Welcome to Critterland! Our Calico Critters / Sylvanian Families journey begins!

Welcome to Critterland!

How did this happen? Why does this adult woman have a room dedicated to Calico Critters??

It all began when I bought a Calico Critters Cozy Cottage for my daughter in 2012. I was amazed at the intricacy, durability, tactility, and just total cuteness of every part of the set and doll. Within a few weeks I bought "her" the Red Roof Country Home, Adventure Treehouse, Koala Family, and a few other sets. The obsession had begun! Scroll down for a video tour at the end of this article!

I have always been intrigued by miniatures and dollhouses, and had even played with a Sylvanian Families cottage as a child, so when my passion was reignited, boy did it ignite!

Over the next four or five years, I - or "we" - slowly accumulated a couple shelves of Calico Critter sets. And then, once we moved the sets onto a table, the collection ballooned! I bought several large houses - most of them second-hand - within weeks of setting up the "Critterland" tables, along with a dozen or so families and sets. Soon, we added a second table!

We now have felt "grass," pathways, and trees scattered throughout Critterland. These photos were taken when our village was just set up directly on the table.

I love the beautiful garden archways, which are from the Town Series Rose Garden set. Gorgeous!

Below is a video with a tour of our very first Calico Critters village setup. In later posts, I'll take you through our journey of tearing it down and re-building it even better than before.

I hope you enjoyed this "first look!" For up-to-the-minute updates on Critterland, be sure to check out our YouTube channel here, where we post videos every couple of days. Only a handful of those videos will appear here on this blog, but I will be posting special updates and photos here which will not appear on YouTube. So you'll have to tune into both!

Thanks for stopping over! See you next time!

-Catherine