Our Favorite Toniebox Figurines
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I get asked a lot about our favorite Toniebox figurines (and Yoto cards—stay tuned for that post next!), so I figured it was time to compile a list of our favorites. I am not going to pretend to be an expert on Tonie figurines; these are just the ones we happen to love in our home. I got each of my children a Toniebox for their first birthday. Since my son turned one, 2.5 years ago, we have collected a reasonable-sized set of Tonie figurines.
The Toniebox is a screen free music player. I have a review on my comparison between the Toniebox and the Yoto if you want to check that out. I have found even before 1, babies are often able to navigate it themselves and play music. It uses figurines to play different music and stories.
Since we got this when my son was 12 months I started with mostly songs and then added on some stories. I preferred reality-based stories as my son was still pretty young. That said, there are not a ton of Montessori-aligned and reality-based stories for the Toniebox. We got some, but I also got some less reality-based ones as well. My son did not take to listening to the stories on the Toniebox until a bit later. He preferred the music at first (which is why I got him the Toniebox anyway).
I am not someone who generally plays music in the home. The sounds of everyday life are usually enough to overstimulate me without adding music. So while I can tune out music plenty well, I just don’t tend to put it on. That said, I wanted more music for my children. This is what led me to get the Toniebox so that my 1-year-old could play music himself since it just isn’t something I naturally play all the time.
I will say the Toniebox gets used much more for music while we use the Yoto more for stories. We have a more extensive story library for Yoto and it gained more usage once my son was interested in listening to stories from the device versus the Toniebox he always used for songs. I found the Toniebox was by far the preferred device until 3/3.5 but now my son uses the Yoto a lot more and listens more to stories there.
Our Favorite Toniebox Music
Playtime Puppy: This is the Tonie that usually comes with the Toniebox and we love it! It has classic children’s songs. It is the one place my son heard the ABC song which translated to him learning all the letter names incredibly quickly without instruction. I like my children to be exposed to those classic children’s songs so this was a great one!
Travel Mouse: we love these travel-inspired songs! Similar to Playtime Puppy, Travel Mouse features classic children’s songs, but these ones have a travel theme. They are fun songs and my children really enjoy them.
Counting songs: Again, these are classic children’s songs but ones that feature numbers and counting (think "The Ants Go Marching On”).
Bedtime songs: This Tonie features classic lullabies. My son listened to this while falling asleep for over a year. I loved that he could put it on himself as part of the bedtime routine.
Our Favorite Toniebox Stories
The Very Hungry Caterpillar: This might by my son’s favorite story on the Toniebox. He loves the story itself and is familiar with the book which made this story on the Toniebox enjoyable from pretty early on.
Guess How Much I Love You: This is another book that my son is familiar with and as a result enjoyed the story on the Toniebox pretty early on. It’s such a sweet story.
Corduroy: This is such a sweet story and I find this Tonie playing on my son’s Toniebox quite a bit!
Winnie the Pooh: Admittedly we are not huge Disney fans and I have stayed away from most of the Disney Toniebox figurines (of which there are many) but I did get the Winnie the Pooh one and my son enjoys listening to it.
Peter Rabbit: We love Peter Rabbit in our home and this Tonie is one of our favorites!
Other Toniebox Favorites
Astronaut National Geographic Tonie: As my son has gotten older I have explored some of this style Tonie. My son loves space so this one was a hit! He learned a lot about space listening to it. This reinvigorated my son’s interest in the Toniebox when he had not been using it for a bit.
Creative Tonie: Probably my actual favorite type of Tonie is a make you own one. While it is a bit more challenging these days since no one really owns music, being able to add your own music or record your own stories to customize is wonderful. A great option is having family record different stories!
There you go, that’s a list of our favorite Tonies! While gathering links for this list I came across quite a few Tonies I thought looked interesting to my children. I might pick up some new ones as gifts soon and will update this list if we love those as well!
