Toy Insider’s Chief Toy Officer Laurie Schacht joined The Weather Channel to show off the best new toys to get kids up off the couch and having fun. For more on the items featured in this segment, check out the product notes below.


JOHN DEERE KIDS WEED AND HEDGE TRIMMER

These toddler-tough, realistic weed and hedge trimmers are kid-powered and battery-free. Kids can pull the cord on the weed trimmer to experience weed-clipping action, or pull the cord on the hedge trimmer to agitate the “clippings.”

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $19.99 each
  • Age:
  • 18 MOS+

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JET DISC

Combining the classic play patterns of flying discs and airplane gliders with its unique design, the Jet Disc’s aerodynamic plane tail causes smooth gliding motions, making it easy for kids to throw and catch it like a disc. Comes in two sizes: the 5.9-inch Jet Disc Zoom and the larger, 9-inch Jet Disc Hunter.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $7.99-9.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

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BUNCH O BALLOONS REUSABLE WATER BALLOONS SIX PACK

Kids can use these water balloons over and over again without any waste! Made with soft rubber material, these lightweight balloons with safe-seal, magnetic technology let kids enjoy up to 1,500 splashes per balloon.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $12.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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SWIMWAYS HYDRO PADDLE AND PICKLE BALL

Bring the fastest-growing sport in the U.S. to the backyard, pool, or beach with this pickleball set. The set includes regulation-size pickleball paddles, a rubber ball, and a pickleball, so kids have two ways to play.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $9.99
  • Age:
  • 7+

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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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