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Dollhouse for boy(4) - would you buy?

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mebeforeyou · 07/10/2019 22:50

DS(4) has started Reception and often tells us one of his favourite things to play with is the dolls house.

Would you buy a dolls house for a boy? One that is neutral colours and not pink and frilly styling but I’m worried he’ll get ridiculed when other children visit our house.

KidKraft do Everyday Heroes or Pirate-themed playsets but they are a bit too expensive for what we’d like to pay as he is already getting a new bike. eBay etc doesn’t have second-hand ones so far.

If your DS has a doll house or similar where did you get it please?

I’ve thought of perhaps seeing if I can buy a plain mdf one and paint and decorate it myself but I’m not really creative and would probably make a mess of it.

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user1573334 · 08/10/2019 21:49

painted it in camouflage colours

What the actual fuck? I'm currently crying for humanity right now. Did it house miniature gun wielding cannon fodder?

BertieBotts · 08/10/2019 22:18

This ikea one is nice. It even has a boy playing in the picture.

www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/flisat-doll-s-house-wall-shelf-50290785/

It's easy to decorate a plain doll's house. For the inside, buy some cheap flannels in whatever colour you like, cut to size and glue to floor as carpet. Use masking tape and then some leftover wall paint from your own walls, or tester pots to paint the inside walls. You can also use thick wrapping paper, wallpaper offcuts, or patterned sticky backed plastic as either wallpaper or "lino".

Or, just leave it plain.

I expect visiting children will think nothing more than "That looks fun".

TerfTalk · 08/10/2019 22:44

I’ve never done this before, but

Biscuit

To anyone who thinks a dollshouse has to be a different colour for a boy.

MrsTerryPratchett · 08/10/2019 23:52

I bought my son one and now he’s an estate agent.

Well that not worth the risk. Shock

EdtheBear · 09/10/2019 00:29

Why are people discouraging OP from buying a pink doll house? What’s wrong with pink?

Mainly because of the 'pink's for girls' thing that gets pushed. Why do they even make dolls houses pink? I've never seen a pink house.

I'd hate him to go off his dolls house because of the colour. A wooden dolls house should last year's. He more likely to want to keep it if its a gender neutral colour.

EatsFartsAndLeaves · 09/10/2019 00:33

My 4 year old loves his dolls house, definitely get one!

MrsTerryPratchett · 09/10/2019 01:05

Why are people discouraging OP from buying a pink doll house? What’s wrong with pink?

Pink is fugly. I wouldn't buy a pink house for a girl or a boy.

MerryDeath · 09/10/2019 07:11

yes of course

somanyresusablebags · 09/10/2019 07:14

Plahmobile. Our playmobile dollhouse is currently overrun with knights and horses from the nearby playmobile castle. It all merges together in a non gendered.

Dinosforall · 09/10/2019 07:26

We bought this www.legler-online.com/gb/doll-s-house-with-furniture.html for DS to avoid the whole pink frilly thing (I'm not keen either) but also for space reasons as it's fairly small. There are similar but larger styles on Amazon.

Seeleyboo · 09/10/2019 07:32

My now 21 year old boy wore barbie wellies and a pink tutu regularly. He played with dolls and make up. He wasn't ridiculed. Most behaviour in our house was normal. He's now a strapping lad who's a serving officer. Don't worry about what boys or girls play with.

LizzieSiddal · 09/10/2019 07:37

How sad that this question is even being asked in 2019.

Heartofglass12345 · 09/10/2019 10:32

It's very sad that we are still worrying about this nowadays isn't it 🙁 let him have a pink one if he likes it, both my boys like pink. My 3 yr old picked a pink bell with a daisy on it for his bike and he loves it. If any child comes to your house and makes fun of your sons toys then tell them straight away that they can play with whatever toys they like and there are no toys that girls or boys can't play with

ysmaem · 09/10/2019 10:59

Get him the doll house. I got my oldest s pink picnic basket when he was 4 as that was what he really wanted.

MariusJosipovic · 09/10/2019 11:08

My PIL asked for gift ideas last Christmas so we suggested that they get a doll's house for DS. They bought the big KidKraft fire station instead Hmm they said they liked it better but I'm fairly sure it was to guard against him catching the gay.

Deminism · 10/10/2019 09:59

We are buying this for my son's 4th bday

www.smythstoys.com/uk/en-gb/toys/fashion-and-dolls/dollhouses/my-dream-mansion-doll-house/p/101173

FamilyOfAliens · 10/10/2019 10:03

Does he actually want one, though, OP?

Maybe he’s happy with being able to play with the school one at school and would prefer something different for home.

And it would be such a shame if you bought him one but he never played with it because the preferred the one at school.

theworstwife · 10/10/2019 10:13

My 5yo DS has asked for a Sylvanian families house and camper van for Christmas as his friend has one. We have gotten a little cottage thing - looks great and was about £19 with a little rabbit thing and some furniture. It’s not too big which is important as our house is full of toys

LonginesPrime · 10/10/2019 10:17

I’d probably go for something more interesting like a fire station or pirate ship, Not just a plain house

Kids will play with cardboard boxes - they can find ways to play with a house! Doll's houses have been around as toys forever so I find this comment really odd.

FantaGirl · 10/10/2019 10:22

My boys have this one and they love it

Dollhouse for boy(4) - would you buy?
danni0509 · 10/10/2019 10:24

My 6 year old boy is getting a dolls house for Xmas.

My Dh was a bit Hmm at the idea but my son likes it at school (yr 1) his teacher said he plays with it all the time! So that's what he's getting.

danni0509 · 10/10/2019 10:27

The furniture sets on eBay are brill.

I'm going to have more fun playing with it than he is!

I've ordered some miniature bunk beds Grin

UrghJustUrgh · 10/10/2019 10:29

Just stopping by to say that I love the wall mounting option for the ikea house! DS11 would totally fill it with lego figures.

Never too old, never a 'wrong' gender.

HumptyDumptyHadAGreatFall · 11/10/2019 05:44

Of course I would. Argos have a chad valley fire station one for £35? But honestly it wouldn't bother me even if it was pink! Pink used to be a 'boys' colour anyway and it didn't effect previous generations....

Dollhouse for boy(4) - would you buy?
EmmaGrundyForPM · 11/10/2019 05:57

I've never seen a pink house. You"ve never been to Suffolk then

OP why are you even asking? Your ds loves to play with dolls houses. As do lots of children. So buy him one.

I have 2 Ds, when they were small ds1 had a doll's pushchair and we had to buy ds2 his own one because it was the toy that there were most fights about. Amazingly neither of their penises fell off.