Playhouse Kits to Buy

The imaginative, whimsical design of the Kids Crooked House Painted House purportedly assembles in less than 30 minutes. All pieces are angled and crooked to enhance the cartoon-like (think Disneyland's Toon Town) design. Since it comes in several different colors, that means there's also no painting involved! DIY the easy way.

The Painted House features:

• Hand-crafted and hand-painted
• Sturdy exterior wood siding and cedar shingle roof
• Includes necessary hardware
• Outside dimensions: 48" x 69" x 87"

Since 1980, Cedar Shed has grown into one of the largest specialty cedar-product manufacturers in the world. Made of Western red cedar, the Cabin Playhouse features all-weather building material that's durable and has natural oils that repel termites and decay. Red cedar is also non-toxic and safe for all uses.

With durability in mind, this playhouse can be used as a storage shed when your children have outgrown it, making it a double-use, smart investment. Among its features:

• Assembled size: 6'x6'
• Door opening: 46"h x 60"w
• Porch size: 19"d x 60"w
• Several windows for fresh air

Victorians are popular. HomePlace's Victorian is an elegantly designed and well-engineered kit that will go from playhouse to garden shed with ease. This modular kit includes pre-assembled floor, wall, and roof sections.

Prior to placing an order, HomePlace advises to check with your local building, zoning, and neighborhood association to obtain any applicable permits. More information:

• Includes a deck with vinyl railing
• Can be assembled using a few basic carpentry tools.
• Paint and add shingles to suit your (or her) taste. It's recommended that you purchase approximately three bundles of shingles and two gallons of paint, none of which is included in the kit.

This playhouse includes all of the charming architectural features of a Cape Cod-style house, like dormers, a high, soaring ceiling, and a Dutch door. Cute flower boxes add personal touches and can help introduce your child to gardening. The large 14”x21” working windows with safety glass, grids, and screens allow natural light into the playhouse.
Features:

• All parts are precut and ready to assemble
• Two working 14”x21” windows with safety glass, grids and screens
• Two Cape Cod dormers
• Three Cape Cod dormers
• Child's dutch door
• Adult dutch door on side (61"x34")
• Shutters and flower boxes
• Optional wood flooring, deck and painted rail, loft and chimney

Made with western Red Cedar, a wood that is long-lasting, attractive and safe -- meaning it won't splinter. The Sunflower Playhouse is shipped in "knock-down" panels that need only to be screwed together. After the foundation is complete -- possibly a concrete slab -- the playhouse can be assembled in one weekend, according to product literature. The Sunflower structure is a panelized garden shed. A few basic tools will be needed to assemble the shed. Other features:

• Three functional windows with screens.
• Two flower boxes.
• Dutch door.
• Designer shingled gable roof.
• Three-foot cedar deck.
• Veneer skin on interior wall panels for increased strength and to act as an additional vapor barrier.

This kit has future plans: it becomes a 470-cubic-foot storage shed when the kids no longer want to "play house." Includes a floor kit and pre-cut pieces; no sawing involved. You also don't need special tools or experienced carpentry skills. It features:

• Sturdy 2"x4" construction with double top plates.
• All nails, screws, hardware and simple, illustrated instructions are included.
• Factory-primed SmartSide(TM) Siding, an engineered wood product that's treated to resist fungal decay and wood-destroying insects.
• 5’-high sidewalls.
• Two doors (one on each gable side).
• Two working aluminum windows with screens, shutters and flower boxes.

This Victorian mini-mansion boasts many amenities with plenty of space to decorate and furnish. And for many young "homeowners," decorating, redecorating and moving around furniture is half the fun of playing house.

All parts are precut and ready to assemble. Features:

• Hardwood flooring.
• Two working 12” x 18” windows with safety glass, grids, and screens.
• Shutters and flower boxes.
• One painted heart-shaped plexiglass window.
• Child-sized Dutch door (35"h x 16"w)
• Adult Dutch door on side (47"h x 24"w)
• Optional deck and painted rail.
• Optional loft and chimney.

This detailed playhouse by the Little Cottage Co. looks like one of those idyllic houses you'd see in a movie, only on a smaller scale. The standard kit includes a front porch with balustrade, railing and dormer windows. Panelized walls sections (not just precut) saves time in assembly. All other parts are precut and ready to assemble. Other features:

• Interior is approximately 8' at highest point.
• Wood wall framing
• Wood trusses.
• Two working 14"x21" windows with safety-glass grids and screens.
• Shutters and flower boxes.
• Child-sized Dutch door.
• Adult Dutch door on side.
• Hardware needed to assemble (screws, latches, handles, nails).
• Outside corner trim (white aluminum).
• Primed siding and trim.
• Floor kit included.

The Savannah Playhouse from Big Backyard is a child-sized version of those homes you see in magazines like Southern Living. You expect Paula Deen to be standing in the doorway with a batch of somethin' good on a platter. Distinct features include a cupola with a working weather vane and wood-shingle roof. Other highlights:

A roomy 24 square feet of space and over 6 feet in height.

Four windows with working shutters

Dutch door with window.

Two flower boxes.

Walls, roof and door are prefinished with factory-applied stain and preassembled in easy-to-handle panels.

Assembly requires basic skills.

This kit is touted as a "simple do-it-yourself project" with "straightforward construction" that makes it "an easy weekend task." Once built, your Country Gal playhouse should have wide open rooms inside and an upper and lower deck outside. Included:

• Framed walls
• Two doors with casings
• Eight windows
• Rafters
• One set of stairs
• Balcony
• Porch
• Uprights
• Handrails

Additional pieces need to be purchased separately.

Gingerbread refers to architecturally showy and highly ornamental decoration on the facade of a house. The style is appealing to chldren, which is why the Little Cottage Company's kit is a good one for gingerbread fans. All parts are precut and ready to assemble. Features include:

• Flower boxes with gingerbread trim.
• Interior height of 82”.
• Two working 14”x21” windows with safety glass, grids, and screens.
• A third window is heart-shaped and located above the entryway.
• Duratemp siding pre-fastened onto wall panels.
• Gingerbread trim prefastened to panels.
• Child's Dutch door (40"h x 20"w)
• Adult Dutch door on side (61"h x 34" w)
• Optional deck and painted rail.
• Optional loft and chimney.