littlest pet shop – the plush .com version

Following the last post about Littlest Pet Shop Playsets, I figured I should also mention the .com alternative: playing in the LPS online world with your own unique character, while snuggling the plush representation of  that character. I guess you could say this is a webkinz kin, as the concept is very similar. A plush [...]

Hasbro Biggest Littlest Pet Shop Playset

Hasbro’s Littlest Pet Shop series is a major hit this year, high up on the lists of bestselling toys on Amazon. It’s a nice little twist on the old concept of a dollhouse, with miniature pets replacing human-like dolls, and a variety of “houses” including a pet shop, medical center, gym and even an entire [...]

Barbie Dolls for the Holidays

Barbie dolls are often criticized for presenting little girls with the “wrong” body image and setting unachievable and unrealistic standards for the next generation of women. Personally, I believe these standards are thrown at us women from every possible angle in the media. In fact, Barbie dolls may be too “artificial” to actually be perceived [...]

real good dollhouses

Being a mom, I’m also a girl, I guess! Is that why I’m so happy to be writing about dollhouses today? I adored playing with doll houses as a little girl, and I still enjoy them today too. As a matter of fact, my boys enjoy dollhouses too, and they can spend hours playing with [...]