The Mozart Magic Cube is one of my favorite gifts - his aunt got it for him. Each side of the cube is button - very easy to press. But it is what happens when he presses it that I like the most. The buttons toggle the music of course. One side of the cube is an “orchestra” button, which plays the song. Okay, no big deal so far. It’s the other 5 buttons that I find really interesting.

Each of the other 5 buttons will play a particular instrument. So if you want to hear the song, as only played by the flute, then one presses the flute button. Want to add the french horn to accompany the flute, press the french horn button. Tired of the flute, press the flute button again and you’ll only hear the french horn. Basically, you get to add and remove instruments to the song on the fly by pressing the 5 other instrument buttons.

The other instruments are a piano, french horn, violin, flute and the harp. I’m not really into the harp as a solo instrument, but it does accompany the other instruments well.

The buttons have transparent cutouts as well, so that they light up when the instrument is active. So in the orchestra setting, you can see when the flute is playing because it lights up. I imagine this will help youngster associated types of sounds with the instruments themselves. It helps me do that at least.

Having toys that he likes and I like helps us both out. We’re both more likely to play with them - and play with them together. He’ll get his music cube and we’ll explore the songs and the instruments together. Quite fun for us both.

Tags: magic cube, review, parenting, education