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Rhianna'sMommy · 10-27-2008, 06:48 AM

Ok, DD#2 loves the schleich horses - basically she likes realistic looking horses. So we want to get her a barn or stable for Christmas with some horses (and maybe other farm animals). Our problem is finding a barn that is sturdy enough to hold up to a rough and tumble little girl. We don't care if the barn is plastic but we do not want batteries - that is our only requirement.

Do any of you know of a nice sturdy barn that would work for a 1 year old (16 months at Christmas) that doesn't use batteries?

5babyz4me · 10-27-2008, 09:29 AM

I want to say I saw one in the Magic Cabin catalog. They have some sweet little toys that wish I could afford for my children but with 5 to purchase Christmas gifts for, we have to stay on a strict budget. Try Magic Cabin and see what they have.

Kerry · 10-27-2008, 09:35 AM

We have the wooden one from Melissa and Doug. I love it. It has a handle on top which makes it easy for my girls to move it around.

babyGmommy · 10-27-2008, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Kerry

We have the wooden one from Melissa and Doug. I love it. It has a handle on top which makes it easy for my girls to move it around.

thats what i was going to say!

TyAndCheyMommy · 10-27-2008, 09:37 AM

My kids play with one that I had when I was a toddler- it is by Fisher Price- I have seen them at thrift stores all the time- so if you are really tight for money, you can try going to a thrift store!

Rhianna'sMommy · 10-27-2008, 12:07 PM

I checked magic cabin out (initially for something dd#1 wants from their catalog) and didn't see anything jump out at me.

Good to know about melissa and doug - I've seen it online but since I can't actually 'see' it I wasn't sure how sturdy it was.

I assume you're talking about the old little people barn - my Mom still has ours (or did last I knew) but the horses dd likes won't fit in it. Money isn't too much of an issue - we budgets up to $100ish dollars for the barn if needed. We just don't want her to break it after only using it for a short period of time because it wasn't built with one year olds in mind.

Seems like the only barn built for 1 years old is little people and we don't want to go that route.

tallanvor · 10-27-2008, 03:32 PM

Schleich makes a wooden barn to go with their horses.

Breyer makes a wooden barn, too, though I believe their's is quite a bit bigger.

Rhianna'sMommy · 10-27-2008, 09:15 PM

Do you have much experience with the schleich barn? I haven't found that one in a store to know what its like.

The breyer barns we've found in stores we think dd would break too easily. So we've ruled those out already - but they're nice looking.

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Kerry Registered Users Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Connecticut Posts: 295 Ratings: 15 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: toy barn for 1 year old? We have the wooden one from Melissa and Doug. I love it. It has a handle on top which makes it easy for my girls to move it around. __________________ Wife to Mom to DD11/16/02,DD27/27/04& DS my water baby11/25/08 ISO-LCovers, Montessori materials,Floor bed,Dipe sprayer,, Mei Tai, S/M BFing shirts, L AIOs & potty learning items,**$10 off diapers.com enter ref. code KMCN8148 FS-http://www.diaperswappers.com/forum/...=1#post6502429

10-27-2008, 09:37 AM	#5
TyAndCheyMommy Registered Users Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SouthEast Nebraska Posts: 3,015 Ratings: 139 Feedback: 99% My Mood:	Re: toy barn for 1 year old? My kids play with one that I had when I was a toddler- it is by Fisher Price- I have seen them at thrift stores all the time- so if you are really tight for money, you can try going to a thrift store!

10-27-2008, 12:07 PM	#6
Rhianna'sMommy Registered Users Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 5,298 Ratings: 99 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: toy barn for 1 year old? I checked magic cabin out (initially for something dd#1 wants from their catalog) and didn't see anything jump out at me. Good to know about melissa and doug - I've seen it online but since I can't actually 'see' it I wasn't sure how sturdy it was. I assume you're talking about the old little people barn - my Mom still has ours (or did last I knew) but the horses dd likes won't fit in it. Money isn't too much of an issue - we budgets up to $100ish dollars for the barn if needed. We just don't want her to break it after only using it for a short period of time because it wasn't built with one year olds in mind. Seems like the only barn built for 1 years old is little people and we don't want to go that route.

10-27-2008, 03:32 PM	#7
tallanvor Registered Users Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 11,515 Ratings: 43 Feedback: 100%	Re: toy barn for 1 year old? Schleich makes a wooden barn to go with their horses. Breyer makes a wooden barn, too, though I believe their's is quite a bit bigger.

10-27-2008, 09:15 PM	#8
Rhianna'sMommy Registered Users Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 5,298 Ratings: 99 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: toy barn for 1 year old? Do you have much experience with the schleich barn? I haven't found that one in a store to know what its like. The breyer barns we've found in stores we think dd would break too easily. So we've ruled those out already - but they're nice looking.