Sunday, January 18, 2009

Bringing Families Together With Dollhouses


By Rhys Fairfield


A popular hobby with many families has been that of creating miniature dollhouses. These can be done by parents with their children, as well as furnishing the beautiful toy homes with miniature furniture pieces like couches and wardrobes. They can all enjoy this activity while exercising their interior designing fantasies.

It is little wonder that the hobby has gained a worldwide following. It allows both adults and children to fulfill personal fantasies of having a perfect house without having to spend a fortune. While it may just be a toy, the house provides a sense of pride when they admire it daily.

Decorating a dollhouse can be as satisfying as doing the same thing with a real home. The miniature furniture pieces are often crafted with skill and have immaculate designs. Once everything comes together, families will often showcase their completed dollhouse for visitors to their home.

Collecting dollhouse miniatures can also have other benefits. One of them is the building of strong bonds between family members. Most of the time, mothers and daughters are the ones who indulge in this activity and it is common to find them closer to each other.

The fathers and sons should also partake in building them. There is nothing girlish about this hobby. In fact, it is a perfect family activity that helps to nurture the ties that bind us together.

The hobby is also timeless in many cultures. With modern architecture a large part of the landscape of our times, dollhouses can be glimpses of what homes looked like in the past. Victorian dollhouses are just one of the many types that present this.

Children might need to be kept away from dollhouses during their tender ages. There is a danger that the miniatures might pose a health hazard for them. Parents should therefore avoid letting them take part before a more mature age.

There are so many benefits for families from building dollhouses. It should be taken up by more of them. Families will not only have lots of fun doing it, but their ties will become tighter without having to spend too much money and time in the process.



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