Wooden Toy Castles for 2011: The Emerald Castle for Brave Children Only!

Wood Toy Castles: New for 2011 the Emerald Castle. An architectural delight, it has a green tint to match its name. There’s a curious mix of the traditional and the frankly bizarre to this charming medieval toy. Other unique features include a green dragon flag and a fully-opening drawbridge to bridge the moat. Like all good castles, it comes equipped with its own dungeon, at least one trap door, and arrow slits to make it easier to fire at the enemy.

A fabulous castle to fire children's imagination

A fabulous castle to fire children

The doll houses and toy castles are sold uninhabited, but you can find your own residents from their extensive range of dolls and toy animals – all the right size. If you don’t already have dolls to live in your new house or castle, you can find the right sized dolls on the Choice site: Kings and knights, grownups and children, pets and horses all fit the bill!

There’s more to explore at Choice: have a look at their pirates and ships, or horses and stables, or maybe even farms and animals – they’re all there, waiting! The Choice range is a perfect way of moving children’s focus away from films – like Harry Potter or Pirates of the Caribbean – to their own imagination and pirate ships or castles.

Our 2011 Range: Introducing the Appleby Dolls House

Dolls Houses: As in every year, 2011 sees Choice introducing the latest and most desirable dolls houses, from the best manufacturers.

The Appleby dolls house has opening windows and is fully decorated

The Appleby dolls house has opening windows and is fully decorated

And the Appleby Doll House is proving to be a front runner in this year’s ‘most sought after wooden dolls house‘. All the decoration is taken care of, so all you have to do when it arrives is assemble the pieces to play with your fully decorated dolls house. As it’s called the ‘apple’by dolls house, you’d expect the odd apple – it turns out the pretty decorations are based on apple blossoms. To take it one step further, if you look at the roof you might notice that it is glittery! Kids will love that. Appleby House is one of the largest dolls houses in the Le Toy Van range – boasting three floors, all connected by a staircase; the windows and doors all open and shut too.

Schleich Horses and Toy Stables

The tell-tale signs are there again: adverts for perfume and chocolate are all over the place and there’s one aisle less in the supermarket as it’s been turned into a ‘seasonal products’ area. Yes, it’s Christmas!

At Choice, we have gifts that are anything BUT run-of-the-mill. Our toys do not get thrown away in January, and they don’t need batteries. This year, particular favourites are Schleich Horses and the matching Schleich toy stables to keep them in. There is also the Appleyard toy Riding School so that horses and riders can be trained before they trot off to bed – the horse its their cosy Scheich toy stable, the rider in their Rose Cottage dolls house – or if they are a bold knight, in their Excalibur toy Castle.

The enduring appeal of toy horses means that these charming toys will keep children happy for hours.

Rose Cottage Dolls House – Latest Redesign!

Bigjigs’ ever-popular Rose Cottage dolls house is now available from Choice Dolls’ Houses in a fabulous new design.

Rose Cottage comes complete with a family of 6 dolls, ready to move in; dolls’ house furniture all built to scale; and even patio doors and windows that open.

The beautifully-crafted Rose Cottage is available for Christmas, and you can buy it online from us for only £89.

The Rose Cottage dolls house is ready for Christmas delivery!

The Rose Cottage dolls house is ready for Christmas delivery!

Plan Victorian Dolls Houses – and Extensions

A popular style of dolls’ house is the Plan Victorian dolls’ house – the basic house is a lovely two-storey building, but like real houses it can be extended with a new attic and basement. And you don’t need planning permission to extend this ‘listed’ building!

If you are looking for a classic-build Victorian design dolls’ house that is easy to develop, you should have a look at the Plan Victorian dolls’ house to see what makes it an enduring favourite.

Budkins Dolls for 2010!

Budkins dolls are a new phenomenon in the world of toys and dolls – and Choice Dolls Houses would like to introduce you to the world of these charmingly cuddly characters. Particularly popular dolls are the Budkins Fairy Dolls and magical fantasy figures of Merlin, Dracula and various skeletons. Have a look at the Budkins Dolls on our site for more information.j

Budkin dolls are designed to go with Belle Fairy Castle, Appleyard Riding School, Three Wishes Castle and Lionheart Castle, amongst others, all of which are available to buy at Choice Dolls Houses. Budkins are a surprisingly inexpensive toy dolls that are built to last!

Get Ready for Christmas!

Christmas is just around the corner and at Choice Dolls Houses we’re all set for our busiest time of the year. Orders are already coming in and it’s a good idea to get yours in soon, particularly with the inevitable delivery delays caused by the UK postal strikes over the next few weeks.

To fulfil demand, we’ve made sure some of our most popular dolls’ houses are back in stock for the Christmas season, including the colourful Rose Cottage. For younger children, the charming Little Cottage is an ideal Christmas gift, and comes fully furnished with two dolls.

These are just a couple of the wide range of dolls’ houses we have available, not just for children but for adult collectors too. Take a look at our children’s dolls’ house and collectors’ dolls’ house collections to find lots of great gift ideas for Christmas!

New in Stock – Appleyard Riding School

Children who love toy horses and stables will love the latest addition to our wooden toy stables range. The Appleyard Riding School is a charming and brightly coloured wooden toy stable featuring three large stables for your child’s toy horses and a machinery barn with hayloft. The toy stable is set on a sturdy baseboard  with fences and three knock down jumps for your children to practice their toy show jumping skills!

The Appleyard Riding School is scaled to fit with all of the toy horses and other toy farm animals and figures available from Choice Dolls Houses. It is suitable for all boys and girls over the age of three. We think it makes a perfect gift for any child who loves to play with toy horses – they will get hours of fun from this beautifully crafted wooden toy stable!

Appleyard Riding School

Appleyard Riding School

Choosing Dolls House Furniture

Once you’ve got your dolls house, you’ll want to decorate the rooms and fill each one with furniture. When choosing dolls house furniture it’s important to match the style of your dolls house and the dolls that go with it.

Choice Dolls Houses stock a great range of wooden dolls house furniture from quality toy distributors like Le Toy Van and Pintoy. The wide range of choice means you’ll easily be able to pick out dolls house furniture that fits in with the look and style of your dolls house. And of course, all of the dolls house furniture that we stock is scaled to fit with our dolls houses, so you can be sure they won’t look out of place in your rooms.