Jennifer's Little World blog - Parenting, craft and travel: Review - Super Creator miniature house kits from Rolife

I was sent three kits from Rolife in exchange for a review

Regular readers of the blog will know how much I enjoy working on miniature craft kits, especially those from Rolife, and I've linked to some of my previous reviews at the end of this article.

Recently I've been building some kits from the Super Creator series. This series is a miniature house kit series, with each kit being a modular, stackable scene that can either stand alone or be combined with other sets to make a larger miniature world.

There is a huge range in the Super Creator series to choose from which you can see here - The Super Creator series from Rolife. These kits are aimed at beginners and can be assembled in around an hour, but of course you can take your time on them and then go on to personalise them as you like.

Today I'm sharing three kits from the series.

Fascinating Book Store

This miniature creation is not just a book store - there are also records, toys and all sorts of trinkets on sale in this lovely shop!

All the Super Creator kits contain everything that you need to build the miniature world. These are beginner kits, so most of the items are pre-made and are easy to put together. The materials include plastic pieces which slot together to make the furniture, then a selection of cardboard and plastic press-outs to assemble along with colourful stickers to decorate.

The basic structure is the same for each kit - a floor and two corner walls which slot easily together, then a floor covering and inner and outer wall prints which are unique to the style of the individual kit.

Obviously a Book Store kit is going to contain lots of books, but fortunately these didn't take too long to put together. They have a plastic base, and form stacks of either three or five books, along with lots of individual books. The covers are a simple sticker which is easily applied. They look really effective when they are placed together!

I love the detail in the kits, and although I'm quite minimalist when it comes to my own decor I really enjoy the maximalist vibe with crowded shelves and packed surfaces. There are so many hidden parts that you only see when you are assembling - like the records inside the record sleeves and the covers of some of the books. This is a great kit for a book lover and will look fantastic displayed on my bookshelf.

Fantastic Book Store miniature kit from Rolife review

Lovely Pink Bedroom

My daughter (age 14) has her own lovely pink bedroom, and as soon as she saw me browsing the kits she jumped in to say how much she would love to build this set. So this kit was chosen for her to work on and display in her room. I started one of my own kits first so that I had some familiarity with how the kits fit together, but I needn't have worried - she was perfectly capable of making it herself.

She had so much fun with this kit. She loved all the little details - the cute cushions, the little bags of sweets, the tiny hangers in the wardrobe. Although it's designed as a kit to put on display the pieces are sturdy, so it could be used as a dolls house for an older child to play with and rearrange at will. She thought that the placement of some of the items in the original design was a bit messy, so she tidied it up a bit! It will look beautiful on display in her own room.

Super Creator miniature kit from Rolife My Lovely Pink Bedroom

Sweet Sips Tea

This was my personal favourite of the three sets. It's a little tea shop, complete with pretty table and chairs and a gorgeous little tea trolley. I love the drinks dispensers and all the tiny little cakes and treats. I could happily spend an afternoon here!

Once again it was simple to put together. Some of the pieces are a little fiddly, but there are always spares for anything that might get lost or broken. The attention to detail is spot on, and I love all the tiny little pictures and labels. Even though not everything is visible once you've assembled the set, as the maker you know that it's there!

Rolife Super Creator sets miniature house kits

Some notes on the kits:

I have always found Rolife kits to be of excellent quality. I've never had any missing pieces, the instructions are very clear, and the parts fit together well without any problems.

Although the Super Creator kits work beautifully as standalone sets, they are designed to be stackable. You can buy complete kits which contain a selection of 6 or 9 sets, or you can buy the sets individually that appeal to you and fit them together. They would make a really fun display if you collect dolls or other miniature items - for example I love this excellent review from a doll collector who has styled her Super Creator set with all sorts of different sized dolls - Super Creator Happy Meals Kitchen Kit.

Although each kit contains the electrical fittings for an overhead lamp, in order to install this you will need to either buy the additional roof accessory or install it underneath the floor of another kit which has been stacked on top. Some of the kits do have extra lighting which can be used without any extra purchase, for example in my sets the Book Store has a wall lamp. The lighting is powered by a USB-C cable rather than batteries, so you will need consider how to reach a cable (not included) to your display.

Rolife kits have a great deal of variation in complexity, so when purchasing a kit pay careful attention to the clearly stated difficulty level. The kits in the Super Creator range are very easy and quick to assemble as many of the parts are pre-made and easily snap together. There are some much more difficult kits (for example I've worked on Cathy's Flower House and Elsa's Tailoring) in different ranges which require you to glue together more fiddly pieces and to cut out pieces which you have measured yourself. These kits take a lot longer to complete.

The Super Creator kits are designed to be assembled without glue, and so you are provided with sticky dots and strips. Most of the time these do the job, but I did find it helpful to have some glue on hand just to make sure that everything was stuck firmly. It's particularly important for the larger pieces of furniture, just to make sure that nothing will move if they are accidentally knocked.

These kits are produced in China which isn't a problem as the translation in the instructions is excellent. But it can make for some amusing uses of language if you look closely, for example the titles of the books in the book store kit!

If you enjoy assembling and displaying sweet little miniature worlds then you really can't go wrong with these sets!