The Story Orchestra: Sleeping Beauty Musical Puzzle

$40.00

Author/s: Jessica Courtney-Tickle

Format: Puzzle

Publication Date: October 8, 2024

The Story Orchestra Musical Puzzle: Sleeping Beauty is a 48-piece puzzle with shaped pieces and four musical excerpts. Piece together the magical adventure of Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty ballet with this unique musical jigsaw puzzle hear the music play!

Sleeping Beauty musical jigsaw puzzle: Featuring four sound clips of an orchestra playing from Tchaikovsky's original score - a perfect gift for music lovers and aspiring ballerinas. 4 musical buttons to press: Complete the puzzle to see how the story ends and press the musical note inside the shaped pieces to hear the music.

Sturdy gift box contains: 48-piece puzzle (44 child-friendly pieces, plus 4 shaped pieces with cutouts for pressing the musical buttons) and an educational poster; finished puzzle measures 29.7 21 cm.
Edutainment for ages 4-7: Includes a puzzle frame that gives a concise retelling of the story of Sleeping Beauty and a double-sided poster with information about the composer, music and the story's ending on one side, and the full puzzle image on the other

Begin with a musical tray that tells the story of Sleeping Beauty - from the birth of Princess Aurora and her curse by the evil fairy Carabosse, to when she pricks her finger on a spindle on her sixteenth birthday and falls into a deep sleep - and discover how the curse is finally lifted with the help of the lilac fairy.

Using the full puzzle image on the poster as a reference, piece together the enchanting illustration showing the happy ending to this magical story. Prince Florimund awakens the sleeping beauty, Princess Aurora, with a gentle kiss, the palace reawakens, and the Prince and Princess decide to celebrate their marriage in their beautiful kingdom. As you slot the shaped pieces into place, press the musical notes to hear the vivid sound of an orchestra playing from Tchaikovsky's original score. Imagine the ballerinas and flowers spinning gracefully to Tchaikovskys most famous waltz, Once Upon a Dream, the stormy notes of Carabosse's angry spell and the hopeful, rising notes of the princess's magical awakening.

Turn the poster over to find additional details on the story's happy ending, as well as a brief biography of the composer and how his music connects with the story.

This musical jigsaw puzzle is the perfect gift to introduce children to classical music.

Manufacturer's note: please pull the white tab out of the back of the puzzle frame before use. Sound buttons require a firm push in the exact location to work, which may be hard for young children. All sound clips are 10 seconds long.

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