Way Cool Water Toys

Keep kids busy and active on hot summer days with these cool water toys.

This spinning sprinkler features rotating foam arms, challenging kids to hop, skip, jump, and run while they get wet. Connect the sprinkler to a garden hose for a constant whirling spray (water pressure controls the spinning speed—no batteries required).

Set up this 26-foot-long, 6-foot-wide slide on any flat grass surface (that part is important) and start slipping and sliding—either on your bare feet or on a skim board (included), just like at the beach. The bumpers on the sides are filled with water, not air, to keep the slide anchored firmly in place.

Ready, set, spike! Float your volleyball game in the pool with a simple-to-use net set. It includes a spring net, inflatable posts, and a ball. The net can be twisted and folded so you can pack up the set for storage or transport to a friend's pool. Also in this same ESPN line from Swimways are a floating basketball game (compare prices) and a swimming challenge game with a timer and touch-pads (compare prices).

Welcome little ones to a backyard safari with three cute, inflatable animal sprinklers that connect to your garden hose. There is a gentle giraffe waterfall, an elephant that squirts water from his trunk, and an alligator pool with sprayer. (Recommended for ages 3 and up.)

What kid wouldn't want to ride on his very own Jedi Star Fighter or X-Wing Fighter? These inflatables let them do it, at least in the water. They range from 3 to 5 feet long and some include built-in water squirters too.

Instead of running under the sprinkler, roll with it! Just inflate the ball and attach it to a garden hose; water sprays from four nozzles on the ball. Kids can push and chase the ball around the yard, or you can keep it stationary with a water-filled pouch that acts as a weight.

This inflatable pool combines a splash pad, sun shade, sprayer, and slide for lots of slippery fun. Kids can even stash their sippy cups in built-in cup holders! The pool comes with a blower, stakes, repair kit, and storage bag.

Sure, dive sticks and hoops are fun, but how about diving for a moving target? Splashy Dashers spin, flip, and race all over the pool as kids give chase. Choose froggy, mermaid, lightning bug, dolphin or many others.

This innocent-looking kickboard has a strategic surprise: It's also a super-soaking squirt toy that can blast water up to 30 feet away. Use it as a float, a shield, or a secret weapon!

Surf's up! Now skateboard lovers can take their favorite sport to the pool, beach, or lake, with a board that actually works underwater. That's some serious shreddin'! The board is made of dense, buoyant foam (no inflation required).

Just keep swimming, just keep swimming ... even at night. This scuba-style mask includes headlights so kids can see in the dark, underwater. Try scattering shiny coins on the floor of the pool and challenging swimmers to find them.

Another twist on pick-up sticks for the pool, this underwater search game includes colorful magnetic fish and dive gloves. Reach in and grab as many fish as you can—kids can play solo or with friends.