What about a jewellery box? DD2 hasone and loves it, it has the musical ballerina etc in it. You could put a small piece of jewellery in it too.
I agree with cailin re Dora, my DD has just turned 8 and I teach 6 yr olds and they are too "old" for Dora!! (in their minds anyway) My class all like High school musical too, Erin got 2 dolls from that for Christmas which sing!