Toy Insider Parent and Contributing Editor Charlene DeLoach joined CT Live in Hartford to show off the new water toys that are sure to make a big splash this summer. 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.


KIDS’ REUSABLE SPONGE BALLS – 16 PK

Tired of picking up the tiny pieces after a water balloon fight? Wishing to give your fingers a break from tying so many balloons? Reusable Sponge Balls get soaked, tossed, and stored away to use again and again. Not to mention, they are so much softer!

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $9.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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SNAP CIRCUITS SUMMER OF STEM ACTIVITY SET

Snap Circuits Summer of STEM set allows kids to engage in creative STEM learning and play throughout the summer with Snap Circuits. Three unique Snap Circuits kids are included for three months of exploration, learning, and play. Month one is all about learning the fundamentals of science, electricity, and engineering with up to 300 projects…

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  • MSRP:
  • $169
  • Age:
  • 8+

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…

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

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…

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  • MSRP:
  • $14.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

PIE FACE SPLASH

The classic Pie Face game is now a no-mess water sprinkler game! Pie Face Splash Game is easy to set up, kids can start playing in four easy steps: connect the hose, spin the spinner, push the handle, and try to complete a turn without getting sprayed. With each pump of the handle, there’s a…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $24.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

HYDRO RACERS WITH POOL

Race around the colorful, inflatable pool with the two speed boat racers included in the set. Play in or out of the water — just fill up the pool with water and zip the boats around with the remote controls. Features a rechargeable battery with the ability to charge from either the wall or remote…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $49.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

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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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