| With multifarious Magic Cubes hitting the market and | | | | and blatting tunes for hours on end is a sure-fire way |
| gained immense popularity, I also jump on the | | | | to drive me crazy. But the musical magic cube toy |
| bandwagon to buy a recommended musical magic | | | | has a number of charming features that set it above |
| cube for my niece as a gift. To my expectation, the | | | | the fray. First of all, the 5-inch cube itself is a pleasing |
| 2 year old boy can't stop playing with it. Well, each | | | | object, ruggedly constructed, with rounded rubber |
| side features another instrument, and you add or | | | | corners that invite the hands. Then there's the music: |
| subtract that instrument by pressing the side. It is | | | | "Old McDonald," "Itsy Bitsy Spider," and other |
| great to listen to each sound individually and then | | | | standard kids' songs played on five instruments |
| have the instruments play together. We love the | | | | (piano, guitar, drums, tuba, and flute). The innovation |
| flute. The music is wonderful. My niece can start the | | | | here is that as each tune plays, instruments can be |
| music just by kicking the cube -- I leave it by his | | | | added to or taken out of the mix with a push of the |
| foot so he can kick it easily. That is a really terrific | | | | matching button. It's a clever trick that might help |
| musical toy! Needless to say, the musical maze Magic | | | | develop a child's ear for the different parts of music. |
| Cube Toys can inspire children to sing and compose | | | | One minor complaint is that the Orchestra button |
| music with the Sing with Me magic cubes. Sing along | | | | behaves differently from the instrument buttons: |
| to favorite songs like "Old MacDonald", "Eensy, | | | | when you push it, the song that's playing stops and a |
| Weensy Spider", "If You're Happy and You Know It", | | | | new one starts. This is one of those toys that claims |
| "B-I-N-G-O", "Hokey-Pokey," "Pop! Goes the Weasel", | | | | to be based on the latest brain research and |
| "This Old Man", and "Row, Row, Row". Children can | | | | promises to stimulate your child's mental development |
| press the Flute, Piano, Guitar and Orchestra buttons | | | | through music, but even if it's not much more than a |
| to compose their own songs. It's easy to arrange | | | | glorified rattle, it will amuse your child without driving |
| music by adding and subtracting musical instruments | | | | you to the wall. If you wanna give a little bigger |
| with a touch of the button. Fun flashing lights blink to | | | | children present, Puzzles Toys couldn't be better. All |
| the tempo. I have to admit that I am no fan of kids' | | | | kinds of magic cubes could be found on online |
| electronic music makers--hearing the same bleeping | | | | marketplace. |