Toy Insider’s Chief Toy Officer Laurie Schacht joined Breakfast Television in Canada to show off the hot 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 the complete rundown of the best gifts of the season, be sure to check out The Toy Insider’s Spring and Summer Gift Guide.


H2OGO! LEAP & PLAY KIDS INFLATABLE BOUNCER

Unbox a gymnasium of fun with the H2OGO! Leap & Play Mega Bouncer! The included blower inflates and deflates the bouncer in minutes, saving parents time and effort. This easy-to-set-up bouncer also has plenty of safety features that parents will love. The mesh sidewalls keep kids safe while also allowing parents to see them at…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $728.98 CAD
  • Age:
  • 3+

LITTLE TIKES COZY COUPE

The Little Tikes Cozy Coupe ride-on toy is an American classic. Featuring working doors, a horn, clicking ignition switch, a gas cap, cup holders, and spinning front wheels, little ones can pretend like they're driving around. The removable floorboard and built-in grip handle lets kids move on their own. Perfect indoors or out, the Cozy…

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  • MSRP:
  • $54.99; $69.99 CAD
  • Age:
  • 18 MOS.+

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DOUBLE SHOWERS SPLASH POND

From fun rainfall showers to cause and effect, and so much more, this water table for toddlers is a great way for little ones to explore water play in their own way! Create a mini water park right in your backyard with the Double Showers Splash Water Table. This two-tier water table makes a big…

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  • MSRP:
  • $99.99 CAD
  • Age:
  • 18 MOS.+

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LEGO CREATOR 3 IN 1 EXOTIC PARROT

Little builders and passionate animal fans can travel deep into the rainforest for action-packed stories with this set. Kids can build three different exotic animal toys with this set. Kids can build a colorful parrot sitting on a tree branch or rebuild it into a playful fish swimming at the bottom of the sea or…

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  • MSRP:
  • 19.99; $24.99 CAD
  • Age:
  • 7+

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CATCH THE MOON

In this dexterity/stacking game, players will stack ladders with a steady hand to climb through the clouds and reach for the moon. However, if they venture too high, they may lose the ladders under their feet. With the right mix of suspense and risk taking, players will ascend to success.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $34.95
  • Age:
  • 8+

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REAL LITTLES MICRO CRAFTS

Inside these colorful, plastic caboodles, kids will find the materials for one of six DIY crafts. Each craft kit creates a micro version of a popular crafting item, such as a lightbox, bath bombs, or a terrarium. Kids can also use the stackable caboodles for storage.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $9.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

SWITCH & GO WOLF FIRE CHIEF

Race into a new world with this transformative car! Featuring realistic sound effects such as a siren and lights. One-touch transformation turns this rescue vehicle into a strong, growling wolf, ready to spring into action. Kids can change the wolf back into a fire chief car in three simple moves.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $11.99; $17.99 CAD
  • Age:
  • 4+

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SESAME STREET LEARN WITH ELMO PHONE

Kids can learn with their favorite friends from Sesame Street! The Sesame Street Learn with Elmo Phone toy lets kids interact with Elmo to learn letters, numbers, colors, shapes, music, and more from 12 Sesame Street characters. This fun, Elmo-themed toy phone features 12 colorful buttons and more than 50 learning phrases, songs, and sounds…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $9.99; $21.99 CAD
  • Age:
  • 2+

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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