Kids Karaoke Machine — Bluetooth Speaker with Wireless Microphone & LED Lights

If your child sings into hairbrushes, TV remotes and anything else vaguely microphone-shaped — this is the upgrade they keep asking for. The Little Cubs Kids Karaoke Machine is a compact Bluetooth speaker paired with a wireless microphone — choose one mic or two. It connects to your phone or tablet in seconds and plays whatever your child is obsessed with this week from Spotify, YouTube or Apple Music, while they sing over the top through a real speaker. Twelve colour-changing LEDs turn the living room floor into a stage. Best suited to ages 3–10, though older kids keep borrowing it. Why it doesn't sound like a toy Most "kids microphones" hide a coin-sized speaker inside a plastic handle — which is exactly why they sound thin and buzzy, and exactly why they get abandoned after a week. This is a separate speaker unit with a full front-facing grille, so a child's voice comes back rounded and loud enough to feel real to them. That difference is the whole reason it keeps getting picked up long after the novelty wears off. You control how loud their voice gets The microphone carries its own volume buttons, completely independent of the speaker's. You can turn the backing track up and their voice down, or the reverse, without negotiating. It's a small piece of design that matters enormously at 7am on a Saturday. The features they'll actually use Magic voice effects — one button on the mic cycles through voice changers. This is the feature that generates the most laughing per minute. Echo & reverb control — double-tap to adjust how much echo sits on their voice, so a shy singer can hide a little. Vocal removal — long-press to mute the original singer, so your child takes the lead instead of singing underneath someone else. Twelve colour-changing LEDs — a 3 × 4 grid of stage lights across the speaker face, and the reason this gets chosen over a plain speaker. Bluetooth or TF card — pair a phone, or load a memory card for singing with no screen involved. Soft carry strap — a top handle sized for small hands, so they move it room to room themselves. One microphone or two? One microphone — $39.99. The right pick for a single child. Available in White, Blue or Pink. Two microphones — $44.99. Get this one if there are siblings, cousins or a birthday party in the picture. Both microphones work at the same time, which turns "whose turn is it" into a duet. Available in Beige, Blue or Pink. Where it actually ends up On the coffee table while they jump around the lounge. On a picnic table in the backyard. On a bedside table for quiet singing before dinner. In the car on a long drive. It runs on its own rechargeable battery and weighs under 550g, so it goes wherever the audience is. What's in the box 1 × Bluetooth karaoke speaker with LED lights and carry strap 1 or 2 × wireless microphones, depending on the option you choose Charging cable Questions parents ask What age is this karaoke machine for? It's built for ages 3–10 — the stretch where a child can hold a mic confidently and follow a song. Younger toddlers enjoy it with a grown-up nearby, and plenty of older kids keep using it well past eight. Does it come with songs, or do I need my own music? You bring the music. It pairs over Bluetooth to whatever you already use, and the mic sings over the top. That's deliberate — a machine with songs built in runs out of songs, whereas this one plays whatever your child loves this month. How loud does it get? Loud enough to fill a living room and feel like a real performance. The speaker and the microphone each have their own volume controls, so you can set a level that works for the room rather than being stuck with whatever the machine decides. Can two children sing at the same time? With the two-microphone option, yes — both mics run simultaneously. The single-microphone option is the better value if there's only one singer in the house. Does it need batteries? No. The speaker and the microphones are all rechargeable, so there's no drawer of AAs to raid mid-song.