KidKraft Wooden Dollhouse Shimmer Mansion for 12" Dolls

This doll house (mansion!) was a Christmas present for my 3 year old. She absolutely LOVES it. She needs her step stool to reach the top floor, which is fine. In my opinion, this blows the competing “dreamhouse” out of the water.Building it was not fun, my poor husband spent hours putting it all together and the instructions were not very clear. But when it was all set up, we had a beautiful, sturdy doll house with furniture included for each room — bedroom complete with a bed, table and lamp; a living room with a “TV” as well as a couch, a bean-bag and a real working lamp; a kitchen with a little fridge, table and 2 chairs, and a little ceiling fan with adhesive to mount it; a bathroom with a sink, a toilet (plastic) that makes a little flush noise, and a bathtub (also plastic). There’s also a little pool that has its own dedicated room, an office area, a mini gym, a porch area with a BBQ, and a garage with enough room to store a full-sized doll car. What I like is that there’s not a whole lot of plastic material used, a majority of it is wooden and feels very well made.We’re now in the month of March and this is still a favorite toy that is played with daily. A child’s imagination knows no bounds — not only is this the barbie house, but my daughter also plays with some of dad’s action figures so sometimes it’s the super hero house, sometimes it’s paw patrol’s house. I love that she’s playing for hours on end and the furniture is able to be rearranged so she can create her own house exactly as she wants it.Pros - very sturdy, well-made dollhouse. very large in size with ample amounts of space to play in each “room”. beautiful once it’s built. includes plenty of accessories and decor for each room. a real “flushing” toilet and a lamp that actually lights up. unique design, also great to double up as a “storage” space for dolls and figures, arranging them neatly until it’s time to play again.Cons - not many, but building this thing was stressful, many tears of frustration. instructions not very clear, labeling of the parts almost nonexistent. you’ll need youtube and a prayer for this one. the elevator requires some force to use so littler kids will likely need help with it until they get the hang of it. also if your child has any Kens to go with the Barbies, Ken is slightly too large to fit in the elevator or lay in the bed.

Es perfecto para la niña

The media could not be loaded. My daughter loves her first Doll house, even though it’s too big for her height. She uses steps to play with her doll house. She’s two years old now and she can play with it till forever even when she’s 8 or 10 because this doll house is at least 4 or 4’5 feet tall, and almost 3 feet wide. It’s huge. When it comes to quality, material is really good. I know it will last longer because of its quality. It’s sturdy, as you can see on one of the picture my cat sometimes naps on it when my daughter plays with her doll house. It looks very pretty. This doll house takes really long time to build. If you’re reading and following directions properly It will take you 3-4 hours straight with no breaks to assemble it. It can take longer than 4 hours if you’re not using drill and distracted by your toddler. In my opinion, drill will make it faster to assemble it. I didn’t use drill so it took me 4-5 hours to assemble it.

This review is on the KidKraft Shimmer Mansion Doll House. This thing is absolutely huge! Once assembled, it is over 5 feet tall and over 4.5 feet wide. It is taller than my daughter who is about 4 feet tall. The house is about a foot deep. It has a garage (in which a Barbie convertible fits perfectly), exercise room, office, elevator, bathroom, living room, patio, a kitchen/dining room, 3 seasons room with a hot tub, and a bedroom loft with open staircase. The dollhouse is constructed of wood and pressboard rather than the plastic that the competing “Dream House” is made of (and it costs less!). It comes with all of the furniture you need and I love that the accessories are almost all wood rather than plastic. It is very sturdy and well constructed. The walls, floors, and ceiling have beautiful details printed on them such as wood planks, rugs, wallpaper, decorations, and more. For Included furniture there is a couch, ottoman, beanbag chair, end table, desk with chair and laptop, kitchen table and chairs, fridge cupboard, patio grill, house plant, a cat with a bed and food bowl, ceiling fan, treadmill, yoga mat, bed with mattress and pillows, bathroom sink, huge soaking tub, toilet that flushes, and a living room floor lamp that actually turns on (and automatically turns off a minute later to save batteries). The flushing toilet and light-up floor lamp came with batteries included in them. The dollhouse comes completely in pieces, and every single little piece needs to be put together. Assembly takes a long time. Don’t try to do it with kids waiting to play with it! It took my husband and I about 5 hours total. The most annoying part of assembly was tediously peeling all the film off the front and back of the windows- It only came off in small pieces and took forever. The house comes in a large, 50+lb flat box and comes with all of the hardware needed. An Allen wrench was included but we needed a screwdriver and a 2nd Allen wrench to get it together. The instruction booklet was decent with numbered pictures, and each piece in the box has a numbered sticker on it so you can follow along with the instructions. There were a few instances where the pictures were confusing, but we figured it out. I’m not sure how you could possibly assemble it alone. There were many times when I needed to hold something while he lined something else up, or he needed to tilt the whole heavy thing backward 45 degrees so I could get underneath, etc. If you really have assembly troubles, there is an app you can download on your phone which supposedly has more detailed instructions, but we did not use it. It took about 5 hours total from the time we opened the box until it was completely ready. We assembled it after my daughter was in bed and surprised her with it on Christmas morning. She spent the entire day playing with it for hours at a time. Since then, she’s spent any free play time she gets playing with it, even when she doesn’t have any playmates to share it with. It’s so nice to find a toy which uses her imagination and will keep her entertained for hours without involving any screens or electronics! Her Barbie dolls fit perfectly in the house and on the furniture. The only part she has trouble with is the elevator. It’s hard for her to push up and down. I wish we could figure out a way to make it slide up and down easier. This mansion retails for over $200, however I got it for $89.00 on Black Friday/Cyber Monday weekend and while I don’t know if I could stomach the price tag at over $200, I definitely feel $150 or less is a great price and well worth it. It is a well-made quality toy which will be played with for years to come. I’ll admit, even at 30+ years old I play with it now and then! Any child would be lucky to have it.

This was very loved! Excellent doll house. Huge- almost taller than my 9 year old. She loves all the rooms and items that come with it. Not the most fun to assemble.

I bought this for Christmas for my daughter. When we recieved it, it was missing pieces as there is a 4 star (because I couldn't give her it for her big from santa gift). The other 4 stars are because when returned it and they sent a new one. Let me tell ya, my 8yo daughter has been playing with it from the time she woke up till the time she goes to sleep. She absolutely loves this!! It is huge. Just when I though I was done putting it together cause it was huge, nope there was more to build. Didn't think it was this big! But so glad it is and so glad I got a new one rather than a refund