Toy Insider’s Chief Toy Officer Laurie Schacht joined Your Morning on CTV in Canada to show off the best new toys for kids to enjoy on summer vacation. 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.


PAW PATROL MARSHALL 6-VOLT QUAD

Kids can answer the yelp for help and keep Adventure Bay safe. With this fire truck design, the 6 Volt Quad is sure to excite any young Paw Patrol fan. With a top speed of 2.5 mph and a simple single pedal operation — push to accelerate and release to brake, this quad is perfect…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $70.30; $128 CAD
  • Age:
  • 18 MOS.+

LICENSED CHARACTER INFLATABLE BOATS

The popularity of classic, iconic vehicles from kids’ favorite licensed characters are recreated in inflatable boat format for an adventurous day at the pool, beach, or lake. The dash panel features fun detailed control graphics to provide kids with more opportunities to customize their experience and assume the role of the captain. The boat floats…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $19.99; $34.15 CAD
  • Age:
  • 3+

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SWIMWAYS FLOATING FIGURES

Kids never have to worry about losing their water toys at the bottom of the pool again with the SwimWays Floating Figures. These 5-8-inch figures float on their own and will always stay upright, so kids don’t have to chase after them. Choose from Ariel, Batman, Joker, Gabby or Mercat from Gabby’s Dollhouse, or PAW…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $9.99 EACH
  • Age:
  • 5+

HASBRO SPLASH GAMES COLLECTION BY WOWWEE

These outdoor games put a splashy twist on classic board games you love! Choose from Twister Splash Game, Crocodile Dentist Splash Game, or Operation Splash Game, each featuring elements of the iconic board games — but now they spray water.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $19.99 each; $27.99 each CAD
  • Age:
  • 6+

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DECORATE YOUR OWN GEMSTONE WATER BOTTLE CRAFT KIT

Stay hydrated this summer! Kids will love decorating their own bottles with the Decorate Your Own Gemstone Water Bottle Kit. It comes with four sheets of sparkly rhinestone and glitter gemstone stickers for kids to bling out their bottles! Include a carabiner to hang the bottle so kids can bring it on the go. Kids…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $14.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

SOLAR RACE CAR

This sleek, compact race car harnesses the energy from the sun to power an electric motor. With only 22 parts and an easy, snap-together design, kids only need a pair of diagonal cutters to assemble the car.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $15.95
  • Age:
  • 8+

LIGHT UP BEAN BAG TOSS

Play a cornhole game any time of the day or night. Team up or go head-to-head in friendly nighttime outdoor competition. This light-up cornhole set features a built-in bean bag return for convenient fast-paced play. The durable cornhole game board is made from smooth plastic for an effortless slide after tossing.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $35.99; $49.99 CAD
  • Age:
  • 6+

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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