Merchandise Monday: Summer Break Fun!

The kids have been out of school for over a month and, unless they have an unlimited supply of toys and entertainment options, chances are they’re going to get bored. Stave off this dreaded day with fun new toys for kids from our assortment. Some of these items are great for rainy days while others are definitely enjoyed best outside. Everybody wins.

                                    LeapFrog® LeapPad2™ Custom Edition Green

Customize the best-selling, kid-tough learning tablet with sticker skins and digital wallpapers—100-plus ways to make it unique! Choose from 10 fun sticker skins, including ones your child can color. Mix and match them with 11 wallpapers. Removable sticker skins come off easily, so your child can swap styles without any mess.

LeapFrog® Scribble & Write

Light up early writing skills! The LeapFrog® Scribble & Write provides stroke-by-stroke guidance and features a new mode that provides instant accuracy feedback. Children trace the lights to get practice writing uppercase and lowercase letters and numbers.

LEGO® Friends Heartlake Pet Salon

Celebrate the grand opening of the Heartlake Pet Salon – everyone's excited to check it out! Help Emma to shampoo her friend Joanna's pretty white poodle in the bubble bath, then trim and clip her on the rotating grooming table. Use the blow dryer and brushes to make her perfect!

LEGO® The LEGO Movie Cloud Cuckoo Palace

Revel with Unikitty in Cloud Cuckoo Land, the happiest, most positive and creative place in the universe! Join Emmet, Wyldstyle and all the master builders in this multi-colored playful paradise where the sun is always shining and a cute snail glides between the bright flowers.

nabi® DreamTab™ 8-inch Kids Tablet

The DreamTab™ 8” Kids Tablet features nabi® OS 3.0 Blue Morpho™ which starts with Android™ Kit Kat and adds over 400 kid-focused, parent-approved features. Dream Pro Studio™ is a powerful suite of creative tools that teach your children how to draw, animate, author their own books and edit movies like a pro.

Swimline CoolJam™ Floating Basketball

This great pool game puts all the rules of basketball into the water for extra fun! The frame and rim are constructed from PVC that will insure longevity. Featuring a full-color, blow molded, hard body backboard for extra support, every cannonball will turn into a slam dunk.  

Swimline Remote Control Submarine

Fun for the pool, lake or bathtub, the Remote Control Submarine climbs and dives below water surface, turns left and right and comes complete with a search light and long range transmitters – 27 MHz frequency.

Merchandise Monday: Keeping the Kids Entertained

Summer is in full swing, school has been out for a few weeks now and sooner or later it’s going to happen – the kids are going to get bored. Those of us in the working world have no idea how or why this happens, but the best defense is a good offense, right?

Lucky for you, we’ve just added lots of great new toys and activities for kids for those rainy days or when sunburn strikes and they need a break from the pool. As an added bonus, none of these toys require your children to stare at a screen or even stay indoors!

Alex® Let’s Pretend School

School is in session! This pretend school set is a great way to get little ones excited for school and a fun way for older children to pretend they're the teacher. It includes lots of school activities like wipe-away boards with letters, numbers, colors, shapes, world map and food pyramid, pointer, nine pencils, dry erase marker and eraser. Easy to bring along for school on the go, too!

Alex® Silly Me Photo Booth

Why take just a plain old picture when you can have photo booth fun? The Silly Me Photo Booth lets you make all kinds of silly props, like a pirate face, funky glasses, scuba dive gear and more! Before you say “Cheese,” get creative with stickers and paper shapes you can use to ham it up in front of the camera! Fun to make at a party and then give the keepsake pictures for party favors!

 Fashion Angels® Tapeffiti™ Bracelet Kit

Choose your favorite patterns of Tapeffiti and cut the length you need for your bracelet design. Then place it on the cuff bracelet and smooth it out. If it doesn’t go on right the first time, don’t worry! Tapeffiti is easy to lift and reposition for perfect results. Stack your arms with your creations or share them with your friends. 

LEGO® Friends Stephanie’s Outdoor Bakery

The LEGO Friends are on their way for a girly day in the sunshine! Stephanie is putting the finishing touches on her garden party. Take the fresh-baked cakes out of the oven. Help Stephanie wash dishes in the sink and set the umbrella garden table. Accessories include cakes, plate, glass and milk carton – everything you need for the perfect garden party!  

LEGO® Marvel Super Heroes Spider-Man™: Spider-Cycle Chase

Venom™ has taken control of Nick Fury's S.H.I.E.L.D. flying car and is making a super-fast getaway. Send Spider-Man™ to the rescue in his cool Spider-Cycle! Help him catch this venomous villain and return the car to the good guys! Use the folding wheels on both vehicles for the perfect high-speed pursuit in the air or on land, but watch out for Venom's vicious symbiont web attack!  

Your children’s hands and imaginations will certainly be busy with these fun toys, and they’re great for fostering interaction with friends, siblings and parents, too. What do you do when summer vacation boredom strikes? How do you pass rainy days cooped up in the house with your kids? Let us know your tips in the “Comments” section below!

Merchandise Monday: Hinda Incentives’ Summer Vacation

It’s everyone’s favorite time of year! The weather’s heating up, the kids are out of school and, if you’re lucky, things at the office are slowing down just a touch. Everyone needs a break, and summer is always the perfect time to take that much-needed vacation.

Here at Hinda, we know the feeling, and that’s why we’ve added a bunch of great new vacation items to our assortment just in time for your big camping trip, family reunion or friends’ getaway. All of these items are durable, too, because we know you like to play as hard as you work.

cinda b Vacationer II

This super-sized duffel is your new best friend. Generous enough to hold everything you'll need for a week away, it's big and sturdy but amazingly lightweight. Custom designed by Cinda Boomershine, all cinda b styles are stylish and fun as they are versatile and functional. Proudly made in the USA with durable, water-resistant and machine-washable poly/nylon fabrics.

 Coleman® Bravo™ Xtreme 1080p Full HD Waterproof Sports Cam

Built to cover all the action and extreme sports, it records amazing quality Full HD videos at 30fps. The 175-degree wide-angle lens captures the scene with flawless perspective and clarity. The camera is bundled together with an underwater housing waterproof to a depth of 100’, various mounts for use on just about any surface, remote control and Li-ion battery. Capture all the action of your summer!

 Eton rukus Portable Wireless Sound System with Solar Panel

This portable wireless sound system features a high quality efficiency solar panel so you can play your music all day long. Easily connect to any Bluetooth® enabled device and take the rukus Solar with you camping, to the park, to a barbeque or even just to your own backyard. The lightweight rukus also has a USB output to charge most smartphones and mobile devices. Don’t leave home without it!

 Grace Digital ECOXGEAR® Bluetooth® Wireless Waterproof Floating Speaker System

The ECOXGEAR® is a one-of-a-kind portable audio system that combines Bluetooth®, lithium battery and waterproof technologies. The result is a shock-resistant, floating, full-range rechargeable wireless speaker system.  Do everything from stream and play your music from your Bluetooth-enabled smartphone or audio device to answer your incoming calls over the built-in speaker phone. 

Under Armour® Victory Large Duffel

Pack everything you need for your vacation, weekend trip, the gym or the big game! The Victory Large Duffle features a large main-zip compartment with additional storage on side pocket, mesh ventilation for breathability and adjustable, padded shoulder strap for easy-grab access. This classic duffel comes in Black/Gray and displaying the Under Armour logo.

Victorinox® Spectra Extra-Capacity Carry-On

The Spectra is engineered to be lightweight without sacrificing durability. Constructed of 100 percent pure bayer polycarbonate, it combines a dual trolley handle system and an 8-wheel construction for superior maneuverability. A travel sentry-approved luggage lock secures your belongings, and the Swiss tracker bag tracking program helps reunite you with your bags should they be lost.

We’d love to hear about your big summer plans! Where is the wind taking you this year? What kind of gear are you bringing? Brag about your travels in the “Comments” section below!