When the grandkids come to visit and they tell papaw they wish they had a playhouse to play in they get the 15 minute version of a playhouse.
I remember when i was a kid (barely) things like this were better than anything that could be bought from a store.
Truth ^ .. Well said. We used to be happy enough making forts out of boxes. =)
I think kids are still satisfied with stuff like that if they don't have an overload of shiny new objects distracting them from using their imagination.