10 Best Musical Baby Toys Reviewed in 2024

Design

The design of this musical toy offers five sides of fun. Each side of the cube a design that encourages the little ones to play and have fun while also exploring musical and movable parts. Some sides also offer light up activities with musical features that introduce songs and playful melodies that will really catch their attention. Discovering and exploring each side will be a new adventure each and every time.

Educational Value

The VTech Busy Learners Activity Cube is purple and ready to entertain little ones. It features five sides of encouraging discovery play and exploring. There are four buttons that light up and play animal sounds, introduce animal names, and say the shapes. This is a great preschool learning toy that features 14 different interactive activities that stimulates development of fine motor skills and helps encourage the little ones to sit up and play. It also includes a motion sensor that plays fun sounds when the cube is moved around. This encourages their attention and can even promote crawling to the toy when ready.

Entertainment Value

It plays 25 different playful tunes that keep them engaged. It is made of BPA free plastic and has an adjustable volume control along with an automatic shut-off. A 5-sided activity toy complete with highly interactive features and buttons that light up, the Busy Learners Activity Cube is what you will get for your baby if you want a toy that will grow with him or her.

Design

It’s small and can easily fit in your pocket or even your bag’s side pocket. It has lights and sounds that should come in handy for developing your baby’s brain. Best of all, it’s easy to grasp especially with the small hands of your little one.

Educational Value

It boasts of 7 baby-friendly melodies that can be easily switched using a large-button interface. It also has a LED-like display that shines with very colorful lights to enhance your baby’s visual perception while ensuring auditory stimulation.

Entertainment Value

We all know children love music, and songs are a bit longer than tunes on many baby playthings, so it’s not annoying you by switching all the time. Your baby will be entertained by the lights that flash as the music plays. This colorful interactive music box involves pushing a button to make it play, strengthening muscles in your baby’s hands and arms. The easy grasp handle and small size make this toy a cinch to pack so it can travel with you. The familiar songs are fun for you to remember and fun for your child. You will love the quieter classical music, too, for nap time. You and your baby will fall in love with this sweet little music center.

Design

The VTech Pull and Sing Pup is simple to operate! Pull him along on his leash, or give him a push and he’ll play music and light up. Pushing the buttons on his side produces additional sounds and helps kids to learn numbers. His base is short though, so he can fall over pretty easily when your little one walks him.

Educational Value

This interactive pup doesn’t just make noise and strut around; he helps kids learn, as well. He can issue prompts and commands such as “find my yellow button”. Children quickly learn to associate words with visuals and may even pick up on puppy lingo too. (Don’t be surprised if they start barking!)

Entertainment Value

The little ones will be able to go on musical adventures with their sing and pull puppy at any time. The puppy features a musical interactive design that when the puppy is pulled along by the cord the music will start to play. The more they pull the longer the music will go on. The neatest thing is their legs also move so it is like they are really walking right behind.

Design

Do you remember having tea parties when you were little? Many of us do and had lots of teatime fun. Who wouldn’t want to pass that lovely experience on to their children? This Leap Frog tea set has the ‘adorable’ quality throughout. It’s so colorful and bright. When the tea brews, the teapot sings songs and talks, teaching colors, and counting.

Educational Value

Parents can form a stronger bond with their daughters by helping them understand what the teapot is teaching. Your child can learn colors and matching, how to serve the tea and cakes, and even how to count. These actions will help them when they enter preschool. They will know how to share and make friends, and count and match colors. Pouring tea and serving cake enhances motor skills while listening to the 50 songs and phrases will teach hearing and language. You and your child can carry on conversations over tea; then they can do the same with their friends. This is a teachable moment for your child. Your little one will be thrilled and have a wonderful time learning about tea.

Entertainment Value

The pot and two tea cups come with a tea cake whose pieces can be removed from the platter. Picture your little girl with her friends gathered around the table as she pours tea and delivers slices of cake to her guests. The teapot comes with two cups and a tea cake. It makes pouring sounds and whistles when the tea has finished brewing. The six colors change as your child watches the tea brew, and she can sing along to the tea brewing songs.

Design

Musical toys are not always all about the ones that they push buttons and it plays music, these maracas are the perfect addition to any little ones musically toy collection. They have been designed to be easy to grasp for their little hands and when they get to shaking a smile will instantly appear on their face. The design is also colorful to catch their attention and each end of the maraca has a different features that they will love exploring.

Educational Value

Your child can shake them and make noise, bring out their inner musician and strengthen gross muscle movement. Your baby’s muscles will grow stronger. Eventually, his arms will be able to support him. He’ll become your little superhero as his eye-hand coordination improves, and your Mom heart will swell with pride. The soft ends of the rattles don’t make noise. They are soft and make a great teether when one is needed. Your child will love the soft, tactile experience. Babies learn by touching multiple surfaces, and the maraca rattles will take them a step closer to growing up.

Entertainment Value

Like the real maracas, it comes in two per set. One end of the maracas is a pom-pom bottom with colorful balls that rattle and create the maracas effect. The other end is made of soft chewable material perfect for stimulating tooth eruption. Fisher-Price brings back happy memories for many of us, and they still make high quality, safe toys. These maracas are rattles that help stimulate and expand a baby’s senses by exposing them to new parts of their environment.

Design

The Hohner 4 Piece Baby Band is a perfect musical toy to let a baby shake to create fun sounds. The set includes a small tube shaker, small maraca, a little rattle, and a cage bell. It also comes with a bag made from vinyl that makes a great carrying case for the set. All the items in the Baby Band set have been tested for safety and are great for children over the age of 3 months.

Educational Value

Little ones will love getting their rocking and shaking on with this set of musical toys. Included in the set are four different types of musical toys that each makes its own sound. The sounds are very unique to each of the pieces that are included. As they learn to explore with each one it will promote speech and sound awareness that helps develop language skills as they grow.

Entertainment Value

If you feel like your baby is going to be a rock star someday, then you have to get the 4-Piece Baby Band by Hohner. It includes a cage bell, a baby maraca, a mini rainmaker, and baby tambourine, perfect for babies as young as 3 months old. Your baby can now enjoy the wide range of different sounds. The tambourine is actually a baby rattle while the rainmaker is marketed as a mini rainbow shaker.

Design

While VTech is known for premium products, the usefulness and versatility of this toy is considered to be a real bargain for its price. It is made of BPA-free plastic so it is safe and very easy to clean. The large and colorful buttons plus interactive sounds make for an overall sensory learning experience for your baby. Best of all, your baby will be using it until he or she gets to 3 years of age.

Educational Value

The VTech Rhyme and Discover Book is a colorful 6 paged book made from BPA free plastic. The side tabs of the book feature 3 characters that light up for a fully interactive experience. The book contains 7 nursery rhymes and movable pieces within the pages plus 20 sounds, phrases, and songs. When the lights and sounds start the book will also ask open ended questions to inspire cognitive learning skills for your baby and toddler as they learn. The book is completely safe and easily wipes off when playtime is completed. The book measures about 8 inches by 8 ½ inches making it great for little learning hands. When using this musical toy book as a learning experience it will encourage verbal skills, promote parent-child interaction, and strengthen both gross and fine motor skills for a wonderful learning experience.

Entertainment Value

There is so much going on with this activity toy from trusted V-Tech. This company has been around for a long time and diligently matches their toys to stages of child development. Colorful lights, rhythmic reading, and upbeat sounds are the highlight of this cute book. Your child will love pressing the buttons, discovering that she is the one who is making the melodies. She is sure to squeal with delight as she learns new sounds and then connects the lights to the music. The five full pages will give you time to bond with your child as you study the rhymes and songs together.

Design

The design of this musical toy is perfect for entertaining those little ones that are in car seats, strollers, or play seats. To play the musical feature is simple for them to discover, just a pull of the rings, head of the bug, or the mirror to extend the body out and the music starts. The best part of the design is the motion that the bug has when it moves back up as it plays music for 90 seconds.

Educational Value

The bug also features 2 rings that clack together as the bug moves, a mirror, and legs that have knots on the end for sensory skills. This is a great musical toy to entertain a little one at home or on the go. This toy encourages gross motor skills while stimulating visual perception and accelerates brain development. This is a cute playful toy to include on any littles ones car seat.

Entertainment Value

The Infantino Hug and Tug Musical Bug is a huggable bug that plays music after it is pulled down. This is a great toy to hang from a car seat, from an activity center, or even from the stroller. When pulling down on the rings the bug slowly moves back up while playing music for 90 seconds.

Design

The cube plays five different sounds--the horn, harp, flute, piano, and violin. On each side of the cube, it has a button that plays each of the instruments solo and then also plays the famous compositions. When the music is playing, the buttons light up and shine with the tempo of the music. All of the corners on the cube have been rounded and it is easy for them to pick up and hold.

Educational Value

All babies develop at their own rates and providing them with toys that allow them to explore and master those developmental milestones helps encourage the rate of their development. Toys that promote their fine-motor-skill development allow them to practice and master their hand and finger skills through a fun playtime activity.

Entertainment Value

This is one of the most exciting and delighting toys on the list. This musical cube is absolutely perfect for any age range and offers an interactive design that is very entertaining. The little ones are able to press the buttons that featured on each side and then listen to the musical masterpieces that are classical orchestra tunes from Mozart.

Ease of Use

Babies just love music and are really drawn to things that make or play music. That is what makes this discovery table so interesting to them. They will discover, play, and come back to the table day after day. The table is a great way to introduce your baby to the world of creative fun. They are able to make their own music by tapping the keys on the piano while also learning their numbers and colors. Then they can move onto the guitar, the drum, and even play the sounds of a horn. The center of the table offers a music book that the little ones are able to flip through the pages and listen to music, watch the lights, and switch between the modes.

Educational Value

One of the neatest features of this musical activity center is the switchable language button. The button allows the little ones to be able to switch between English, French, and Spanish. Allowing the little ones to be able to interact with a musical toy that promotes language choices gives them exposure to the language in a fun and exploring way.

Entertainment Value

Watching this table grow with your children is so rewarding. When they are first starting to play with the table, it sits on the floor for them to play. Then, once they learn to stand, watching them stand at the table and bang away is very cute, plus super-entertaining for them.