Toy Insider Media Correspondent Deborah Stallings Stumm joined KTLA in Los Angeles to show off the best new toys to keep kids active and busy 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.


AMERICAN GIRL X JENI’S ICE CREAMS FULL OF FLAVOR ICE CREAM TRUCK

This American Girl-size replica of an authentic Jeni’s ice cream truck features a wood floor, wheels that roll and turn, working LED headlights, and a radio that plays two melodies. There’s also a scooping station, a storage freezer, pretend cones and ice cream pints, utensils, and a pretend phone with a card reader.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $325
  • Age:
  • 8+

CRAYOLA PAINT YOUR OWN BEAN BAG TOSS

Kids can paint the cornhole boards with the included paint and brushes, then play the game with the included bean bags. When they’re ready for a redesign, kids can wipe the boards clean with a wet towel and paint them again.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $29.97
  • Age:
  • 5+

HUNGRY HUNGRY HIPPOS SPLASH

This water game combines the classic Hungry Hungry Hippos game with outdoor fun. Players choose a hippo to feed and race to feed their hippo the fastest. The closer they get to their hippo, the more they’ll be sprayed. The first player to feed their hippo all three snacks wins.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $19.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

SNAP CIRCUITS LIGHT

Kids can energize their building experience with the Snap Circuits Light! Use imagination to combine Snap Circuits with LED lights and make endless combinations of construction and circuitry. With Snap Circuits Light, kids will explore fiber optics, LEDs, and more across 175 different projects. Great for summer learning!

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $55.99
  • Age:
  • 8+

LEARNING FRIENDS 100 WORDS BOOK

Kids can touch each picture to hear the animal friends say toddler-appropriate words, along with facts and sound effects. In Fun Sounds Mode, kids can touch the light-up star button to hear two learning songs.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $19.99
  • Age:
  • 18 MOS+

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SLAM WORDS

In this game, players shake the cup and slam it shut to reveal three letters, then quickly find a word that uses the three letters. Pass the cup to the next player who has to find a new word or they are out.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $14.99
  • Age:
  • 8+

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LASER X REVOLUTION ULTRA LONG-RANGE DOUBLE BLASTERS

Each blaster in this set of two features a range of more than 500 feet and a built-in receiver. Players can light up their blasters with more than 20 different colors. Each blaster in this set of two features a range of more than 500 feet and a built-in receiver. Players can light up their…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $49.99; $69.99 CAD
  • Age:
  • 6+

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SPIROGRAPH DOODLE PAD

Create endless Spirograph designs on the LED screens using the gear pieces. Kids can draw on-the-go or at home, then save and display their artwork. When playtime is over, they can push a button to reset the screen and create new designs.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $24.99
  • Age:
  • 5+

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About the author

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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