Toy Insider Senior Editor Jackie Cucco joined News 12 in New York to show off the best toys for kids to enjoy when the hot summer weather brings playtime inside. 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.


SNOOPY SNO-CONE MACHINE

Kids can make tasty slushy treats with Snoopy, Charlie Brown, and Lucy van Pelt! This sno-cone machine comes with a real ice shaver for making the most authentic slushy drinks. Simply add ice, shave ice, pour in fruit punch flavor drink mix, and drizzle syrup on top for the ultimate Peanuts-themed sno-cone! Features Snoopy sno-cone…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $19.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

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MINI POTTERY STUDIO

Tweens can create 10 tiny projects using this no-mess kit, which includes air-dry clay, a spinning pottery wheel with a removable cover, sculpting tools, and paint.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $29.99
  • Age:
  • 8+

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COOL MAKER POPSTYLE BRACELET MAKER

Kids can choose from 170 beads, place them on the elastics, and pop the top to reveal a custom bracelet. They can make and remake up to 10 bracelets by swapping out the beads any time — no knots, clasps, or cuts required.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $24.99
  • Age:
  • 7+

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DINOMAZING EGG DECORATOR

Kids can explore their inner paleontologist with the DinoMazing Egg Decorator from Hey Buddy Hey Pal! This dynamically different craft kit is actually two activities in one! Pop in one of the included plastic eggs and let the decorating begin! The machine holds and spins the eggs while you use the marker to create stripes,…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $27.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

About the author

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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