Disclosed is a sound sensing toy including: a plant model including a flower provided with a plurality of petals in a radial shape on a side circumferential face of a substantial circular board shaped center section; a sound sensing section to sense external sound; a control section to perform predetermined control according to sound sensed by the sound sensing section; and a light emitting section provided on the plant model and including a light emitting body and light guiding plate to perform predetermined light emission by control of the control section, wherein the light emitting section is structured so that a light from the light emitting body enters from a side face of the light guiding plate and exits from a front face side of the petal; and the control section controls the light emitting section to emit light in a predetermined light emitting pattern.