The other day, I saw someone saying in my Facebook group, that she didn't understand the hobby of dollhouses and miniatures for adults and there is no such thing as doll house play benefits for them.
The reason why she said this, was that she is used to having a craft that is "functional"; like doing crochet, from which you can make a baby's blanket, for example.
After discussing this for a while, it made me realize that I should write about this topic because there definitely ARE reasons why we never should stop creating or even "playing" with dollhouses.
Those who have been following my website and FB group for a while now, know that this topic would come up sooner or later haha, so let's dive straight into things!
But First: 7 Reasons Why Children Should Play With Dollhouses - doll house play benefits
Playing with dollhouses can develop one's language in a group.
By having children play together with a dollhouse, they end up in a social situation where they can develop their vocabulary and language.
Children can "act out" the events happening in their real world and thus learn how to get along with each other.
What you see when kids start playing together with their dollhouses, is a language-rich, beautiful and simple, and imaginative play that completely absorbs their world!
Kids create self-esteem by roleplaying.
In the dollHouse world, anything, and everything is possible in a magical way.
Dollhouses help children to learn how to roleplay and you can't play until you believe in yourself!
Often times it is easier to let the miniature objects play a role than to play a role yourself.
Also, toddlers start imitating their parents. By imitating you, they will also learn that the world continues to exist even without you watching them.
It will start with simple actions like giving their doll a drink but then become more and more extensive.
All of this will be great for social learning later in life.
Learn about the seasons.
Learning about the seasons can be achieved by creating different sceneries during the year in the Doll House.
When autumn starts, for example, you can add little polymer mushrooms, leaves, chestnuts, and other nuts.
If you are using dolls you can replace them with gnomes in autumn and thus create an autumn forest!
