Playhouses for Kids, the top 7 by ProduceBlog

If before it was the older brother’s job to build one, today finding them is easier; new materials, new proposals, always fun.

Let’s talk about Playhouses for Kids: small kingdoms for little players. Let’s see together which are the best offers from ProduceShop.

During childhood, one of the main mechanisms that most helps children to grow and develop new skills is imitation; repeating gestures, habits and actions of parents, older siblings and teachers leads the little ones to learn and internalize. This is why we must pay close attention, especially at this early stage, to what we say or do in front of children.
One of the most imitated behaviours is certainly life at home; cooking like mum and dad, cleaning like older and more responsible siblings do, laying out sheets and cots. In this case, nothing helps the little ones to empathize like garden playhouses for kids.

In fact, if we give them the opportunity to create an environment scaled to their size, in which to immerse and identify themselves, we will see over time that the positive results will be many and satisfying.
Not only because they will develop faculties such as creativity and imagination, but because the children will educate themselves in order, politeness, socialization and sharing. So let’s see immediately which are the best, and how to choose them!

Educational side

As with toy kitchens, playhouses for kids are also created to be not only fun, but also educational; through imitation and repetition, as we have anticipated, children learn and store expressions and mannerisms. The same principle by which they learn to talk or walk therefore also applies to play; at the beginning it is an imitation without understanding, but slowly everything evolves.

Here then we learn important actions such as tidying up, eating and sitting up straight, adapting and, above all, collaborating.
In fact, these mini-environments, being often used with brothers, sisters or friends, teach how to live and work together, play in company and share tools and experiences. All together the children then develop creativity and imagination, always imagining new scenarios in which to plunge for the adventure of the day; the environment they see around becomes their play area, helping them to grow more and more shaped on the role models they will take as an example.

Some factors to consider

As with any other product, even for playhouses for kids, some precautions must be observed before purchasing; jumping on what seems to us the most beautiful or most convenient could indeed be a big mistake.

First consider spaces and dimensions; if the children’s playhouse will be placed in the garden, calculate both the play area itself and the surrounding space to play; do not ignore the presence of doors or windows that open, or accessories and mobile elements such as slides, tables, benches. The height must be considered especially if you choose to use it at home, and based on the age of the children; considering that these are toys that range from 2 to 10 years on average, the taller the playhouse the longer it will last.

Evaluate the materials carefully; while wooden toy houses are certainly charming and a little vintage, they are also more expensive and difficult to maintain. Today the market offers interesting options in quality plastics, non-toxic, colourful, light to move and easy to assemble; then following all the CE standards, they are absolutely safe for the little ones.

Only in the garden?

Obviously not. The toy houses can easily be kept in the bedroom or on the balcony; on the other hand not everyone is lucky enough to have a garden.

However, remember that the location decides the size; certainly putting the playhouse outside opens up more possibilities in terms of space and size are more. Conversely, it is also true that, by keeping them at home, the possibilities to personalize them and fill them with toys and options, which can be changed every day, are unlimited.

Another factor related to location and materials is durability; being outside, these toy houses are subject to bad weather and possibly very strong rain or sun. It is therefore advisable, especially in winter, to always keep a towel to protect them from rain and snow. Our last tip concerns cleaning; the ease of cleaning of plastic garden playhouses for kids is another reason explaining the shift towards this low maintenance materials.

Browse now among our Playhouses for Kids the perfect play station for your little ones. The ProduceShop catalogue is certainly hiding the best one for you!