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Harumika: Style Your Imagination

by Dawn on November 16, 2009

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harumikaRarely has a review product entered our home that has created quite the buzz and anticipation of the Harumika, a dress designing kit containing a dress form, three pieces of fabric, fashion stickers, accessories, and a stylus design tool. My girls were so excited that they sketched fashions before we opened the box, adding another creative aspect to the toy.

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The dress form has an opening in the back, lined with a rubber insert that is cut in a wavy line down the middle. Fabric is wrapped around the doll to create outfits and tucked into the opening with the enclosed stylus tool. The rubbery material “grips” the fabric, so it stays put once you tuck it inside.

Included accessories can be used to create belts, shawls, necklaces—your child’s imagination is the limit.

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As a mother, there’s an awful lot to like about the Harumika:

  • It encourages active, creative play
  • Although there are additional products available, you can use fabric scraps and pieces of fringe, etc. that you already own to create more outfits
  • No batteries required!
  • Doesn’t have the “trashy” look of so many dolls marketed to girls today
  • My kids enjoy it and play with it

All of the outfits shown here were made with the three pieces of fabric and the accessories enclosed in our Style Starter Kit. Harumika is available now at Toys R Us and Target.

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[Product provided for review.]

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Marsha November 16, 2009 at 10:16 pm

Ooooo… I like! I love how this allows girls to use their imagination and have fun with fashion, without the trashiness.
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Melissa@Cupcake Maker Toys November 16, 2009 at 11:12 pm

Wow, that’s really, really cool, I hadn’t seen these before. Thanks for the great post; my daughter doesn’t know it yet, but she’s getting one of these for Christmas!
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Kim @ Kimmama November 16, 2009 at 11:34 pm

I’m 26 and I want to play with this. Ha! Ha!
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kris November 18, 2009 at 1:16 am

Thanks for the recommendation. I think both my girls would love this, one even being a teenager!
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Sisterlisa November 23, 2009 at 12:26 am

Great holiday gift idea!! I’ll get some of those for the girls on our Toys for Tots list. :O)
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HipM0M77 November 25, 2009 at 12:32 am

Thanks so much for posting this!

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HipM0M77 November 25, 2009 at 12:32 am

Thanks so much for posting this!

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HipM0M77 November 25, 2009 at 12:43 am

Thanks for posting this!
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HipM0M77 November 25, 2009 at 12:46 am

Thanks so much for the link! I hope you and your family have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

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HipM0M77 November 25, 2009 at 12:51 am

Thanks for the link love!

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