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Play music in the tub. Real flutes for the tub are tuned by filling them with varying amounts of water to produce multiple tones. Includes easy-to-follow, waterproof song sheets. Part of the Tub Tunes Collection.
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With these 5 Water Flutes, you can experiment with music and learn to play songs during bath time. Discover different sounds and tones with these real musical flutes that can be tuned with water to create a variety of sounds. Includes
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114 of 115 people found the following review helpful
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My son is almost 3 and he LOVES these flutes (he calls them "whistles").
SOUND: Honestly, the sound is not as annoying as the average recorder or whistle (though the higher pitches become correspondingly, well, shriller).
HOW THEY WORK: The note each of these instruments plays is based on how much water is in the flute, which means that if you're doing this with a three year old you need to help them carefully fill these flutes to the right level (and you're probably not going to be playing the included songs right away). I think this is actually great educational value--practice letters with little kids, talk about the relationship between the water level and the sound as the child gets older, including scales, etc.) but if you're hoping your kid is going to play ("properly") with this toy on his or her own at 3 or 4, you might be disappointed.
PROBLEM--DRINKING THE BATH WATER: I would actually suggest parents with younger children consider playing with these outside of the bathtub (maybe with a deep bowl of water for filling the flutes?). I say this because if your kid tips the flute back (that is, instead of holding it in "recorder" position, he chooses "trumpet" position) water will pour into his mouth. Since the bath water is not the cleanest, I'm not thrilled about that. Ditto if you're thinking of using them in a pool. Obviously, it's good to teach your kids the proper way to hold these instruments, but still, preschool age kids are always going to be tipping them back some of the time, even by accident.
Anyway, in short, I think these are really fun toys, and I'll definitely be buying them for friends!
SOUND: Honestly, the sound is not as annoying as the average recorder or whistle (though the higher pitches become correspondingly, well, shriller).
HOW THEY WORK: The note each of these instruments plays is based on how much water is in the flute, which means that if you're doing this with a three year old you need to help them carefully fill these flutes to the right level (and you're probably not going to be playing the included songs right away). I think this is actually great educational value--practice letters with little kids, talk about the relationship between the water level and the sound as the child gets older, including scales, etc.) but if you're hoping your kid is going to play ("properly") with this toy on his or her own at 3 or 4, you might be disappointed.
PROBLEM--DRINKING THE BATH WATER: I would actually suggest parents with younger children consider playing with these outside of the bathtub (maybe with a deep bowl of water for filling the flutes?). I say this because if your kid tips the flute back (that is, instead of holding it in "recorder" position, he chooses "trumpet" position) water will pour into his mouth. Since the bath water is not the cleanest, I'm not thrilled about that. Ditto if you're thinking of using them in a pool. Obviously, it's good to teach your kids the proper way to hold these instruments, but still, preschool age kids are always going to be tipping them back some of the time, even by accident.
Anyway, in short, I think these are really fun toys, and I'll definitely be buying them for friends!
22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
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These are marketed toward younger children, but my 9 yr. old loves them. She's quite impressed now playing Mary Had a Little Lamb by memory :) You can keep all the flutes together in the holder or take them apart if you have more than one child.
I will warn that after a while you get sick of hearing the kids playing the same songs over and over and over again, but they're happy so just wear some earplugs.
I will warn that after a while you get sick of hearing the kids playing the same songs over and over and over again, but they're happy so just wear some earplugs.
17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
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My daughter loves being in the tub, so naturally, we looked at the Alex products and bought quite a few. The flutes do not stay in the blue foam holder at all, and they slip, so they will not stay at the same level either. My daughter can use the flutes individually, which does not help when you want to do a song. If the holder was a snap-in holder, it would be a better product. My husband is going to try and rig something up.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Kids LOVE THESE!!
My kids had so much fun in the bath as soon as we got these!! Even my 16 month old figured out how to play with them!
Published 2 days ago by MamaDof2
Great for the bath
My kids love this. It's hard to find a toy a 3 year old and a 6 year old both like. But they both enjoy these. Read more
Published 19 days ago by Suzanne Sheath
Makes bath time fun again!
My 2-1/2yr old loves the during bath time. We went through a phase of her not wanting to take a bath; but these brought the fun back into bath time and made getting in to the bath... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Nani's Mommy
Just way too loud
My daughter(s) got this set of flutes from Grandma for Christmas. It seemed great and i was really excited about it. They are 2 and 4 (almost 5). Read more
Published 1 month ago by R. Zunino
Very nice!
This is a delightful device; I can well understand how so many mothers have found that their kids love it. Read more
Published 2 months ago by ncleO
Bringing music to bathtime
These are well made toys. The connections at the bottom are a little hard to turn, but you can just secure them once and you can always drain the water by flipping the flute over... Read more
Published 3 months ago by reviewer
Fun toy in or out of the bath
My daughter absolutely loves this toy, the holder itself is fairly useless except for packaging but the actual flutes are pretty nice and have surprising decent sound for a... Read more
Published 4 months ago by TechnoAngina
SO CUTE!!!!
Oh my goodness I think i love this toy more than my daughter. What an awesome toy to play with in the bath! The notes sound so awesome and its such a fun fun toy to play with! Read more
Published 4 months ago by mums24
Fantastic!!
I ordered this for my 4-yr-old daughter who loves bath time, thinking it would at least be a fun, if noisy, bath activity. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Jessica
Great fun!
The tub flute is an awesome toy for a 7 year old! Helps them understand the scientific principles behind pipe music. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Jay Treadway
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