It’s bubble time! Toy Insider Mom Laurie Schacht joined Family Circle magazine’s Suzanne Rust as part of their “10 Days of Toys” to talk about the best bubble toys for the summer. For more on the items featured in this segment, check out the product notes below, and for our complete rundown of the best gifts for the season, check out our spring and summer gift guide.


GLOVE-A-BUBBLES (ZING)

  • Churn out oodles and oodles of BUBBLES with just the wave of your hand with Glove-A-Bubbles! Get ready to wave and play! Kids simply remove the bubble pouch from the glove and pour one of the two bubble solutions into the pouch.  Dip the glove into the bubble pouch. Wave your glove back and forth and watch tons of delightful bubbles form instantly, right before your eyes. Never ending bubbles for never ending fun!
  • Glove-A-Bubbles come with one glove and two packs of bubble solution.  The pouch is also re-sealable and refillable.
  • Glove-A-Bubbles come in eight different animal-themed gloves, including lion, alligator, hippopotamus, elephant, dinosaur, panda, bunny and monkey. There’s a Glove-A-Bubble for everyone!
  • Age: 3+
  • MSRP: $2.99
  • Available: Walmart, Target, Sam’s Club

MAXX BUBBLE LIGHT-UP AND SIZZLE GRILL (SUNNY DAYS ENTERTAINMENT)

  • Sunny Days Entertainment brings you the Maxx Bubble Light Up & Sizzle Bubble Grill with real grilling sounds and light-up coals!
  • Gather around the grill and grab a skewer!
  • Dip your skewer in the solution and hold over the grill for real bubble action.
  • Coals light up for realistic effects. Hear the sizzle of the grill just like real food cooking.
  • Three AA batteries included.
  • Comes with grilling accessories.
  • Age:
  • MSRP: $19.99
  • Available: Target, Amazon and Meijers

LICK-A-BUBBLE (IMPERIAL TOY)

  • Invented by a pediatrician, allergist/immunologist, and physician scientist, Lick-A-Bubble was created so that kids and adults of all ages can experiment with different beverages to generate SAFE lickable bubbles.
  • Simply add your favorite beverage to the red fill line. Mix gently by swirling the wand in a circular motion for about 10 seconds or gently flipping the bottle back and forth with the cap closed ten times. Then blow bubbles and lick tasty bubbles!
  • From children’s birthday parties, events, and concerts, Lick-A-Bubble is the ultimate experience for kids and adults of all ages!
  • Lick-A-Bubble consumers enjoy watching friends and family blowing and chasing trying to lick those bubbles.
  • Tease your taste buds with the most unique experiences bubbles have to offer.
  • Available in Two Pack and Four Pack.
  • Age: 5+
  • MSRP: $6.99 for Two Pack, $9.99 for Four Pack
  • Available: imperialtoy.com, Amazon, Target, Walmart, CVS, Rite-Aid, Walgreens, Kmart

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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