Child’s Playhouse
Child’s Playhouse
The Cottage Playhouse Will Give Your Child Hours of Fun
They have a great time playing pretend and imagining all kinds of grown-up things.
I love all of the memories that come to mind as I watch my daughter playing in her house with her friends. My playhouse did not look anything like the modern house she has but I still had great times. This house has columns in the front and it looks like it is made of brick. It even has a play fireplace inside. Even the boys like to play here.
If you could hear my little girl talk about her house, you would think it was real. The children will be inside discussing what they are going to make for lunch, and who should pour the drinks and who is going to make the salad. They are not pouring real drinks or making real food, but do not let them know that.
You find out just how much your children learn when you hear them play. When my daughter and her friends are discussing what food they will make, you can hear that they talk about the same foods we eat at our meals. Now I know that having good healthy meals is something she remembers.
There is also a play phone inside the cottage playhouse, you can hear the boys and girls each taking their turn calling their friends and making other important calls. There will be times when someone even calls their job. I love seeing their imaginations grow as they play with all of the different things in the house.
The fireplace really comes in handy on chilly days, even though it doesn’t really work, the kids will talk about who will get to start it. The children decide who is going to go outside and get the wood and who is going to build the fire. The fireplace is a trap door too, sometimes when one of the Moms goes to get her child they try and sneak out the trap door. They think that we don’t know about it and you can hear them laughing inside as we pretend to look for the lost child.
The cottage playhouse will hold four or five children with room so they can all move around. When there are too many kids to fit in the house, they talk through the windows and take turns going inside. There is also a half door on the front so they can hand each other drinks and snacks.
It is easy to understand why the kids love this house so much. There are so many things for them to do inside. Some of the children even suggested that we plant a garden in front of the cottage playhouse to make it look more like our real house.
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what to put into an home indoor children’s play area?
we bought our home with a connected garage & a “workshop” detached garage. we have renovated the 3 car attached garage so it is insolated and carpeted and are going to use it for a “fun house” for our 2 year old daughter & her newborn sister to grow up in with their friends espeacially in the winter when it is hard to go outside. what should we put into it?
we already have a playschool bounce house and a playhouse.
A child size table with 4 chairs is essential.
Cubbies for books crayons barbie shoes etc.. An easy way to do this is turn an inexpensive book cases on the side and add shelves that will hold bins for these items.. leave a few cubbies unshelved and get roll out laundry baskets for doll clothes and large blocks to fit in those areas.
Get the chalkboard paint and do a small portion of the wall in it. You can get trim and section that off.
An easel for finger-paint creations.
A tiny fridge for healthy snacks so the toys don’t have an excuse for wandering all over the house.
A tv with a DVD and a child’s sized sofa that turns into a bed or a Daybed with a trundle for sleepovers (The day bed will grow with them over time).
A 2 way camera to keep an eye on your angels – And an intercom.
Make a theme such as a garden theme where you can attach lattice to the walls to hang their art and throw rugs in a garden theme so the rug doesn’t get gross.
Set the room up in sections, Kids like to have small areas to use for caves and tents. Use the cubbies to demarcate the sections. as room dividers, you can easily finish the back of the cubbies with paint and lattice.
I had a playroom for my little ones that grew into the teen hangout room I can’t stress the importance of the intercom and a camera.
**Oh and a locked out of reach cabinet for items ( like scissors) that need to be used under supervision only.
