DIY Music Box Kits

A wooden music box you build yourself has a charm no ready-made object can match: you placed every piece, and it's your own model that plays the melody. This collection brings together our DIY music box kits with a real music movement inside, from fairground Ferris wheels to a tram beneath the cherry trees. It's part of our mechanical model kits.

The models in the collection

• Musical Ferris wheels: The Classic Musical Ferris Wheel (29.3 cm tall), The Musical Ferris Wheel with Figurine, The Musical Ferris Wheel Under the Arch and The Ferris Wheel Music Box with its little fir trees. On these four models, the music movement is hidden in the base and winds up by hand, no batteries needed.
• The whole fairground: The Musical Amusement Park brings together a Ferris wheel, a carousel and stalls on a round base, with its own music movement.
• Music and light: The Ferris Wheel and Its Glowing Village lights up its windows while the music plays, and The Sakura Music Box moves a tram beneath the cherry trees while playing two melodies, powered by USB-C.
• The big project: The Wisteria Castle, 701 pieces and a music movement built into the kit, for those who already have a few builds under their belt.

How to choose your music box kit

For a first musical build, an intermediate-level Ferris wheel is the right starting point: a slender silhouette, a few evenings of building and a melody at the end. If you want light as well as music, look at the Glowing Village or The Sakura Music Box. And for an exceptional gift for an experienced builder, The Wisteria Castle. The difficulty, dimensions and box contents are listed on each product page.

Frequently asked questions

Do you need batteries?

Not for the four musical Ferris wheels and the Amusement Park: their music movement winds up by hand. The Sakura Music Box plugs in via USB-C (wall adapter not included), as does the lighting of The Wisteria Castle. The details for each model are listed on its product page.

Do you need glue?

For the Ferris wheels, regular wood glue (not included) is used to attach the smallest pieces. The Sakura Music Box is built without glue.

What age are they for?

These kits are recommended for ages 14 and up. They're models to build with patience, made for teens and adults.

Want movement without music? The London Marble Run, a wooden marble run kit, sends its marbles rolling through Big Ben and Tower Bridge. And for a scene that lights up between two books, discover our book nooks.