Wendy houses

Children's garden shelters

A Wendy house is a small playhouse for children, typically a miniature structure resembling a cottage where kids can play at keeping house.

The term comes from the house built for Wendy in J.M.

Barrie's *Peter Pan*.

Common in British English; Americans more often say playhouse: The garden had a little Wendy house where the children spent hours pretending to run a shop.

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let's pretend · role-play · tea party · children · make-believe · treehouse · structures · games · fantasy worlds · fairy tale · fort · Peter Pan · dens · secret hideout · cottage · gardens · dress-up · playgrounds

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Wendy housesfamily homes

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Wendy housesmaster bedrooms

Main sleeping quarters

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