Alex Tub Tunes Water Flutes

by Alex Toys

Product Features

• Make music in the tub
• Real water flute
• Fill the flutes with varying amounts of water for multiple tones
• Waterproof song sheets included
• Part of the Tub Tunes Collection

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 12.2 x 3 inches ; 8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000I7ZHO4
• Item model number: 4005
• Manufacturer recommended age: 36 months - 7 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #929 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
  • #12 in Toys & Games > Preschool > Pre-Kindergarten Toys > Bath Toys
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (43 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

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.

Product Description

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

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

106 of 106 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun even out of the bath, but watch your preschooler, September 30, 2009

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DCSenators (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Alex Tub Tunes Water Flutes (Toy)

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!

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Older daughter love these too, December 29, 2008

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Chillin' Out - See all my reviews

This review is from: Alex Tub Tunes Water Flutes (Toy)

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.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Looks more fun than it is., December 30, 2009

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Shannyn Bishop Snyder - See all my reviews

= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Alex Tub Tunes Water Flutes (Toy)

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.