Toy Insider Editor-in-Chief Marissa Silva joined Wake Up with Cheddar to talk about the best toys to keep kids entertained on rainy days, long car rides, or both. For more on the items featured in this segment, check out the product notes below.


SKETCH PALS BUG BUDDIES

Kids can write and doodle on the black board with the attached stylus, with their fingernails, or with almost anything. The screen will clear completely with the push of a button to start over again. Kids can attach Sketch Pals to book bags, lunch boxes, or luggage, and the stylus is attached so it won't…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $19.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

POP UP MARIO

In this Super Mario Bros.-inspired game, players take turns sliding paddles into Mario’s pipe. When a player picks the correct slot to insert their paddle, Mario will bounce out of the pipe and that player wins the game.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $15.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

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…

Product Facts

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

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LITTLE LIVE PETS SURPRISE CHICK PLAYSET

Inside the Surprise Chick house playset, kids will discover one of two chicks, featuring doughnut- or cherry blossom-themed wings. The interactive chick can hop out of its house and will chirp and sing as kids pet it.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $24.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

DANCING CRAB BUBBLE MACHINE

This self-walking crab bubble machine moves side-to-side on its eight moving legs. Listen to fun underwater music as the machine dances back and forth, emitting a continuous stream of bubbles blowing from its mouth. The machine comes with a 4-oz bottle of bubble solution.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $19.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

SKETCH PALS BUG BUDDIES

Kids can write and doodle on the black board with the attached stylus, with their fingernails, or with almost anything. The screen will clear completely with the push of a button to start over again. Kids can attach Sketch Pals to book bags, lunch boxes, or luggage, and the stylus is attached so it won't…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $19.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

POP UP MARIO

In this Super Mario Bros.-inspired game, players take turns sliding paddles into Mario’s pipe. When a player picks the correct slot to insert their paddle, Mario will bounce out of the pipe and that player wins the game.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $15.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

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…

Product Facts

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

Buy Now

The Toy Insider participates in affiliate programs that may generate revenue for the site when a purchase is made through the links below.

LITTLE LIVE PETS SURPRISE CHICK PLAYSET

Inside the Surprise Chick house playset, kids will discover one of two chicks, featuring doughnut- or cherry blossom-themed wings. The interactive chick can hop out of its house and will chirp and sing as kids pet it.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $24.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

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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