Dollhouses are an incredible way for kids to build creativity and imagination through independent or co-play. Whether you buy a house that is a completely blank slate or one that comes with a preset layout, it offers kids the opportunity to create their own world.
A project they can complete piece by piece, room by room, dollhouses gives kids a sense of spacial awareness and independence while building crucial social skills.
When you are choosing which type of dollhouse you would like for your child it’s important to consider space, budget, whether you would like something that is modern or traditional and if it comes with some design.
Does your child want to open it up and have all the spaces defined so they can play immediately or should you look for something you can customize with them while collecting items for each room as you go? Some kids want a dollhouse that will fit toys they already have like Barbie or L.O.L. Dolls. Many are designed for smaller figurines.
We have rounded up some of our favorite dollhouses that fall into all of these categories.
These are the 15 Best Kids Doll Houses for 2022!
Hape
Founded in 1986, Hape is a renowned high-end toy designer and manufacturer with distribution all over Europe, Asia, and the Americas. From product design and material selection to the manufacturing and packaging process, Hape strictly follows the “Minimum ecological cost” principle. Not only are they important for your child’s development, but the toys Hape creates are done so while minimizing their impact on the environment.
They offer two play house that we love.
The All Season House comes furnished with four room sets: Master Bedroom, Family Bathroom, Media Room, and Kitchen. It features six rooms, moveable stairs, and a reversible winter/summer-themed, solar-paneled roof that inspires year-round activities.
With brightly coloured spaces and two-sided play, this set is perfect for kids to share with friends. This is a modern option with more flexibility for kids to decide which each space will be.
The Doll Family Mansion is a more classic option with pre-printed themes on the walls to guide kids on what each room is. It has a 6-room design with a garage, patio, and working lights! It also comes with a family of 4, bathroom, kitchen, dining room, bedroom, and living room furniture.
Lundby
Lundby is one of the world’s oldest manufacturers of doll houses dating back to the 1940s. Their signature dollhouse Lundby Life is one of their longest-standing designs. Created for kids 3+, this sophisticated home can be customized in many ways through different wallpapers, accessories, and furniture sets. Everything is sold separately outside of the frame of the house so this could be more of a project than a ‘one and done’ option. What makes this set unique are the fashionable furniture and decor sets. It also features power so many of the elements light up like in a real home through outlets installed in the walls.
Additional rooms can be purchased to be added in the future. They also have a front yard set you can attach to expand the play value of the set.
Haba
Haba’s Little Friends Dollhouse Town Villa is a more compact option that is actually very spacious! This dollhouse is crafted of natural beech and plywood with colorful touches like rugs and wallpaper. It features 8 rooms and a staircase and 10 pieces of furniture including 2 cozy chairs, a coffee table, a dining table, and 2 chairs, a bed, desk, chair, and a rocking horse.
This set measures 20″ x 16″ x 16″ assembled and the open 360-degree design allows for multiple children to play together.
Haba sells some really cute accessories for this house. They also have a larger bundle that includes 50 pieces of furniture and friends if you’re looking for your child to have more items from the beginning. They also offer stickers kids can use to customize the rooms more and define the spaces.
KidKraft
KidKraft makes some pretty incredible Dollhouses. If you are looking for something extraordinary – like one that is tall as your child – this is your destination.
You can choose from a mansion, a full Disney Princess castle, or a grand mansion for your child’s American Girl dolls.
Our first pick is the So Stylish Mansion Dollhouse.
This set stands almost four feet tall with three giant play levels packed full of fun. his Mid-Century-design dollhouse offers 360° of play space so lots of little ones can explore and play together. The wheeled base allows easy mobility so the fun can move to any room in the house. With two moveable staircases that can be clipped onto any floor of the dollhouse and an expansive 42-piece furniture and accessory set, this dollhouse allows kids to create exciting stories as they play with their 12″ / 30cm dolls.
The Celeste Mansion Dollhouse is a really nice option for kids who would like a space for their 12-inch dolls. Clear out the living room because this one needs a lot of room!
This enormous home features four floors packed with exquisite details. Your child’s dolls can ride up and down in style in the working elevator, throw a fancy party in the patio area with working lights, relax in the greenhouse with a built-in jacuzzi or stargaze with their very own telescope. You can even store doll clothes in the closet that comes with three coat hangers!
There is a lot of play value here for kids who already have 12″ figures like Barbie or Princess characters.
Playmobil
Well known for their creative playsets for boys and girls, Playmobil offers a couple of Dollhouses with lots of options for expansion. This could be better for kids 6+ as the pieces are quite small and there is some assembly required. Once built it is an empty canvas and kids can choose where they would like each room to be.
It comes with 7 rooms, 2 staircases, and an outdoor patio. The set includes some accessories to get you started, but you do need to purchase add-on packs for each room to really see the house come to life.
They also offer a Deluxe Dollhouse with a Mansard roof-type design.
This set comes with 6 bedrooms, 2 figurines, some small accessories and a working doorbell.
LEGO
The LEGO Duplo Town Modular Playhouse Building Toy is an easy-to-build, open and accessible dollhouse that provides many opportunities to play and learn.
The set comes with an adult male, adult female, and child figures, plus a pet dog and a teddy bear.
Filled with familiar details and infinite fun, you can rebuild the same pieces as a tower house, put each room side by side or keep it as a residential house! Kids can choose how they want to build with this set, which gives them lots of options for play.
Pottery Barn
If you are looking for something that will fit into your sophisticated home design Pottery Barn has some beautiful options.
The Barrington Dollhouse is the most expensive one on our list. It was designed in a neutral white and grey palate with two floors, 12 rooms, and one storage drawer. When in use it is a spacious play set with two wings. When your kids are done it does fold up to be more compact for storage.
Pottery Barn’s Westport Dollhouse is another option that was created with design in mind.
It features a shingled roof, a weathered wood finish, and a front door that opens and closes. The back is open for access to rooms and there are two floors with three rooms and an attic.
The interior furniture for Pottery Barn’s dollhouses is sold separately.
Melissa & Doug
The Hi-Rise Wooden Dollhouse is Melissa & Doug’s newest playhouse. Families can pull into the garage, ride in the elevator, and feel right at home in this modern home. It was designed with a fresh, gender-neutral palate, and patterns add a lively edge to the natural wood frame, and open sides make it easy for friends and siblings to play together. This set comes with three play people and 15 pieces of furniture.
- Product: 25.0 x 25.0 x 5.7
The Multi-Level Dollhouse is Melissa & Doug’s best-selling house for kids. This three-level wooden house stands more than two feet tall and it includes five spacious rooms that feature two movable staircases and five working exterior doors. Furnish with the included 19 pieces of hand-painted solid wood furniture with working doors and drawers provide the finishing touch.
We love that the spaces inside this house aren’t defined so kids can make it their own.
- Product: 24.7 x 22.5 x 6.5
Plan Toys
Plan Toys Victorian Dollhouse for Kids features three floors (including an attic), front doors, and even windows that open and close, this detail-rich dollhouse requires nothing more than pure imagination.
This classic house opens up to give kids full access to the entire floor plan.
It is also large enough for two kids to play with at the same time. There is also an additional floor you can add to increase the play value. Plan Toys also sells a large variety of play sets for this house including kitchens, a garden with planted vegetables, a nursery, a living room, a bathroom, a dining room, and a family set that comes in a variety of ethnicities.
- Product: 25.25″Wx12.75″Dx28.75″H
Plan Toys Green Dollhouse has been a staple in their toy line for many years. This iconic eco-friendly house features an energy-efficient design that teaches kids about sustainability with a wind turbine, a solar cell panel, an electric inverter, recycling bins, a rain barrel, a biofacade, and a blind that can adjust the amount of sunlight and air circulation.
It includes 1 cooking table, 1 dining table, 2 kitchen chairs, 1 adult bed, 1 wardrobe, 1 children’s bed, 1 children’s bedroom table, 1 children’s bedroom chair, 1 lamp, 1 TV, 1 TV shelf, 1 reception table, 2 sofas, 1 shower room, 1 toilet
- Product: 21.85 in X 17.91 in X 22.32 in
We love that both of these houses are sustainably made in Thailand using chemical-free rubberwood, formaldehyde-free glue, organic pigments and water-based dyes.
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