Barbie Games and Gifts

I might be an adult now, but I’d still love to see Barbie games under my Christmas tree this year. There is just something special about Barbie games that make them the perfect size and shape to wrap up and stick under the tree. I think Mattel, the maker of Barbie games, might have researched the proper box size even to be sure that it’s just the right size to feel large in your hands, but small enough to handle easily and well.

Consider how well the Barbie games travel as well. The box is perfectly rectangular and fits inside other packing boxes without much trouble at all. The corners are sharp and it’s just the right size to be used in pictures. Of course, the wrapping and shape of the box is just the start of the good things to come. When you open up Barbie games under the tree, there is that excitement of something pretty. She may not sparkle, or she might actually, but Barbie games are always special no matter how old you are.

Barbie Games and Christmas

There is nothing finer than Barbie games when it comes to picking out Christmas presents for my young friends. I have at least ten children on my Christmas list and Barbie games make it very easy to pick out something for most of them – the girls at least. The trick is to find the Barbie games that wouldn’t be considered even marginally offensive to anyone. This usually just means picking out the dolls carefully to be sure you have the best ones for the job.

My favorite of the bunch are the Disney princess dolls and I especially like the princesses that came out in the last few decades. I don’t like the idea of giving my friends princess dolls that are wimpy or weak. I’d much rather give them the princesses that took care of business in their own right. My second choice is the Barbies that have tougher jobs. I’ve seen a lot of the “baby doctor” Barbie games and a few of the Barbie vet games as well. I’m thinking those are going to definitely top the list for this year.

Princess Barbie Games

I was impressed recently to see a large box of all of the princesses little girls play with being sold in a set. There were at least six, maybe even seven princess Barbie games in a single box – all lined up and named according to the popular children’s movie they were from. I understand that princesses are a big deal with little girls, but I wonder if Barbie games aren’t getting a bit less creative by selling the same doll who already has a story.

The best thing about something like Barbie games is how simple they are and how easily children can start to create with the dolls. The Barbie games are like a blank slate and the girls are able to draw on that slate by giving Barbie stories to act out. When Barbie games are sold as princesses who have a movie and story already, are they are ripe for creative interpretation? It’s not certain, of course, but if I were to go back in time, I think I’d much rather have Barbie games that I could actually play with rather than a doll whose life was predetermined for me.  

Barbie Games and Dream Houses

I personally never realized that Barbie had quite so many dream houses. I’ve been peeking through toy catalogs over the last few weeks and I’ve come across at least three different Barbie dream houses in those booklets in the last week alone. When I was playing Barbie games once upon a time, there were maybe two Barbie dream houses, and they were separated by years in designs. My older sister had a Barbie dream house passed on from a friend. I was fortunate enough to get a new one for Christmas when I was six or so. It was rather majestic with an elevator, although it was missing any furniture.

Today, however, there seem to be a full collection of Barbie games including any number of houses to choose from. The collection of Barbie games isn’t surprising considering how popular the games are with young girls, but I’ll admit that even I was a bit surprised to see that many housing options for Barbie. Perhaps she is going to single-handedly bring back the housing market one dream house at a time.