Squish this! Toy Insider Senior Editor Marissa DiBartolo stopped by Good Morning Arizona on KTVK in Phoenix to talk about the best toys from the red hot squishy trend. 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 holidays, check out our complete holiday gift guide.
SMOOSHY MUSHY PETS (REDWOODVENTURES)
- Smooshy Mushy is part of the newest collectible craze, full of exciting, super squishy, slow-rise surprises.
- Kids can unwrap the container to find out which scented Smooshy Mushy squishy surprise is inside.
- Every pet has a Bestie, AKA a bonus tiny squishy. Sets also come with a “what’s your smooshy name?” game, a nametag, mini container, stickers, and a collectible poster.
- Kids can collect 24 food-themed Smooshy Mushy Pets to discover, squish, and trade with their friends. New characters coming next year!
- Age: 5+
- MSRP: $9.99
- Available: Walmart
- Super squeezable and collectible, Soft’n Slo Squishies are based on the latest trend from Japan as a slow-rising and soft collectible.
- They come in a variety of shapes and sizes, and produce a fun transformation that’s different every time.
- If kids are lucky they may even find the secret limited edition Soft’n Slo Squishies with a special holographic seal.
- Soft’n Slo Squishies Sweet Shop features favorite high-end bakery products, including slices of cake, cinnamon buns, ice cream cones, and super squishy s’mores.
- Soft N Slow Squishies Gross Desserts features bakery favorites with a few gross surprises, like eyeballs and bugs.
- Ages: 8+
- MSRP: $5.99-$14.99
- Available: Amazon, Target, Toys “R” Us, Walmart
MAKE YOUR OWN SQUISHY LIKE SLIME BY COMPOUND KINGS (WECOOL)
- Make some DIY sparkly, super-stretchy, squishy slime! Mix glitter and powder, add water and shake to create oodles of squishy fun.
- Mixing tray/spoon, 4 storage containers, 8 compound powder packs and 9 glitter packs included.
- Just add water. No glue required.
- Age: 4+
- MSRP: $14.99
- Available: Amazon, Michaels
SLIMYGLOOP MIX’EMS (Horizon Group USA)
- This slime kit comes with a ready-made container of SlimyGloop and themed add-ins like beads, miniature figurines, glitter, pom poms, googly eyes, and more, that kids can mix together with the slime.
- Comes in a variety of themes, like dragon, unicorn, mermaid, gross, galaxy, confetti.
- Age: 3+
- MSRP: $4.99-$6.99
- Available: Michael’s, Target, Walmart
SPLATOON SPLATTERSHOT BLASTER (JAKKS PACIFIC)
- Kids can bring the fun of Nintendo’s Splatoon video game to life with the all new Splatoon Splattershot Blaster.
- Each Splattershot Blaster can fire the water-based slimy compound up to 30 feet away.
- Set includes a pair of Inkling Goggles and two compounds, good for up to 100 shots (50 shots each).
- Age: 8+
- MSRP: $29.99
- Available: Amazon, Target, Toys “R” Us, Walmart
