i would like to know peoples oppions on getting a collecters dolls house for christmas at the age of 16?

Answer 1

doll houses are for people of all ages. I have a friend who is 85 and still adds to her doll house. It is a fun albeit expensive hobby. Get an idea of a style yoou like like Victorian or one floor only , with or what scale you want and stick to the scale. Good luck and enjoy!

Answer 2

It all depends on the 16 year old. Some girls would think that they had been given a bad present and either say thanks or try to swap it out. Others would love to receive it, especially if it was a hobby they are into.

I was a Barbie doll collector starting around 13. Every year for Christmas (and even in college) I would get a doll or two. But they were collectors dolls that stayed in the boxes.

It all comes down to the person who receives it and nothing else matters.

Answer 3

If you are the 16 year old you will love it. I am.......let's say lots older than 16 and I am looking over at my dolls house now. Doll houses for collectors are a big thing now. It can be as expensive as you want it to be and can also be fun to make minature items for it.

I made my house myself some years ago. I had always wanted one and when a collectors magazine offered one in weekly instalments I bought into it. Each week a piece or two would come with the mag and I saved them 'till I had enough to make the main part of the house. I was a bit shakey at first but got better as I progressed and it looked beautiful when finished. It is quite large 31" wide X 27" tall X 13" deep. It took two years to collect all the pieces and it cost almost £400 at the time which I thought was too expensive, eventhough It included furniture and lights for the house plus plans and instructions for several other types of buildings, and a few folders worth of the history of collectors doll's houses. Once started I had to continue but I would never buy like that again.

When I started to make the house there was nowhere near where I could purchase one. It is a different story now and only recently I saw one almost the same for sale at only 180euro. It was unfurnished but part of the fun is looking for things for the house. I had intended to furnish it with very good quality pieces but I never did. The furniture that came with the magazine is fine ,just not very detailed. I bought one set of furniture which had tall glasscovered bookcases, a tall glass cornercabinet, beautiful chairs and a round drum table. I made tiny books for it and some pictures to hang on the walls and a candleabra for the table. I used toothpicks cut to size and painted white for the candles. I also made some items for the dressing table from large cut glass beads with tiny gold beads for stoppers. It is wired for lights and the lampshades came with the wireing but I changed them to something I liked better. I was given gifts for the house, like a beautiful tiny china teaset from Germany and a little porcelain girl doll in victorian dress with an oldfashioned rocking horse and tiny pram.

I have had the house for quite a few years now and have enjoyed all the collecting but I am thinking of looking for a new home for it. I seem to spend more and more time on my computer now. So if you think you will enjoy collecting miniatures for it , it could build up to be not only a thing of beauty but of great value too, depending on what you buy to put in it. Either way you will have great fun with it.

Answer 4

Did she ask for one?
IS it something you hope to do together?
Will she think you bought it for yourself?
Does she collect doll houses?
You have to get to know a sixteen year old and just ask her if she would like to do it maybe next summer as a fun project. You will know by the look in her eyes if you look.
Of course if it were my 17 yr old neice, it would work if it were Ariel, but the 15 year old would look at it as a forest fire waiting to be set.
Good Luck
teens are not easy

Answer 5

depends on who its for

I've recenlty started collecting Asian Ball Jointed Dolls, most of the collectors are 18+

so if the 16 year old would use it then its a great present, although not to everyones taste

Answer 6

It all depends on whether this is a Hobby:

The hobby of collecting consists of acquiring specific items based on a particular interest of the collector. These collections of things are often highly organized, carefully cataloged, and attractively displayed.

Since collecting depends on the interests of the individual collector, it may deal with almost any subject. The depth and breadth of the collection may also vary. Some collectors choose to focus on a specific subtopic within their area of general interest: for example, 19th Century postage stamps, milk bottle labels from Sussex, or Mongolian harnesses and tack. Others prefer to keep a more general collection, accumulating Star Trek merchandise, or stamps from all countries of the world.

Use
Dolls are often intended as toys for children but other uses of dolls include as a keepsake or collectible item for any age, namely older children to adults. However, dolls are also used because of their cultural significance, possibly for use in a ceremony or ritual, or even as a physical representation of a deity, these uses of course go along with a simpler, a doll is another way for decoration. As time has gone on, it's become more important for dolls to be as lifelike as possible, and these dolls can be used for professional use, (see anatomically correct doll), or as sex toys (see sex doll). Artists' mannequins are also known as "artists' dolls." Dolls with action figure-like articulation are sometimes referred to as "action dolls[1]."


History

Russian Doll in traditional costume ("Russisches Mosaik").Dolls have been around for far longer than most would think, archaeological evidence placing dolls as foremost candidate for oldest known toy, having been found in Egyptian tombs which date to as early as 2000 BC. In Egypt, as well as Greece and Rome, it was common to find them in the graves of children, these were mainly made from wood, however, among the wealthier families, pottery dolls were also found.

Many suggest that dolls were around even before 2000 BC, going further back to prehistoric times, and were probably made from materials such as clay, mud, fur, wood, etc.

OR

An obsession / fixation. Fixation in human psychology refers to the state where an individual becomes obsessed with an attachment to another human, animal or inanimate object.


You must ask yourself the question as to which best applies to you. I suspect that most of your friends will have dificulty seeing it as a hobby as they are likely to have left their toys behind. Ask you closests friends and family what they think. These people are close to you and should tell you truth.

Good luck I hope that this advice was helpful!

Answer 7

cool. I always wanted a dolls house when I was young and never got one, It's still on my christmas wish list but I doubt I'll ever get one now.. my parents think I'm too old for one....

Answer 8

If the recipient enjoys collector's dolls houses - then what is the problem. It's OK ! Relax!

Answer 9

I've always loved to have one but neva had the chance of having half,it's a nice idea but dont you think you are to old for that.But if that's what you want then go ahead and get it.

Answer 10

i think it is a great idea. Any age is great for collecting, especially dolls