Reviewing the Kids Room stuff pack in 2023! Does it still hold up?
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The two types of clothes are “kid dressed themself” and “parent dressed their child”, which is fun for storytelling purposes
I also use the more “adult” styled clothes to make them feel like “preteens”
Kayla: *talking about the child clothing she doesn't like from the pack* Me: *knowing full well my child self wore those types of clothes 100% on purpose, thinking I looked so cool*
and you did! 😎😂
I still wear those types of clothing as a 30 something year old adult lol. Not because I think it's cool, but it's just what I like.
When I saw this video I thought they were giving it away for free too 😭😭
Ikr 😂
Same 😅
Ikr
SAME 😂😂
Same 😂😂
I like to use the puppet show on community lots. Fits in more at a library or rec center than a house
I was thinking the puppet theatre would be a great addition to a community room with For Rent. Like, if you’ve got an apartment with a lot of kids? That would be so lovely
My sister and I used to have a little puppet theater set, I actually kinda miss it 😅 but yeah, definitely more likely to be found in community spaces
it would be a good addition to her 100 baby house!
Thanks for the idea. I just got Kids Room Stuff for Christmas and was trying to think of things to do with it other than just putting the objects in my sim's house, which I will be doing too probably.
I also like to put it in elementary school from Zerbu's Go to school mod. It works similar to high school from HSY but for children.
The void critters are divided into categories based on their element. There are Wind, Earth, Fire, Water, and Void, hence the five different groups. Each element has one common, two uncommon, and one rare critter. There's your niche Sims 4 trivia... 😅 Edit: Finishing the collection isn't hard, just tedious because there is always one rare card that takes ages to pop up. I once set out to a complete a collection of all foil cards. I did it... but never again.
At one point I was missing like 3 cards. I was buying cards like crazy and coming up short. One card I was missing was “rare” and my soul was shattered when I realized I could just buy it on the cell phone. 😭
Out of curiosity, what’s the type pentagon?
I've finished the collections in both regular and foil, then saved the collections in rooms so I never have to go through the faff again!
@@neilbiggs1353 that’s smart. I should do that.
Almost all of my sims kids use the voidcritters! By far my favorite "thing" in the Sims 4 world - especially when we get clothing and items that include voidcritters in later packs
Same! It's really the only reason to play with kids imho
Lol I think it’s such a cute edition to the game. I just kinda forget that it’s there. It’s fun to watch them play it tho
Kayla choosing a water legendary as her starter & hording shines is honestly so on brand for her.
Arcticorn should be an ice type & get destroyed by Suintor.
I‘d love a Voidcritter cafe or something like that! It’s super hard to find a place where you can add multiple Voidcritter objects
The puppet theater would be so cute to put in a community center or library build
Our library kid area has a puppet theater. It's so cute
The only thing abt this pack that's a def miss for me was that it didn't come with a way to display the cards!! Like how werewolves has that relic case, I wanted something similar for all the VCs!
The cards don’t fit on the shelf?
@@Stayville_Clown They do, but they don't have a dedicated display case where it all fits nicely like the elements or werewolf relics do. It's kinda annoying that they don't line up on the shelf by rarity or element.
I think that’s what the hexagon shelf is for, but it’s not very clear or versatile.
I wish all the collections had dedicated shelves - with the frogs, I usually end up just having them float so some cases look like they are stuck to the wall
i really love this stuff pack, the games and furniture are amazing, so sad the underrated it is :/
I quite enjoy this pack aswell
I agree! This stuff pack is one of my favorites
I'm on the Autism spectrum and when I was doing 'social skills training' we often used puppets to help with this and 'act out' different situations and I do puppetry as a hobby IRL. The puppets are therefore my favourite part of this pack.
Do you make your own puppets? Because I have so much respect and awe for the talented people who make their own puppets. People don’t realize how much actually goes into it!
When I was young it used it be nothing more that drawn images glued to popsicle sticks but as I got older I learned to make more detailed ones out of material like felt. Now I am learning to make and use puppets that are bigger and more akin to the sesame street characters I grew up with. Yes these puppets are really hard to make and learn to use but It is so worth it once it's finished and you can put together a story
@@thegpshowtheshow that’s super awesome! I’ve always found that sort of thing fascinating
I love the voidcritter stuff. I kind of wish they made like a game hobby pack with stuff like game tables adults can play voidcritters on, voidcritter competitions like Magic and Pokémon irl. Maybe something like DnD, it’d give sims something else to do as a hobby :)
This pack gives playing in the long lifespan vibes in the best way possible!
I like how much thought went into the Voidcritters lore, so I don't like how some other packs (eg: Get Famous) treat it like an annoying baby franchise. I would play a full Voidcritters game.
I love the voidceitter gameplay from this pack!!! My kids in game have little to do and this is something that is for them! We need MORE systems like this one. I wish they’d add like Magic the Gathering cards! Those can be for kids and teens and adults!
That would be so easy to implement with the game table too!
i personally love this stuff pack, i may not use the voidcritter gameplay a lot but i personally really love pokemon and i love giving my sims kids/teens a similar obsession to make them feel more like me. plus i think it's fun when they're bringing back more of this stuff in later packs, like how there's a commercial job in the acting career from get famous for voidcritter cereal or how that bathroom clutter kit has voidcritter swatches on rugs/towels/toothbrushes!!
I used to have these plasticky, cargo-style pink camo pants that I absolutely adored as a kid. They were awful, and my parents sometimes gavd me hints that they kinda maybe weren't the cutest thing (they were a hand-me-down from an older friend), but I insisted on wearing them and I thought I was the coolest little girl on earth with them on. Good times lol
not me having to restart the video bc i was just watching kayla for the first 5 mins lol. i know she’s not sure abt the hair but her new haircut is definitely doing it for her!! she’s so gorgeous (she already was before the haircut but wow) i just feel like she had this brighter glow to her now! i love it & i love her!! 🥹😍
i really want the next age related pack to be preteen's like irl you just don't magically turn into a teen over night
You also don't go straight from toddler to big kid either, if we had a preschool stage and a preteen stage id be so good 😭
@@annieonpaperagreed! An age that’s from about 3-5! Even though they would be a lot to deal with if accurate to that age group irl lol. It would be funny to see an adult sim running after a 3 year old sim, or pop ups of something sassy/crazy the kid said. Learning to read/write!
I’d agree but I think adding one or two more life stages would be a lot for gameplay, and honesty infants are so broken I couldn’t imagine the stress from adding more life stages lol. I’d love for them to have more clothes that are tailored to preteens, along with furniture and more gameplay-related actions!!
@@acrollie that’s true! Maybe some traits that are more pre-teen things. Like obsessing over boy bands or something
Yes! Maybe like shorter teens, I don't think that'd be hard to make
The idea for this pack was great, but I think the furniture and especially the clothes aged so badly. The furniture also looks a little bit chunky, it's just it looked better than basegame/expansion pack furniture in 2016. If they didn't insist on such neon colors that don't match anything else in the game it would've been more versatile. It was a good buy back in the day, but nowadays it's better to get parenthood, growing together or cottage living and get kids activities alongside activities for everyone else.
These clothes are super outdated😂 They were trendy back then for sure but it’s funny to see it now
You guys are annoyed at how brightly colored the furniture is... for a kid's room pack? My younger aged self would've been ecstatic at how fun and bright my bedroom would look like. Not to mention how important color is for a child's brain development. I swear Sims players are the sad beige moms of the gaming community.
everything in the sims ends up outdated at some point. i already know high school years cas and bb are gonna age poorly
@@cjdonato1455it’s not about the colors lol! The items themselves aren’t as good as items we receive now in packs. That comes with all the old packs though… the quality, swatches, and clunky-ness are worse in older packs than what we get now.
Yess!! Theater, puppetry and general storytelling totally builds social skills IRL too!
the butterflies on the wall TOOK ME BACK! i remember i wanted them so bad when i was little and i had a few ones that were standalone. the clothes are so cute, even if they are outdated. i never bought this pack but it is so adorable.
This stuff pack is so underrated! Still one of my favourites to this day. Especially for the voidcritters
I believe the reason why the decals are separate is because they wanted to separate each Voidcritter into their elements (if you read the item names, they mention the element of the Voidcritters in the swatches). Not sure why they did this, maybe it’s so you can find them easier, maybe it’s to make the swatches less overwhelming because there are a lot, or maybe it’s more about lore, so you learn which Voidcritter is which. I think I like that they separated them for all of the above! 🤗
I'm so mesmerized by your hair that I didn't even listen to the 2 first minutes ! it's so shiny and this haircut looks soooo good on you ! let me get back to the video now 😭
AAAAH! Your hair looks so nice!! I know you were worried about it, but it's SO pretty!!
The puppet theater increases the creativity skill similar to the play tent which is why I put it in every community center and library and I try to fit in my kids playroom if I can. Also it’s just CUTE. I haven’t had a chance to use the void battle critter game yet but my toddlers are going to age up so I’m going to get to play with it soon
That Hexagonal shelf I like to use in the bathroom to put accessories in it. Also, I like to use it in the office for shelving for plants and candles, and a divider in apartments.
Anytime Kayla says “of course it doesn’t, it’s the sims 4” I end up laughing. The way she quickly shades the game and moves on is great 😅
I honestly never even considered this pack before and this showed me that it really has a lot of gameplay that I enjoy! Plus those hairstyles lol I do think it is related to having Parenthood though and wanting to round out the childhood possibilities
I also love that you can also get a voidcritter card from Yamachan at the kids festival in Mt. Komorebi. You have to go on a scavenger hunt for them! I always took my sims kids :’) now they’ve grown up
Love these revisits. You could go through the whole catalogue as far as I’m concerned.
The kids pack is cute. They have a lot. I'd like to see them come out with a infant pack now that they have infants, preferably one with more clothing, hair and perhaps toys. I love Animal Crossing. Love it so much I played it until I was burnt out. I haven't played in awhile but still love it. Have you considered doing a Animal Crossing stream? That would be cool but I do LOVE your Sims one's. BTW, the packs are on sale for Playstation too, a lot are under $10 and $20. Some are $15.99 and regularly $39.99 but the sale for those end January 5th on the playstation store. Good for PS4 and PS5.
Voidcritters are genuinely such a fun gameplay aspect for kids. I also love love love the fairy lights wall photos. I really do think this is a pack that does enhance gameplay if you enjoy that fun childlike whimsy that the sims 4 captures at times.
I like that they carried on with voidcritters in future expansions in decor/clothing but also some gameplay. I think I've had this pack since it came out, and I don't think I've had the kids play the card game either and not very much with the puppets. I know there is kids festival in Snowy Escape where the challenge is to have the kid search for & collect voidcritters much like the pkoemon game kids use their phones to search around as a mix of real world places & the game generated pokemon. I have had my kids try it, and It's not an easy challenge, and I think my sim kids have failed at it about 50% of the time. So if you are thinking of buying Snow Escape & can bundle it with this one, it would be a good deal.
I know what you mean about “fancy” kids clothes vs “childlike” kids clothes. For my sims I often dress them more mature if I picture them to be more preteen age (first fits kit is perfect for this) and more childlike if I picture them to be younger since the transition from child to teenager is so abrupt in this game lol
I so wish teens could use the voidcritters!
The wall decor in this pack is actually so nice! My sister's irl room used to have paper butterflies just like these ones on the walls
maybe i’m imagining things but i swear we have so many full body outfits for kids that have a flannel shirt and jeans I feel like so many packs include them
Timeless classic 😆
I would LOVE for you to review the Nifty Knitting pack next - I'm looking into buying it on sale but I know that there were glitches with the online store when it came out, so I'm curious if the gameplay has been fixed before I spend any money on it.
I think Ravasheen has a CC tablet version of the Voidcritter station that allows everyone up to elders to play.
There was a mod that allowed adults to play on the station, too, dunno if it still works.
i love kids room stuff it is, imo, very important to building
Watching this while shiny hunting Totodiles in the Terrarium agreeing "Yes, water starters *are* the best starters". I just wish adults could play Void Critter's too! I'm almost 40 & still play ffs!
Please keep doing this series. It is great help for us players that still don't own the older packs. Thank you lilsimsie
i always make my child sims big voidcritter fans, so i end up using this pack ALL the time
If only the sims 4 would REALLY fix wedding stories! That pack was really good in theory, but it doesn't work!! But Tartosa is gorgeous... Anyway, I think we need a new kids pack, preferably a stuff pack. In my ideal world, they should fix the gameplay items so kids can use them, not only adults!!
So now we need a "can you get rich quick with void critters" video
I know this may just be me being childish, but I wish adults could play with Void critters too 😅
i like this pack. i use the cloth3es and most of the stuff a lot. ive used the puppet thing a few times when i can find a spot for it but ive never placed the critter video game thing cuz its just huge and you need space around it for kids to sit too so really it takes a whole room up and i nevver have that kinda space available.
All my sims kids wear the kids stuff pack sneakers. I love those shoes so much. I use this pack a lot.
i think the puppet show item would be so cute in a library kids area
I love this pack and still consider it one of the better stuff packs they’ve made. Would like to see a Kid’s Room II and maybe an upgrade to allow at least teens to do Voidcritters.
Ive been trying to figure out what sims stuff packs to get, i was thinking abt kids room stuff so i love this :D
I think the activities would be fun to add to a Library lot so there's actually a reason to go there
I was making a house with a kid's room that was focused on VoidCritters in preparation of For Rent and I very much want another Stuff Pack or a Kit focusing on VoidCritters. I want more bedding, shirts, and other items focusing on VoidCritters. I love the lore expansion it provides.
I love this stuff pack! I like combining it with Snowy Escape, because that has voidcritter poufs and beddings.
I use the hexagon/honeycomb shelf for the snow globe collection (3 of them = 15 perfect slots for the whole set)
thank you, this has so many things i had forgotten about or never really noticed/understood before. i will use more from this now. also i also love animal crossing.
Like the kids festival in Snowy Escape, they have a void critter hunt that can get you a little reward if you complete it. It was not easy to complete.
I’m crying 😭 the puppet animation is so cute
I had this pack when I was sailing the high seas and I stopped a couple of year ago and really missed this pack! I love the Voidcritter game and the little puppet theatre 🥹
20:19 my favourite part of the whole video! Your collection is really cool
Great review! I never really played with the void critter stuff either, Now I will!
me: getting excited for this review also me: getting this confused with Parenthood briefly. Thought they were the same pack
Also, why don't we have voidcritter costumes for kids?
@@BadaBing511 That one full-pajama outfit has one Voidcritter swatch but that's about it :{
People would probably pay with the voidcritter stuff slightly more if the cards were given as Winterfest gifts. I know my sims used to get that 3d video gaming station all the time, and I used it sometimes only because of that. In general, games (ping pong tables, foosball, etc) as gifts would be great. It's hard to really play a kid in a family with lots of younger siblings, but I'll try the voidcritter stuff in my only child families that I don't play too often...
omg i had a pink camo matching set of pjs that i wore in a lot of photos! funny to look back on
I did the "bundel and save" feature on the EA app during the holiday sale for the end of 2023. the "bundle and save" feature makes you buy 1 Expansion pack, 1 Game Pack, and 1 Stuff Pack for less money than buying them seperatly. During the holiday sale, the "bundle and save" feature got me 1 Expansion pack, 1 Game Pack, and 1 Stuff Pack for like $6 more than what an Expansion Pack normally costs!
Yay! I have been waiting for this all day!
Thank you for always having long videos, they're the perfect length for me to pump for every day! 😂
As a fan of both Sims and Pokémon, I love having my Child Sims be Voidcritter Masters. Also, watching this video made me realize I haven't been playing with the Child life stage much recently; most of my Sim families have Infants and/or Toddlers rn. But sooner or later those Infants and Toddlers are gonna age up...
I just bought this pack on sale 2 days ago so this video was helpful to learn about the voidcritter stuff😅
I have it and wow I had never known what that voidcritter thing was about ! That's pretty cool.
I love that little puppet theatre and I give it to SO many kid sims but then I forget to have them use it. 🤦🏻♀️😂 It’s so cute when they do though!
3:35 I get what you mean! i like to think of it as "when parents dress their kids" vs "when kids dress themselves"
5:00 I think this is one of the best items in the pack!! Right next to the 6:05 shoes with one of the greatest swatches of all time!! I WIIISH adult category could have them, they're phenomenal!!
Love this video series!!
Wait… I’ve owned this pack all this time and never knew there was a kids game you can get them to play? That makes the random void critters make sense!! 😅
Does it suck? Probably a bit. Are people still gonna but it because they are family players? Yes.
@Kayla - we should review all the collections in The Sims 4.
I use the puppet show thing all the time. For awhile it was messed up and everyone would constantly play with puppets but I find it so adorable
Perfect pack to buy if you like family gameplay and now when it is on sale
I've had that pack forever and never knew about the card game play. Going to have my kids get into that soon
If you sell the duplicates you can make back money to buy new packs tho cause they seem to sell for the same price. Another thing I would try is see if you can just gift or give other kids your duplicates (not just trade them) that way you make sure your kid friends have voidcritters too so you can play with them, cause I wonder if they just have the one randomly assigned card by the game. And IDK maybe this way you make sure they have more of a collection too like your sim.
I am so glad to hear I'm not alone in collecting the Animal Crossing amiibo cards! I actually have the whole set, aside from some random Japanese exclusives. Working on the old e-reader cards next. ;) Thanks for the fun video, Kayla!! I'd forgotten about a lot of this pack's stuff.
i missed this series! :D
Thanks! Please make more of these revisiting videos!
It's about time the Stuff Packs are on sale more, and I'm scratching my head about why Luxury Party has never been free. But for years, the Stuff Pack were NEVER on sale. Now the Kits are never on sale. Why not? It's all just content in varying amounts! Break down and put a Kit on sale for gosh sakes. I remember when this first came out, Andrew Arcade built a whole Void Critter Community Lot and had like a Void Critter Olympics with all different Clubs and such. He really went ham on it. It was fun to watch.
petition for kayla to make a kid-version of stanley and have him get rich from leveling up, trading, and selling void critters
Literally just bought it cuz 1. I have wanted it for awhile 2. It's on sale 3. I LOVE the pony with the bow 4. I LOVE the butterflies
I don't think I've ever used the puppet show theatre! 😅 I started using the voidcritter battle station when I watched someone's lets play with a voidcritter world lot, but I didn't play with it for too long lol! I use so much of the clothes with all my Sim kids lol! Lol as a kid you get to wear what you like, I was obsessed with my minnie mouse and mickey mouse patterned trouser/legging things and I would wear them with anytning lol! The pineapple one gets used so much for me too lol! I also never used the other two trousers, only the skirt! 😅 Oo I need to use that dresser more, and yep I use that toychest a lot too! I didnt know it had a sectional chair! 😮 Oh wow that desk and shelf thing is interesting! How have I never used it before? Oo pretty butterflies! 🦋 Oh wow that is cute, my Sims always end up with high social skills, how have I never tried this? 😱 Oo I didn't know about trading void critters, I only battled them and trained them! Thanks for this, made me want to play with it more! 😊🥰
I genuinely thought it was just posters and a bed, I had no clue it had such cute gameplay! I already own Paranormal and Nifty Knitting, and I just bought myself Discover University for Christmas :). Whenever I decide to get a new pack, this is at the top of my list. I'm a really gameplay-oriented simmer and there is NOTHING to do with kids. I WILL be buying Kids Room Stuff
I have this pack and didn't even know about the puppet show object! I will have to check this out!
I forgot about the romantic garden hairstyle that has a bow, too. Now that it's free, I looked at it again and it's pretty similar to this one... kind of...
Your 1989 tv sweater is so cute!!
The clothes and the room stuff reminds me of all the things I wanted as a kid 😂! I would love to see them do another kid centered stuff pack! Maybe like a daycare/after school pack.
I need to add the puppet show to my libraries and recreation centers in the kids area. Be a nice way to use it more.
I wish they would add preteens there’s just a big gap between child and teen that we really need an in between for it.
loving your new hsir style 😊
omg kayla collecting animal crossing amiibos reminds me of my binder full of kpop photo cards 20:24