Customer Reviews

Calico Critters Charming Ccountry Home

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This was a gift for my three year old. The house is all plastic and snaps together. It is flimsy and the space is very cramped. It's not easy for my daughter to move the furniture or kittens around. It's dark inside and the largest room downstairs, the kitchen, is too long, so that it's hard to reach in to "play" in the room.

My daughter has barely played with this. I keep it out, hoping that she'll like it better as she gets older. She does lots of pretend play with other toys, but not this one. I am planning on saving for one of the Ryan's Room dollhouses which are built to last and are more open for better accessibility. These are available at Learning Express. Also, the Playmobile dollhouses are a nice option.

One other thing to consider is that the furniture sets that you buy to go with this house are expensive and filled with so many tiny pieces, they are sure to be lost.

My daughter loves these tiny little critters and the cute tiny little accessories. This is a medium sized dollhouse that is perfect for a 3 year old -- just large enough for her to not get overwelmed with the number of rooms. She has 1 family, 1 set of twins with a nursery, a kitchen, a girls bedroom, and a small living room set and this is more than enough furnishings for this house.

Perhaps when she is older (5 or 6) I would consider the larger dollhouse, but this size is perfect for her.

Every child plays differently, and my daughter is relatively gentle so this is PLENTY durable.

If your child is pretty rough, I would recommend waiting until she is a bit older.

My daughter particularly likes to put all the little critters to bed and to kick the boy critter out of the dollhouse and hide it elsewhere ... "I don't want boys in my critter house". Hopefully this will extend to the teenage years ....

I have purchased this for my neice and have since been asked by mothers of all her friends where I could get one. The top floor is open and expansive making it easy for pretend play. The door, staircase and windows are realistic. My neice makes her own curtains and carpet and redecorates all the time.

This is a great start to collecting all the adorable families and furniture that belong in the line. I find it reasonably priced in comparsion to other houses on the market.

My daughter just loves the Calico Critters and had too much stuff for just one house. We purchased this one as a second house for her critters and she just loves it. It was a pain to put together (the directions are misleading) but once together, it is very sturdy. The only part we don't like about it is how deep the living room is--it is difficult to get the furniture and critters into that rather deep space. Of course, now I "need" another kitchen...

This house is so cute!! It's pretty small though so if you have a big Critter family or a lot of room furniture, it will be crowded.

There is a slide out storage bin that works great if you flip it over as extra floor space for the kitchen table!