Toy Insider Editor-in-Chief Ali Mierzejewski joined CBS in Las Vegas to show off the hot toys that kids will be asking for 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.


PICTIONARY AIR 2

The original drawing game gets a high-tech boost with Pictionary Air 2! Sketch clues in the air and see them on a device or cast to the TV. Now, with this Pictionary 2 update, players can add points and clear the screen using the pen. Kids can also download digital clue packs for all ages…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $22.99
  • Age:
  • 8+

BUNCH O BALLOONS TROPICAL PARTY

Kids can fill and tie over 100 tropical party-color water balloons in less than a minute. These self-sealing water balloons feature innovative O-ring technology and rapid fill capabilities. Kids can simply connect each bunch to a tap or a hose, fill, and make dozens of water balloons at once.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $8.99; $12.86 CAD
  • Age:
  • 3+

COOL SCOOPS ICE CREAMERY

This 42-piece set includes a wooden ice cream counter, a scooper, a soft serve dispenser, and a variety of pretend ice cream components, such as scoops, swirls, cups, cones, and toppings. Other features include a magnetic menu board and a pretend credit card machine. This product will be available at retail mid-May.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $119.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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GARDENING TOOL SET

This set comes with a shovel, a trowel, a rake, and a watering can made with sustainable bamboo and long-lasting metal for little gardeners. It also includes two bamboo labels so kids can mark what they planted.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $27.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

COCOMELON HUGMEES

JJ and his CoComelon friends join the Squishmallows Squad as squeezable, 10-inch, medium-size HugMees. These plush toys are made with soft, marshmallow-like material. There are six CoComelon characters to collect.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $9.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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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