I don’t know about your kids, but mine LOVE music. My 3 year old sings all day and loves to listen to music. I was excited to have the opportunity to try the Interactive Plush Pal Freddie Frog from Viatek. These cute animals are a fun new way to listen to music for kids and adults.
My daughter is a huge fan of Phineas and Ferb, so I plugged Freddie into the headphone jack of my ipod and put on some music for her. The first time I tried it my 3 year old was sleeping and it was just my 1 year old up with me. First, my 1 year old was freaked out and started crying, but by the next morning she was interested in it and kept trying to make it sing. My 3 year old thought it was so funny to see the frog singing one of her favorite songs.
The Viatek Interactive Plush pals come in three varieties, Freddie the Frog, Patch the Dog, and Manny the Monkey. All three are adorable and sure to be a fun way for kids to listen to music. The speaker is really good quality too. You can even plug the interactive pals into your smart phone’s headphone jack and watch as Freddie the frog talks on the phone in time with your friends!
As with any toy, there are a few precautions to take with younger kids. First its very top heavy, it tends to fall over fairly easily. So, with small kids, I had to keep putting it back upright every time they touched it. Its not really a problem if you put it out of small kids reach. Also I would either like it to have a pocket to put your ipod/phone in or a longer cord. We were trying to let my 3 year old play with it, the 1 year old kept grabbing the cord and pulling the ipod away. It would be nice to be able to put your ipod/phone in a pocket on the back so that there were no cords hanging out to get caught up on. The cord issue aside I think this is a really fun toy and we will definitely be using it for our daughter when she wants to listen to music in the future.
The Interactive Plush Pals take 3 AAA batteries (not included) and retails for $39.99. Such a fun gift!
One lucky reader will win Manny the Monkey, a favorite Interactive Plush Pal! Enter to win via the Rafflecopter form below, contest is open until February 22, 2013. Good luck!
Teresa is a mom of two girls from Idaho who blogs over at Crafting in My Closet. She enjoys writing about kids products and sewing clothes for kids. Stop on by and check her out!
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Disclosure: I received the Viatek Interactive Pal Freddie the Frog for the purpose of reviewing this toy and all views are my own. Prize fulfillment will be handled by the sponsor.
My son would love watching it dance.
My 5 yr old loves monkeys and music .I know all 4 of my kids would like this.
My daughter would love that it sings and dances and she can use it with the songs she loves.
we would have a lot of fun with the interactive plush pal listening to music and dancing
My daughter and son would be absolutely mesmerized when it dances!
I think it is so cute when it talks in time to the person on the other end of the phone… email subscriber too!
that you can use it like a speaker
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i can hear my 3 sons laughing and carrying on with this, i like that it’s a speaker and it hooks up to a mp3 player and is interactive with the music…they would love this!….thanks
They would love that it moves!
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My kids would love to watch it sing along with their favorite songs!
My daughter is at an age to where she loves music and will bop around whenever she hears it.
So I know that she would think that this is so cute. and would laugh while she is dancing.
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that it dances
I subscribe via Google Reader and my boys would love that he talks on the phone.
My kids would love when the Plush Pal speaks in time with the person on the other end of the phone
My kids would love when the Plush Pal speaks in time with the person on the other end of the phone
My girls would love that it can dance along to their favorite songs.
My girls would love to dance with the pal! I’m an email subcriber!
i’d love to let him talk on the phone
This looks so fun! I love it when plush animals take a life of their own.
I like that it works as an MP3 speaker, it sings and dances along to music.
I subscribe via email and we would love that it speaks in time with the person on the other end of the phone.
My daughter would love to dance and sing with it.
My daughter loves music and dancing any toy that will do those things with her will be her new favorite
my granddaughter would love this-she loves listening to music
my son would love this. he could sing all day but gets shy this would help him not be so shy about singing.
My family would love to dance along with Freddy the Frog
My family would definitely enjoy watching it and probably dance along with it
I am an email subscriber
those are some cuties, love that they can be hooked onto my mp3-player
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My niece loves to dance around and sing. This would be perfect for her!
My grandson loves music and would enjoy dancing along.
My little girl loves anything that dances, moves or talks.
My daughter would like watching it dance.
singing and dancing are two of my little dude’s fav things lately!
Email subscriber. We like that it can sing and dance
My daughter would love to dance with it.
I love that the Plush Pal speaks in time with the person on the other end of the phone! How neat!
I like how interactive it is.
My daughter would love to watch it play her favorite songs!
I love the different animals it comes in and how it’s portable and loveable but also fun!
My girls would love that it comes in such cute animals!
I like that it sings and dances along o song when hooked to an MP3 player!
We like that it can be an MP3 speaker