BRIO Play & Learn Musical Caterpillar Review

Bonjour lecteurs! You might have seen it by now. We are obsessed with BRIO. The brand always creates beautiful toys that are made to last and we have so many trains but also a cute camping set we reviewed last month. This time, BRIO kindly sent us its Play & Learn Musical Caterpillar to test. It is a bit different from what we had so far but yet, it is pretty much another success! Read now our BRIO Play & Learn Musical Caterpillar Review with all the details.

BRIO Play & Learn Musical Caterpillar

Please note that before trying this super colourful toy, you need to insert 2 AAA batteries so that your little one can express their musical talents 🙂

So what is it all about? No train this time!

THE BRIO Play & Learn Musical Caterpillar offers a very fun way for your child to discover the basics of music.

And when you do the right combinations, you can also create some famous melodies!

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I kept it as a surprise for our holiday!

L’idée est simple: each time you place a wooden knob in the holes, it makes a tone. Connect the head and the tail of the caterpillar and you will produce a cute melody with a light. How fun!

BRIO Play & Learn Musical Caterpillar – Some Cute Features

As Grumpy Boyfriend is very musical and has many keyboards, we are trying to get Baba into music. Very young he has shown a lot of curiosité for his dad’s instruments.

So I was very excited to receive the BRIO Play & Learn Musical Caterpillar. I am far from being an artist myself so I thought it was a good idea to get Baba and I playing together and have fun!

The Brio Play & Learn Musical Caterpillar is basically a surface with sensitive spots. We like the vibrant colours and the choice of adding a caterpillar. It reminds me of a children’s song. Sweet detail!

And if your little one is stuck, you have a booklet in the box with the different ways to produce a melody!

Baba Plays Some Music

But it is pretty simple to use and Baba was fast to create some tunes! He was just very excited to produce some sounds.

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Baba wanted to play with it straight away!

He quickly worked out that by connecting the head to the tail with the knobs (you have 4 in the pack), he could make some music.

This is very clever because, for younger children, the Brio Play & Learn Musical Caterpillar develop their sense of melodies but not only. Kids can also discover the notion of cause and effect (put it in the right hole and it will make a sound).

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Testing the combinations!

Another thing we like? Baba has played with it so many times and the batteries are still going strong! God knows that he created a lot of music! You might have seen it on my Instagram as I shared a couple of stories…

BRIO Play & Learn Musical Caterpillar Review – Le verdict

It’s another success with the BRIO Play & Learn Musical Caterpillar! Baba absolutely loves it!

As always with this brand, each detail has been put into place so that you can have hours of fun with the toy.

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This is a winning combo!

La preuve it is a cool toy? Baba is usually good at sharing his things but I was barely allowed to touch the BRIO Play & Learn Musical Caterpillar when we took it in Devon with us!

The full set is compact so that you can take it anywhere with you (we even had some music in the car!). We love the colours, bright and so vibrant as always!

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Only missing one to make some music

This is a very clever toy to develop your little ones’ senses. It helps them develop sounds with music and logical thinking when they work out a combination to make melodies.

Plus it is super fun for children as the caterpillar lights up when you create a melody! Suitable from 24 months, I would have happily let Baba play with it before (careful with the pieces not to be swallowed with younger ones!)

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Yeah! We made it! And the yellow bits light up too!

What a fab toy! Even I enjoy it when I am so rubbish with music!

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He played so many times with this!

What do you think about this cute Brio toy? I hope our BRIO Play & Learn Musical Caterpillar Review got you tempted to get one? Retailed at £34.99, it would make a super fab present for any aspiring musician 🙂

Disclosure: With thanks to Brio for sending us the BRIO Play & Learn Musical Caterpillar. It is always a happy day in the Frenchie house when we get a parcel from BRIO 🙂

 

 

 

 

14 Comments

  1. Tracy Nixon
    September 9, 2018 / 5:48 pm

    Looks great! I am not at all musical either but it sounds fun and love the wooden balls!

  2. Clare Lou Parker
    September 9, 2018 / 7:15 pm

    Fantastic looks fun

  3. MARIA ROGERS
    September 9, 2018 / 7:58 pm

    wow! that is fabulous, fun and interactive

  4. Margaret GALLAGHER
    September 10, 2018 / 4:33 am

    So cute – we’d have great fun learning ! Love the idea

  5. Ashleigh Allan
    September 10, 2018 / 7:18 am

    Looks a great toy

  6. Hayley Colburn
    September 10, 2018 / 1:46 pm

    Looks great, and sounds like it would keep the little ones occupied for a while too

  7. Ema J Lowe
    September 10, 2018 / 7:41 pm

    that looks so good, not seen anything like that before.

  8. MARK HOPKINS
    September 10, 2018 / 9:16 pm

    My little one would love this.

  9. Sandra Fortune
    September 11, 2018 / 3:49 pm

    That’s fab Brio do some lovely toys and baba looks to be enjoying his music

  10. john prendergast
    September 12, 2018 / 12:04 pm

    looks fun and engaging toy

  11. Annabel Greaves
    September 12, 2018 / 1:46 pm

    This looks like lots of fun to play with

  12. Priscilla Stubbs
    September 14, 2018 / 10:20 am

    Looks like fun and I am sure Arlo would love this

  13. Jo Carroll
    September 14, 2018 / 1:03 pm

    Wooden toys are brilliant – so durable…last for generations – still have some of mine 😉

  14. Samantha O'D
    September 15, 2018 / 9:23 pm

    Looks great, one for the Christmas list maybe

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