No box lid to trigger the music, no twirling ballerina on top, the Mechanical Music Box Kit is really the bare bone innards of your typical music box. It arrives with a long punched strip of paper, reminiscent of player piano rolls, that plays ‘happy birthday’ when fed into the mechanism and cranked through with a turn handle. Think that’s cool? - just wait! This is actually a kit that arrived with blank sheet music and detailed instructions on how to punch out your favorite songs or your own original tunes. At $16.00 this is a brilliant and affordable gift for the budding Mozart in your life.

This is just one of the many amazingly odd (and I mean that in the best possible way!) items you’ll find at the Curiosity Shoppe. Zippered pouches created from measuring tapes, dishware decals and old fashioned front desk bells and oh so much more.

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