I recently published a buyer's guide article here about the 10 Best Nerf Guns For Toddlers and Small Children because sometimes there's just no stopping the little ones when they have their mind set on something. And if they see their older sibling (or you) playing with a Nerf gun, there's basically no stopping them from getting their hands on the thing.
So, if you'd rather embrace their curiosity, get them a Nerf gun that's small and weak and suitable for them. I mean, right? That used to be tricky and hard to do, but it looks like the future holds a different fate for the little ones who want to be Nerfers. Nerf recently introduced a new line of Nerf guns called Nerf Elite Junior which is for even younger Nerfers than Nerf's usually 8+ demographic. These new dart blasters are now labeled as being suitable for 6 year old children. The Nerf Elite Junior products are smaller, with even smaller handles, and they feature very easy, low force pull or pump to prime blasters. Epic win.
This Nerf Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Blaster is a hammer-action Nerf gun revolver with a 5 dart cylinder and a wicked awesome paintjob on both sides! Whether you like TMNT or not, you've got to admit this little pistol is very striking!
The Nerf Rival Pilot is a break action, breech loaded Nerf gun that comes in a small package, but packs a big punch. You can even load multiple rounds and send up to three HIR's flying out of this little shotgun pistol at the same time.
The Nerf Elite 2.0 Stormcharge is a brand new semi-auto flywheel Nerf gun. It includes a short barrel attachment and a baby stock in the back. The Stormcharge also looks exactly like the Nerf Rapidpistol that Nerf modders made years ago.
Another insane blaster in the new X-Shot Insanity line of dart blasters from Zuru, the Mad Mega Barrel is a pump-action blaster with an obnoxiously huge 72 dart rotating drum that cycles through the blaster with each pump of the grip.
The Nerf Pro Gelfire Mythic is a gel blaster with an 800 round capacity hopper that's capable of full automatic fire. The Gelfire Mythic features a semi-auto/full-auto switch, an extendable stock, removable barrel and a rechargeable battery.
The Lehui LP55 Dart Blaster is a Dart Zone clone, no doubt. But it's so much more than that. The LP55 combines the compact form factor of the Dart Zone Pro MK-2 with the in-grip mag loading of the DZP MK-2.1. It's the best of both worlds!
This Minecraft final boss has been turned into an epic Ender Dragon Nerf gun that shoots darts out of its mouth! The pump-action Minecraft Nerf blaster has a 4 dart internal magazine and stores an additional 8 darts underneath the wings.
The Nerf Grease Goose is a 3D printed, fully automatic, half-length foam dart blaster that was built on the FlyCore blaster framework and is heavily inspired by the real steel World War II era M3 Grease Gun (as seen in Call of Duty WW2).
The M1887 Blaster is a lever-action Nerf gun w/shell-ejection designed to look and function like the Winchester Model 1887 shotgun, famous for being the most overpowered weapon to ever grace a Call of Duty title, back in Modern Warfare 2.