Smartivity DIY Music Machine for Kids 8-14 Years Old I Birthday Gifts for Boys & Girls | Build Your Own Programmable Music Box I STEM/Science Engineering Toy for 8,9,10,11,12,13,14 Years

I bought this for my son who has autism and is mostly non-verbal. My son wasn't interested in putting this together but I enjoyed it quite a bit! He did spend quite a bit of time playing with it experimenting with putting in the pegs and creating different sounds. High Quality, Fun, and works very well-educational too.

I wanted a special, useful gift. So many birthday gifts are junk and I was tired of going to a toy store and buying gifts just to walk in with something. The toy stores don't have a wide range of selections, while Amazon totally Rocks with great gifts for all ages.

Our young granddaughter enjoyed building this music box, then "programing" it with the little pegs, to play songs. The only problem is that the number of beats of a song it can play is very limited.

This appears to be a great educational craft. Pieces are well made and well organized. Instructions are detailed, understandable, and very colorful. The concept is exceptional. It appears to be a great challenge to put together but I believe a sharp child or sharp adult can master the assembly without any problem. I've looked the product over and am well pleased with all I've observed. I confess it's not put together yet because I'm waiting on my grandson to return from a trip so that we can assemble the craft together as a Grandfather/Grandson project. I'm looking forward to getting started and hope to do a second updated review when the project is completed. I think it will turn out well.

I got two of these. I sent one to my grandchildren in Michigan and gave the other to my grandchildren living in the next town. They are young enough that their parents had to assist with assembly, but the finished product can be used by all but the youngest. It makes a pleasing sound. They like it as much as I do.

Kids age 5-9 loved it. Be gentle as you pop out the pieces from little frames so they don't break.

It’s super cool, but wasn’t easy for my child to assemble and the pegs really hurt the thumbs. They are not able to remove them without adult.

A lot of parts but once finished, it's great

This is one of the nicest purchase that we have done for the children recently. It engaged the children for a good three hours. The step-by-step, illustrated guide book that comes with the product has clear instructions for assembling the xylophone. The book has a few suggested music and their corresponding position for the pegs. Someone who understands music can alter the peg positions and create their own music. We have created and recorded several music for some common nursery rhymes and even Brahm's Lullaby. We will be happy to share them with others if anyone is interested. I have other Smartivity products. I am impressed with their quality, the efforts and thoughts that goes into creating them. Thank you is the least I can say to the creators.

We bought as a gift. After a few weeks of construction, the rubber bands disintegrated, we replaced with spares, but this continued until the item could not be used. Great fun project, but ruined by the fact the bands were poor quality.

Good quality, Very intetesting game toy.. insightful, great for kids and adults.

I had ordered this item to present it for my nephew’s birthday and he liked it pretty well. Best part of the show is, building/assembling the Music machine and Peg holder with the provided BoM (child parts). Product assembly instructions are very clearly provided and quality of each small pieces/child items are very good. The only sad part is, I have received only 7 sound plates and 1 plate is missing from the package. I have raised the request in Smartivity platform for the same. Overall, it's a very interesting product and keeps the kid engaging throughout it’s construction. Music sounded very inline with the song. At last, prepare the notes and play the music as you wish!!

Great product. Fun building the music box with my child. Pieces are easy to pop off and step by step instructions are easy to follow.