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A musical toy that plays several classical songs with flashing lights and has five, colorful and detachable animals to play with.
<p><strong>Toy Description</strong></p> <p>The Fisher Price Sparkling Symphony has five colorful animals, a light show, and several classical music songs that children can listen to and add harmony to. Batteries are included.</p> <p><strong>Play</strong></p> <p>Once the toy is turned on, children can take the animals off of the stand and play with them. Each animal has a different shaped base that they fit on to, so kids have to match each animal to their stand. Once the toy is turned on, it will start playing music, and then once the child puts the animal back in its correct place, harmony will be added to the music, so by matching the animals, they are making their own music.</p> <p><strong>Observations</strong></p> <p>The Sparkling Symphony from Fisher Price plays music and lets children add their own harmony to songs by putting the small plastic animals in the corresponding colored stand. The toy has five small plastic animals that come in bright colors including red, green, blue, yellow, and purple. There is also a light show that children can watch. It has a volume dial, which users have said is helpful in making sure that the volume is not super loud, but it can be just loud enough for the child to hear. Reviewers also mentioned that it was a good educational toy for teaching younger children colors and animals. There is an elephant, dragon, bear, lion, and giraffe and a variety of colors. The toy plays several songs, so the same one is not playing all of the time. The toy comes with batteries, and users said that they have lasted for years.</p> <p>Fisher Price recommends this toy for children ages six months and up, but several users said that kids don&rsquo;t really get what the point of the toy is and don&rsquo;t start using it until about age eighteen months. Also, the five animals are made out of plastic, but some reviewers were disappointed that they were made of a very hard plastic because it made it harder for babies to chew on them while teething.</p> <p><strong>Care</strong></p> <ul> <li>If the animals get sticky or dirty, they can be rinsed off in the sink or wiped down with a damp cloth</li> <li>The animals all sit on the toy and can be kept there when the toy is not being used</li> </ul> <p><strong>Parts and Pieces</strong></p> <p>The toy comes with a plastic base with the on, off, and volume control buttons, and five animals- an elephant, dragon, bear, lion, and giraffe- that can sit on the toy.</p> <p><strong>Concerns</strong></p> <p>Several users had concerns about the age recommendations. Fisher Price recommends this toy for children ages six months and up, but many users said that their children didn&rsquo;t really play with the toy until eighteen months, so we recommend a child be between sixteen to eighteen months old to play with this toy.&nbsp;</p>
Sparkling Symphony Compose 'n Play Orchestra
Date published: 2016-08-01
8.50 / 10 stars

Sparkling Symphony Compose 'n Play Orchestra

by Fisher Price
current stage2016-08-01

Fisher Price's Sparkling Symphony plays a variety of classical songs and comes with five colorful animals that children can take on and off of the toy to add harmony to the songs. Batteries are included. 

  • Sparkling Symphony Compose 'n Play Orchestra
  • Sparkling Symphony Compose 'n Play Orchestra
Sparkling Symphony Compose 'n Play Orchestra
Overall8.50
This measure how often, for how long, and how many different ages will play with this toy. A great toy will be loved for years, and is still wanted as the child grows.
Replay
  • 7.50
 
This measures the quality of the materials and production processes used.
Quality
  • 9.00
 
This scores how well a toy encourages critical thinking, pattern recognition, and memory improvement.
Cognitive
  • 7.00
 
Including both gross and fine motor skills, this measure how much this toy engages and challenges physical mobility, body awareness, and coordination.
Motor
  • 9.00
 
Used only for baby toys, we grade toys on the types of sounds they make. Be it soothing lullabies, energizing dance music, or animal sounds, noises should not be dangerously loud.
Audio Stimulation
  • 9.00
 
Used only for baby toys, this measures how much this toy will keep baby’s attention by drawing their eye.
Visual Stimulation
  • 9.50
 

Product Specs

Age 18 months- 3 years
Made in China
Recalls No
Batteries No Batteries Required
Materials Plastic
Choking Hazard No
Date Reviewed 08/10/2016

Where to Buy

Amazon $37.99
Pros
  • Bright colors
  • Volume feature
  • Batteries last a long time
  • Light show
  • Durablle
Cons
  • Animals are made of very hard plastic
  • Difficult for children to chew on
Detailed Review

Toy Description

The Fisher Price Sparkling Symphony has five colorful animals, a light show, and several classical music songs that children can listen to and add harmony to. Batteries are included.

Play

Once the toy is turned on, children can take the animals off of the stand and play with them. Each animal has a different shaped base that they fit on to, so kids have to match each animal to their stand. Once the toy is turned on, it will start playing music, and then once the child puts the animal back in its correct place, harmony will be added to the music, so by matching the animals, they are making their own music.

Observations

The Sparkling Symphony from Fisher Price plays music and lets children add their own harmony to songs by putting the small plastic animals in the corresponding colored stand. The toy has five small plastic animals that come in bright colors including red, green, blue, yellow, and purple. There is also a light show that children can watch. It has a volume dial, which users have said is helpful in making sure that the volume is not super loud, but it can be just loud enough for the child to hear. Reviewers also mentioned that it was a good educational toy for teaching younger children colors and animals. There is an elephant, dragon, bear, lion, and giraffe and a variety of colors. The toy plays several songs, so the same one is not playing all of the time. The toy comes with batteries, and users said that they have lasted for years.

Fisher Price recommends this toy for children ages six months and up, but several users said that kids don’t really get what the point of the toy is and don’t start using it until about age eighteen months. Also, the five animals are made out of plastic, but some reviewers were disappointed that they were made of a very hard plastic because it made it harder for babies to chew on them while teething.

Care

  • If the animals get sticky or dirty, they can be rinsed off in the sink or wiped down with a damp cloth
  • The animals all sit on the toy and can be kept there when the toy is not being used

Parts and Pieces

The toy comes with a plastic base with the on, off, and volume control buttons, and five animals- an elephant, dragon, bear, lion, and giraffe- that can sit on the toy.

Concerns

Several users had concerns about the age recommendations. Fisher Price recommends this toy for children ages six months and up, but many users said that their children didn’t really play with the toy until eighteen months, so we recommend a child be between sixteen to eighteen months old to play with this toy. 

Manufacturer's Description

Brand new in factory sealed box

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