Toy Insider Senior Editor Jackie Cucco joined News 12 in New York to show off some of the best new toys for kids to enjoy outdoors this summer. For more on the items featured in this segment, check out the product notes below, and for the complete rundown of the best gifts of the season, be sure to check out The Toy Insider’s Spring and Summer Gift Guide.


STOMP & CATCH

This outdoor rocket-launching toy comes with four rockets, a net for catching them, a stand, and a launchpad. Kids can launch rockets by stomping on the air-powered launcher base and then try to catch them with the included net.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $29.99
  • Age:
  • 5+

2023 HUFFY GREEN MACHINE

The Huffy Green Machine enables kids to do fun drifts and spins using the pedals and the dual stick controls! The 2023 model brings new design upgrades with an ergonomic seat design for comfort and performance and 20” Pneumatic front tire and durable rear wheels that allow for maximum drift. It has a maximum weight…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $149.99
  • Age:
  • 8+

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THE LAWN IS LAVA

The Floor is Lava is a classic game that can now be played outdoors! This Summer is an all-new play experience as kids avoid the molten lawn lava. This interactive activity game puts a whole new spin on The Floor is Lava. Use water balloons to drench your foes. Gather points for the ultimate victory…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $19.99
  • Age:
  • 5+

BIG ADVENTURES METAL DETECTOR MINING TRUCK

This truck transforms into four working STEM tools that kids can use to uncover treasures: a metal detector, a rock tumbler, a water tank, and shovels.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $39.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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Bill Reese

Bill Reese

Bill Reese is Business Operations Manager at Adventure Media & Events, where he's worked since 2014. A former editor at Playbill and graduate of SUNY–Purchase, he spends most weekends rooting for the New York Red Bulls pro soccer team and making subway systems out of Brio trains with his little boy Jonah.

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