me you can buy separate furniture and things. All seems to be sold online rather than an actual toy shop like Smyths which is why I didn't realise 🙂
I used to work for Woolies back in the 90s/00s and customers were always asking for furniture and things for Barbie "like we used to get for Sindy" and it just didn't exist then apart from cars. Or at least we never got in in to sell. Maybe more was sold in America?

Ah I didn't realise the house came with much.
I never see Barbie furniture and things for sale separately in shops - not in the way you could get Sindy furniture and accessories back in the day.
Barbie clothes and shoes I see - but that's it.

That is enormous, and I can see that it's no so much fun to play with by herself, but great for when her friends come around.

Can you partially dismantle it so it fits in a plastic storage box, to fit somewhere in her room or your home, and reassemble when her friends come round - if you just dismantle the larger parts you could hopefully get it back together in 5 mins.

I can only imagine how excited she was to get it, taking it away, evwn to sell, if she doesn't agree would be so unkind.

The barbie dream house actually comes with tonnes of accessories. My DDs came with beds, tables, chairs, swimming pool, slides, cups, plants etc. You can also buy wardrobes, cars, animals, clothes, shoes. Its endless!

My daughter is 9 and has had hers for over 2 years now. She doesn’t play with it as much but still does every now and again. I will hopefully be able to sell it before Xmas this year and she will have the money from the sale which usually encourages her to sell things.

maybe she doesn’t play with it because it’s in her brothers room? Could you trial it in the living room and then if she still doesn’t play with it say it’s going to be sold but she can have the money to buy Lego or whatever she prefers instead

A barbie dream house is not going to fit at the bottom of a wardrobe!

Reminds me of my mum who just got rid of stuff. I had a Cindy dolls house with a lift and furniture etc. it was immaculate. I had it for one of my earliest Xmas maybe 3 years old. I dusted it and still sort of played with it. Came home from school one day when I was 11 and it was gone. No warning - nothing. Said it had gone to her friend’s little girls

went round to mum friend house and they had drawn on it in felt pen, ripped, dolls had pen on them and hair cuts.

I think it was the beginning of the end of our relationship as I don’t speak to her much now.

a couple of years earlier, she also gave my cat away to a neighbour when we were moving but kept my sisters older cat.

My DD got a large dolls house at around 5, she barely played with it until last year. She's 8 now and plays with it most days. I would store it if you can and bring it back out in a year.

My son begged for months to get a huge Hot Wheels car garage that was nearly £200, the one with the dinosaur elevator thing that grabs the cars, he watched adverts about it, dreamed about it, talked about it constantly and cried when it wasnt there Christmas morning (my husband had recently lost his job and there was no way), finally got it by scrimping after Christmas and he was thrilled. Played with it maybe 10 times over the next couple of years and never for longer than five minutes -_- that thing was bloody huge and took up so much room, I was glad to see the back of it 😂

I don't think her brother should be lumbered with it either. If it can physically go into her room, even if she has to climb over it, that's where it should go. Or alternatively and preferably, could it go into the living room or even your bedroom? It just feels a bit mean to have bought her such a huge present and then moved so that she has a bedroom that it won't fit in. Ultimately, it's hers so she should be able to keep it if she wants to.

It may be that she circles back to it when a bit older. My dn started getting interested in Barbie’s again at about 8 (after seemingly ‘growing out’ of them a few years earlier) and then was obsessed from 8-10 (and secretly a bit older)

She could still move other things elsewhere to make space. There’s got to be a better solution than putting it in her brother’s room.

If she plays with it when she has friends over it shows it's a toy that is good for paired imaginative play. My 2 nieces constantly play with theirs as they invent family dynamics together then do the make believe. Harder to do on your own (or not nearly as much fun). Do you play with her with it?

She doesn't have to suffer being inconvenienced by such a huge toy, take it out of her poor brothers room and squeeze it into hers, she will soon be fed up with no room to move and will be begging you to sell it.

She's six. She can't refuse anything.