Toy Insider’s Chief Toy Officer Laurie Schacht joined The Good Stuff with Mary Berg on CTV in Canada to show off the top toys kids will be asking for this summer. For more on the items featured in this segment, check out the product notes below, and for a rundown of the best toys, games, and gifts of the season, check out our complete Toy Insider Spring & Summer Gift Guide.


LITTLE TIKES BLUEY BEACH WATER TABLE

Spend a day at the beach with Bluey and her friends! This 2-in-1 water table includes exciting water features like a tipping bucket, spinning gears, and two cascading pools, and a lazy river. The set also includes buoyant Bluey mini-figures and use sand tools to let their imaginations go wild!

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $59.99
  • Age:
  • 1+

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PLAY-DOH SIZZLIN’ GRILL PLAYSET

Little cooks can create Play-Doh burgers and hot dogs using 10 Play-Doh compounds and accessories like a spatula, tongs, and more. The grill also lights up and plays sizzling sounds.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $59.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

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Battery Requirements

Energizer is the official battery partner of The Toy Insider.
  • Type:
  • AA
  • Quantity:
  • 3

SCOOP & SERVE ICE CREAM COUNTER

Scoop up some cool treats with this all-inclusive, 28-piece pretend play ice cream counter! The sturdy wooden tabletop counter holds eight wooden scoops of different-flavored ice cream, six assorted toppings, two cones, a plastic cup, an ice cream scooper, tongs, and a wooden spoon. The scooper fits into a hole on top of the scoops…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $64.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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MOO MOO ACHOO

Players take turns collecting clovers for points and petting Moo Moo the Cow’s head until she sneezes and sends bubbles flying everywhere. The player with the most points at the end of the game wins.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $19.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

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Battery Requirements

Energizer is the official battery partner of The Toy Insider.
  • Type:
  • AAA
  • Quantity:
  • 3

DOODLEFACE WALL ART

These kits are dino-mite! | Source: DoodleFace

Kids will discover the magic of imagination. | Source: DoodleFace

Each piece of art can be colored, wiped clean, and colored all over again! | Source: DoodleFace

Kids can collect blank wall hangings in a wide array of shapes and sizes, including animals, ocean life, vehicles, letters, fairytales, nature, gaming, sports, flowers, and more. Each poster easily snaps on and off the wall for coloring. If kids draw with DoodleFace's Wipe-Away Crayons, the designs will easily erase to start fresh.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $20-200
  • Age:
  • 0+

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THAMES & KOSMOS METAL DETECTOR

Hunt for treasure! Kids ages 8 & up can search for metal objects like gold, silver, iron, copper, and more with this custom-tooled metal detector! Detects metal buried up to 6 inches deep in sand, dirt, or grass. Ease of use: Ergonomically designed for users of all sizes, this metal detector comes with two handles…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $39.95; $60 CAD
  • Age:
  • 8+

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SWIMWAYS RAINBOW REEF

Kids can collect all four diving toys (Swim Shady, Tuna Turner, LeBron Waves, and Guppie Goldberg) to turn their pool into a fun tropical reef. Kids can submerge them in water to watch them swim like real fish above and below the surface.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $14.99
  • Age:
  • 5+

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Battery Requirements

Energizer is the official battery partner of The Toy Insider.
  • Type:
  • AA
  • Quantity:
  • 2

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Bill Reese

Bill Reese

Bill Reese is Director of Operations 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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