by Liliane Limpens March 18, 2025

2025 will be the year that the DollsVilla by Liliane® will find its playgrounds on a large scale with Dutch [young] children with a mental and/or physical disability. Some experience has already been gained with this in the period 1999-2024.

The Dutch Adelante Zorggroep: "A regular dollhouse with its little dolls is not usable within Adelante. Children with a motor delay or disorder can do great with the handy, robust, strong furniture of the DollsVilla by Liliane®."

KinderopvangTotaal [magazine in The Netherlands]: ‘If a child does not fit in with the group: what can you do? From toddler age you see the first friendships develop, but there can also be children who fall outside the group. What to do? Provide an environment that stimulates playing together.'

Liliane Limpens on LinkedIn: 'Spontaneous playing together and making friends in childcare, that really happens naturally with the gender-neutral DollsVilla. Proven effective in many hundreds of daycare centers/after-school care centers since 1999. Four to six boys and girls work together on new storylines every day. And think of the sequel for the next day in bed in the evening.'

'Educational staff can specifically place 'an excluded child' with a playing group. Then the route goes from outside to inside!'

A DollsVilla toilet is on its way to a Polish doll. A mother in Kórnik, near Poznań, discovers this Dutch design piece of furniture.

Certainly, also a high-quality home for the children of the children [their favorite dolls]. That is where the transmission of love begins.

DOLLSVILLA STRENGTHENS PLAYFULLY

CHILDREN WITH AUTISME AND AD[H]D

Children with autism and AD[H]D have been playing with the DollsVilla for several months during development weekends and midweeks of Happy KidsCare Delft. The professionals are enthusiastic about the effects.

“A plan of action was drawn up during a team meeting: ‘The goal of the DollsVilla is to develop a play corner that supports young people from Happy KidsCare in their social-emotional development, provides insight into their family system and helps them make play appointments during supervision. This can be achieved by means of a creative and interactive dollhouse, in which the supervisors actively participate and simultaneously observe the young people.’

“What we see in practice is that mainly young girls and boys from 6 to 10 years old use the DollsVilla. There are children who play alone, and there are children who play together. Children who are less socially skilled, for example because of a language deficit, are increasingly drawn to the DollsVilla. In addition, there are also older youth who score somewhat lower socially and emotionally and who also feel attracted to the villa.”

“During Happy Time moments, we see that children can express and explore their emotions while playing with the DollsVilla. Supervisors can observe and support them and teach them what their roles are within a family situation. It is also visible that unprocessed experiences in children with autism come to the fore. The DollsVilla offers an accessible way to talk to them about this.”

Happy KidsCare ensures that children between the ages of 6 and 18 learn a lot about themselves and others through play. In addition, the child is stimulated in its development through activities. This development stimulation is easily accessible and comes from the child's own capabilities. The young person has a place where it can count on a stable, alternative upbringing and living situation. Here, self-reliance and social skills can be worked on.

DOLLSVILLA IN 12 RONALD MCDONALD

Ronald McDonald House The Hague: "This DollsVilla is truly beautiful and is played with a lot by brothers and sisters in our House."

"Because it has wheels underneath, it can also be used for the MiniMix activities by our Living Room volunteers in the children's ward of the Juliana Children's Hospital. The entire house can be wheeled into the patient's room. So much fun!"

Sick children feel better with their parents, brothers and sisters nearby. Parents can better cope with their care with a place of rest close to their sick child. Because when your whole world is turned upside down by illness or care, being together as a family is the most important thing.

DollsVilla by Liliane® is now in use in the Dutch Ronald McDonald Houses Arnhem, Beetsterzwaag, The Hague, Groningen, Maastricht, Middenwest-Brabant, Nijmegen, Rotterdam, Utrecht, Valkenburg and Zwolle [2].

US Saint Charles [Missouri] - Grandmother Kimberley: “I would like to order this doll house for my granddaughter. I bought a DollsVilla in 2022 for my daughter's daughter and i want to purchase now for my son's daughter. This gift has been a joy for my grandchild and I want the other to have the same experience.”

“This is an heirloom my granddaughters can pass to her children. So very well made. Easy to put together, only took 2 of us in 2022 and less then 2 hours. Its wonderful.”

“On the photo our first granddaughter with one of your dollhouses in 2022. She is 4 years old now and still loves it very much. The first photo she is squealing at her reflection in the mirror and babbling to herself and the second photo she is pretending to wash her hands.”

“The DollsVilla is coming my way, I am so thrilled. You spread joy to children all over the world ❤️ #Respectfully

The DollsVilla by Liliane® [1999] is proven to be durable. Generations can play with it to their heart's content. Its power described compactly:

Villa Pardoes was founded in 2000 on the initiative of Piet van Haaren from the Efteling Nature Park Foundation. The board was inspired by the successful “Give Kids The World”. Families in the US with a terminally ill child were offered a holiday bungalow at a holiday park.