Kate’s Tangents – Age Limits on Dolls?

Hello, Kate here! We’re going to start this day off with our first tangent post! The question at hand for today…Is there an age limit on doll play/collecting?

Lately, I’ve seen a lot of questions floating around to the effect of ‘am I too old for dolls?’ ‘should I stop playing with dolls?’ ‘will I be made fun of for playing with dolls?’ ‘Is it weird for __ age to play with dolls?’

The answer to all of these questions is so, so simple. There is no age limit on dolls and toys. If you enjoy having dolls around and styling/creating stories with your dolls, you do you! Little do you know, the girl who spends all day uploading her life to Instagram actually has a secondary Instagram full of doll photos. The kid who spends her time uploading videos to her YouTube channel for her friends? She’s got a hidden YouTube account with a false name just for her doll collection videos and dolly DIYs.
And that one kid who teases you for the Monster High doll you brought to the park/school/etc last week? He’s got a whole collection of Marvel action figures, he’s just afraid you’ll tease him if he brings them out of the house because his Dad says toys are just for kids, not for someone his age. If he knew you’d accept it, he’d want Batman to rescue Frankie Stein from the Joker on the Jungle Gym — Because wouldn’t that make an epic story?!
There comes a point where, sure, the actual acting out of the imagination stories does tend to take more time than we have to spend as we grow up. But that doesn’t have to stop you from creating a character and taking a set of photos or writing a story to go with the doll in question. Doesn’t stop you from having a dozen Barbies or a whole room dedicated to dolls if that’s what makes you happy. It just means you’ve got to balance your dolls with the other things you need to do.