Cardboard villa

Yep - you know all the care you put into making sure your own home had 'wow factor'? Now you can also apply it to your kids' toys. It's funny: when cardboard playhouses first started appearing, we got very excited at such a new concept. Now, they're almost common, and it takes something new, like Villa Julia to make us take notice.

Villa Julia is available at Amazon for $275.

Clearly still just a cardboard playhouse, this design is a different shape from the norm and features chunky cartoon-like lines. Not that your kids will care: they'll simply be happy to get colouring, and apply the stickers that come with it.