Give Your Kiddos a Place for Their Imagination
From dollhouses and playhouses to forts and tents, give your pip-squeaks a dream house for playtime this holiday season.
Crazy Forts
Put your brigade in the construction business with Crazy Forts. With one kit, kids can make a tunnel, house, rocket, igloo, and castle - or use their imaginations to muster an original creation.
Available at barnesandnoble.com, $50
Grow Books Press Mini Houses Kit
Bring it all home with 3-D Chicago Dollhouses from Grow Books Press. The lightweight, recycled-paperboard houses include a two-flat, a single-family home, and a storefront that even an architect would envy.
Available at growbookspress.myshopify.com, $65.
Gifts that Encourage Creative Play
Forty-Two Roads Cardboard Toys
The DIY whimsical cardboard creation from Forty-Two Roads comes with a downloadable PDF instruction set, so you can construct a kitchen, washer and dryer, or tollbooth with materials you've got around the house.
Available at etsy.com, $12.
Recycled Cardboard Dollhouse
Little designers (and bossy types) can decorate their Recycled Cardboard Dollhouses with markers, stickers, and punch-out furniture.
Available at gifthero.com, $30.
Krooom Castle
A bookcase that moonlights as a playhouse, the Krooom Castle is made of recycled cardboard strong enough to hold Dr. Seuss and the Knights of the Round Table.
Available at abesmarket.com, $70
Get Cooking with the Kiddies
Toideloi Stackhouse Home
The ecofriendly Toideloi Stackhouse Home features individual, stackable boxes that can morph into a sprawling estate, city walk-up, medieval castle, or modern chalet by simply interchanging rooms, balconies, and roofs.
Available at toideloi.com, $75-$540.
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