I have four tiny dancers in my house
Esther, William, Bea and Edie
All dance with the Charlotte Hudson School of Dance
They all love to dance
They love to watch dancing
Read stories about dancing
So when we were asked to review The Ballerina Dreamer Doll
I could not say no
The Ballerina Dreamer Dancing Ballerina
Can dance just like a real ballerina
The large doll
Blonde hair and blue eyes
Comes complete with ballet shoes
And a sparkly light up tutu
She is just the right size
To cradle and cuddle
To push around in a pram
To have tea parties with
She is a perfect
Very pretty doll
If you press down on her magical tiara
The dancer doll will pirouette
Spin on both toes
Kick forwards and backwards
She can shuffle her feet
Like a dancer on points
She can even do the splits!
The girls have had a wonderful time
Dancing with her
Copying her moves
She is our newest tiniest dancer
She has been much loved
And played with these past couple of weeks
Her hair is getting scruffier by the day
And we seem to have temporarily lost a tiny ballet shoe
Neither of these things have stopped the joy
Nor the smiles
Brought to my dancing troupe
By this ballerina doll with her sparkly light up tunic
The only thing with this toy
As with many battery powered toys
Is the music can become tiresome (annoying)
The doll plays a short piece of music on repeat
The children seem to love it
But it does become quite irritating if they are playing for a long time with the music on
There is no volume control
Only on or off
The doll is available from Smyths
For around £39.99
I think that she would make a perfect dance partner
For any budding ballerinas
I wonder if they will make a boy version?
I am trying to encourage William to start ballet
After seeing Matthew Bourne’s Romeo and Juliet
A boy ballerina doll might help to persuade
Other potential male dancers to give ballet a try
To feel the magic of dancing
“It’s dancing! It’s magical, actually. A kind of slowish magic. Like writing with your feet.”
― Katherine Rundell, The Wolf Wilder
We were sent The Ballerina Dreamer Dancing Ballerina in return for our honest review