Melissa & Doug Fold and Go Wooden Dollhouse With 2 Dolls and Wooden Furniture,Multi,One Size

Love this dollhouse! Melissa & Doug cannot go wrong. I've seen it before in resale stores but passed it up (sadly) now it's my daughters 3rd birthday and I really wanted to get her a new dollhouse thats a good size for her, and sturdy. This dollhouse is solid, and i love that. As soon as you open it you can tell that it will hold up very well. It comes with little people, and furniture. There is a handle on the top, but like others have said, there is no latch to hold it closed. This would definitely be an issue for a toddler carrying it with all of furniture inside, because unless you know how to hold the handles correctly, (both of them, tight) it will open. Not so much of an issue through unless you're traveling, (which in that case I recommend putting the furniture/people in a large ziplock so they don't all fall out). This was not a major issue for me though, because the dollhouse is great quality and I know my daughter will love it.It's the perfect size for toddlers & younger children, big enough with enough detail to capture & hold their attention, but also small enough to put away. Overall, I love it and I'm sure my daughter will too once she opens it on her birthday :)

My 2 1/2 granddaughter flipped over this dollhouse. I bought Cobee dollhouse family figures to go with it even though it came with three dolls because I wanted to mix the races and extend the family to better match her reality. She was obsessed with door. She had different family members knocking and being greeted to come in and have a seat. She is hyperactive with a short attention span so she only plays with toys 5 minutes at a time, but this dollhouse held her complete attention for an hour and she kept returning to it all Christmas day.It came shrink wrapped and nothing was chipped or broken. The only downside was that it is supposed to be portable but when you close it, there is no way to keep it shut. This may contribute to some of the bad reviews. If the child picks it up by one handle, it will put a lot of stress on the hinge as it flops open and spills the contents. I could see that happening, so I went to Hobby Lobby and picked up a bronze clasp for $1.99. I installed it easily with a small phillips screw driver. It really should have been included but it didn’t subtract from the sheer joy she had playing with it so I didn’t take away a star.I predict my granddaughter will have many hours of imaginative play with this little house and I would buy again.

We bought this for our 3 1/2 year old, and she is enjoying it so far (just a few days). The parts seem very sturdy and they are cute too. No frills, but cute pieces for each room of the house.My mom bought her the Melissa and Doug Wooden Family Doll Set to go with it, and after seeing both separately, we were worried the people in that set wouldn't fit. They do fit, but just a few more centimeters on the biggest ones, and they'd be too big. They are almost too tall for the upstairs since the roof angles and cuts off the ceiling/standing space, but it's fine. They are too long for the bed and bathtub, but they fit fine in the chairs, so I think it's fine. She doesn't mind if they are a little too long. (I will include pictures so you can see in case you wanted to buy additional people for this set.) The two people who come with the house are cute and bendable, just like the ones in the additional set. They two that come with it look like two adults but then if you get the additional set, they are much shorter, so they can become children in the family.We are ordering the Plan Toy Doll House Nursery set to go with this based on pictures that another reviewer posted. I'm not 100% convinced by the pictures that the pieces will fit in this house correctly, but it might be close enough to work. She can play with them on the table surface if not, but I'll try to post pictures of that once it arrives in case you're considering the same thing.The only negative I can think of on this doll house is maybe the second floor ceiling space where the roof cuts off some of the standing space. I don't think it will bother my little one a bit, and to have a relatively inexpensive and small but cute dollhouse, I'm willing to deal with that issue.