Toy Insider’s Chief Toy Officer Laurie Schacht joined The Weather Channel to show off the best new toys to turn your background into the ultimate playground. 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.


THUMB KITES

Who needs wind? Kids can pull the Thumb Kites back and let them fly up to 65 feet through the air. This pack includes two durable, waterproof, and easy-to-launch kites for high-flying fun.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $5.99
  • Age:
  • 5+

LASER X REVOLUTION ULTRA LONG-RANGE DOUBLE BLASTERS

Each blaster in this set of two features a range of more than 500 feet and a built-in receiver. Players can light up their blasters with more than 20 different colors. Each blaster in this set of two features a range of more than 500 feet and a built-in receiver. Players can light up their…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $49.99; $69.99 CAD
  • Age:
  • 6+

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DISNEY PRINCESS STYLE COLLECTION S’MORES IN STYLE GLAMPING TENT

Designed with a print of string lights, a window, and plants with blue accents and pink stripes throughout. Features a play lantern and a pretend campfire that lights up. Role-play with the included marshmallows, roasting sticks, graham crackers, and chocolate- enough to make two play s'mores! Includes a campfire, a lantern, two chip magazines, two…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $79.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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H2OGO! HYDROHANGOUT KIDS INFLATABLE MEGA WATER PARK

Climb into the coolest backyard hangout in town – the H2OGO! HydroHangout Mega Water Park! From the shaded clubhouse to the twisty, slippery slide with dedicated sprayer, kids can splash, play and then climb up the safe, durable climbing wall featuring grab handles and footholds. Or, they can soak in the large splash pool, and…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $499.99
  • Age:
  • 5+

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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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