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    If you are looking for ideas as to what to do with your toddler today, you have come to the right place. We have a big list of activities for 2 year olds, toddler games, 2 year old toys and fun things to do with toddlers. Pssst…while this list was created with your 2 year old in mind, younger and older toddlers will enjoy many of the things we have selected.

    The best thing about 2 year olds is they LOVE to play!

    Best Things to do with 2 Year Olds

    As my youngest toddler is crossing the threshold and becoming a three-year old, but before they do I want them to get the most out of this year so here are 80 of the BEST Activities for 2 Year Olds!

    Related: More activities for 2-year olds

    These are either things that my two year old enjoyed or would if we had thought of doing them this last year! These toddler activities and toddler games are guaranteed to keep little hands busy with great ideas in a bunch of different ways.

    2 Year Olds Love to Play

    While every 2 year old is going to be a little different, one of the common traits found in 2-3 year old toddlers is that they love to play. In fact, anything they do turns into toddler games!

    I absolutely love that about two year old children…everything they play turns into toddler games. It is something we should all learn from!

    Toddler Physical Abilities – Gross Motor Skills

    physical development 2 year old - boy jumping over tires outside with colorful tires - red, green, yellow and pink - example of gross motor skills for toddlers
    Through play, 2 year olds develop coordination, spacial recognition and so much more…

    Physically, toddlers are active participants in almost any activity that includes climbing, kicking, running (short distances), scribbling, squatting, hopping and the way they walk starts to appear more like an adult or child than a baby. It is amazing how quickly those gross motor skills develop.

    Activities for Two Year Olds – Fine Motor Skills

    Toddlers also learn learn coordination through play. Picking things up, grasping, using fingers together and independently, pinching things, holding a crayon, hand-eye coordination and so many other fine motor skills are mastered through simple games and activities.

    Free Toddler Play Bingo Printable

    Toddler play ideas in a printable bingo game that has 3 pages of age-appropriate fine motor and gross motor play ideas for 2 year olds shown in a printed pdf layout on white background
    Let’s Get Toddlers Moving with this Fun Printable Bingo Game!

    Print our free 2 year old movement bingo game for fun, age-appropriate ideas to help your child develop fine motor skills and gross motor skills while having a blast!

    Toddler Activities to enhance mental & social abilities

    Mentally, two year olds are grasping language with more skill, being more thoughtful and starting to strategize and hold concepts. In fact, it is at age 2 that toddlers often start running through scenarios in their head that can predict outcomes of actions.

    Oh, and don’t forget that important toddler social component as well…remember that everything is toddler games to a two year old.

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    Fun things to do with 2 Year Olds to explore color

    2 year old explore world of color with a rainbow of activities - colorful food, rainbow painting, rainbows to hold and colorful blocks
    The world is full of color & 2 year olds want to see and taste it all!

    1. Let’s Make Leftovers Art

    Create colorful art using leftovers from around the house. Got different colors of scraps of paper, felt, and other odds and ends from other 2 year old crafts? These are perfect to create a wonderfully abstract masterpiece!

    2. Play with Erupting Rainbow Chalk Paint

    Side walk chalk is always a fun outdoor activity for kids. Let them create colorful designs and pictures. Then add a bit of science. Let them use a spray bottle of vinegar to watch their creations puff up!

    3. Color Learning Activities For 2 Year Olds

    Create a color wheel by painting each section of a pie chart a color. Then pick out little toys and trinkets that are the same color. Once you have a basket of goodies allow your child to put each item in its corresponding color. This is such a fun way to learn the colors even on a rainy day.

    4. Let’s Make a Summer Time Bucket List for 2 Year Olds

    Get outside in the summer time and have fun with one of these simple busy toddler activities or make your summer exciting and try to do them all. It will keep your 2 year old active, exploring, moving, and learning each day.

    5. Create Rainbow Hand Kites

    These rainbow hand kites are an amazing way to not only learn colors, but to appreciate them as well! Your child will be mesmerized by the way the colorful ribbons and dance and flow with each movement in different ways.

    6. Play a Color Wheel Game

    Sorting is something that teaches kids patterns, helps them to learn how to differentiate, and is *fun* for little kids! The best part is, toddlers have multiple ideas for learning colors so these activities for 2 year olds never gets dull and are so much fun.

    7. Make Rainbow Healthy Gummies Together

    Help your kids eat all the colors of the rainbow – these gummy snacks for kids are fun to make, and tasty for even picky kiddos. Your 2 year old will never know they’re eating fruits and veggies, they taste so good.

    8. Let’s Play Color And Word Games For 2 Year Olds

    Jump through the different shapes and colors with a DIY hopscotch-like mat. Your child must follow the path across the mat by following the same color or the same shape. Plus, looking for some fun activities to do at home to teach your toddler words? There is also a magnetic word game as well!

    Related: Try easy handprint art project today!

    Easy craft Activities for 2 Year Olds

    2 year old crafts and art activities include paint - shown is a puffy paint with feet, letter painting, ice painting and wet chalk
    Yes, 2 year olds love to craft and make art…

    9. Paintsicles are Fun for Toddlers

    Make finger painting more exciting by freezing paint in ice cubes for a cool colorful project. Do single colors, mix colors, add glitter, make it unique. Either way, your 2 year old will get to make a neat art project and work on their fine motor skills. It is a win-win.

    10. Have Fun with a Sibling Made Toddler Puzzle

    Need fun activities at home for older kids? Get an older sibling to paint a picture and turn it into a toddler puzzle. They can do a portrait, make a train, or whatever else your 2 year old may fancy. Plus, it is a great way to get your children to bond and promote kindness.

    11. Painting With Cookie Cutters

    Make prints with plastic letters – a great way to play with color and the alphabet at the same time. Not only is this a fun way to teach your 2 year old about letters, but it is a great way to start teaching them about words!

    12. Teaching Your 2 Year Old About Germs

    The year 2020 brought a sobering reminder that germs are very real. Making your own hand sanitizer and cleaning your toddlers hands with homemade hand sanitizer is a great way to remind them we must always clean our hands!

    Related: toddler crafts

    13. Fork Painted Fish Craft

    Get creative with paint. Use different objects to make prints. Check out this forked fish. The texture is so neat and makes the fish looks like it has scales. Mix colors, make zig zags, stagger the strokes, these fish are your canvas!

    14. Make Paper Plate Roses Together

    Roses are such beautiful flowers with such deep meanings. Now your toddler can make their own Paper Plate Roses. They are colorful, fun, and an easy craft for your toddler. The best part is you can make different colored ones! All you need is different colored paper plates.

    15. Let’s Play with Kids Face Painting

    Face painting is something that my kiddos love. The first thing they do with markers is draw on themselves. Now you can put together a face painting kit! Use non-toxic paints and markers in your kits and add things like napkins, a towel, paintbrushes, and a couple other items you they will need.

    16. Hey, Let’s Make DIY Chalk

    Another favorite at our house is diy side walk chalk. They love to smash the chalk to bits in colorful blotches. Make your own paintable chalk version. Or you could make spray chalk, erupting ice chalk, glow in the dark chalk, there are so many options.

    17. Oh So Many Crafts For 2 Year Olds

    Get crafting with our huge list of toddler crafts. We have over 100 toddler crafts available from parents and bloggers just like you! From painting, tea parties, dry erase games, educational activities, dress up, gifts,, we have a little bit of everything!

    18. Let’s Paint with Bathtub Paint

    Bathtub paint for kids is one of our favorite ways to make bath time fun! It is so easy to make! You probably have most of the ingredients already in your pantry.

    19. Sensory Paint Play

    Explore different textures! Paint on unusual surfaces, like bubble wrap with your kids. You can add other textures like pebbles and beads! Paint in a bin, on skin, it is fun and makes finger painting more exciting.

    Related: More easy crafts for toddlers & preschoolers

     Sensory Activities for 2 Year Olds

    sensory activities for two year olds - hands in paint, shaving cream, rubber bands and colored spaghetti
    Sensory activities for two year olds make sense…they love getting into everything!

    20. Easy Rainbow Pasta Fun

    Rainbow Spaghetti is a fun medium for kids to explore. Dye it for extra fun. Noodles have a very squishy and sticky texture, it is fun to place with, safe if your toddler puts it in their mouth, plus, save some for later for a fun dinner.

    21. Kool Aid Shaving Cream Sensory Play

    Shaving cream is a great sensory tool for kids. Add Koolaid for colors and scent variations. If you want to make this a little safer for 2 year olds and babies who may still stick their fingers in their mouths you can substitute shaving cream for Cool Whip.

    23. Make a Paper Plate Bird Craft

    Feathers are a fun thing to craft and play with. Create a fun, colorful bird in this preschool craft. This is a fun and colorful craft, not only because of the paint, but because of the rainbow feathers! Feathers are such a fun texture to play with.

    24. Play in a Rainbow Sensory Tub

    Pasta is a blast to play with in a sensory tub. Dye it and add some element shapes for kids to have fun digging, sorting, and touching. Add in colorful rings and plastic coins for even more textures. Add cups for the kids to shake the noodles and trinkets around.

    25. Process Art is Fun Toddler Play

    Kids love big canvases. Keep one around the house for your kids to paint whenever the desire strikes. Let them spray the paint, mix it, use rollers, and brushes to create a giant, beautiful, piece of art.

    26. Rainbow Finger Bath Paint

    If you don’t like mess, maybe the bath tub will be a better place for your kids to explore color mixing. These paints are non-toxic and safe for kids and your bathtub and the best part is, while they’re learning their colors you won’t be scrubbing paint off of chairs and the floor.

    27. Make a Confetti Collage

    Give your kids a hole punch and colorful sheets of paper. They will have a blast creating confetti – and afterwards craft with the bits. Use a paintbrush and glue and then sprinkle the confetti on top to create a rainbow masterpiece.

    28. Play with Rainbows

    Preschoolers can learn about more than color as they explore. This is a fun rainbow-themed math activity. It uses paint, toilet paper rolls, stickers, clay, and coins! Who knew math could be so fun?

    Related: Oh so many toddler sensory bin ideas!

    Indoor Sensory Games for 2 Year Olds

    sensory play for 2 year olds - beans, rocks, beads, dinosaurs and play dough are shown with words "Sensory Play
    Sensory play is just plain PLAY…so many things to touch and explore with 2 year olds…

    29. Playdough, Beads, And Pipe Cleaners Toddler Activities

    Add pipe cleaners and large beads to playdough play – it will help your kids develop fine motor skills. Plus, they create all sorts of creatures and monsters! Let their imaginations run wild.

    30. Stacking Cups for Gross Motor Play

    Two year olds have fun rolling stacking cups, and pretending to drink/eat. Add beans or rice and let them scoop and pour. Even better, let them shake them all around to make neat sounds. Worried they’ll put a bean in their mouth? Use Fruity Pebbles instead any round cereal like Coco Puffs or Cheerios for their toddler game.

    31. Make Chocolate Ice Cream Play Dough

    Chocolate Ice Cream, our preschoolers love to eat it – and this play dough recipe smells delish! Let them pretend to work at an ice cream shop. Give them other color playdough to make sprinkles and cherries! Just a heads up, this chocolate ice cream playdough may smell amazing, however, it is not edible! A taste won’t hurt, it won’t taste good, but this is not one of our edible recipes.

    32. Creative Activities For Toddlers At Home

    Rice is a fun sensory table addition. It’s cheap and easy to find, and kids love the texture falling through their fingers. Add wooden spoons, tiny cups, hide treasure in the rice, let them pour the rice through a funnel.

    33. Arts And Crafts For 2 Year Olds

    Toddler art projects can be daunting. Here are 10 easy and fun sensory arts and crafts for two year olds. Promote imaginary play with an ice cream dough bar, play with water beads, paint with yogurt, and there are so many more fun activities to choose from.

    Make footprints in playdough with your 2 year old’s favorite toys, then see if they can match the footprints to the toys! It is such a cute game and a great problem solving game as they have to match each footprint with their toys. Plus, it teaches about body parts like feet as they have to search for toys with feet.

    35. Let’s Make Homemade Story Stones

    Story-telling is a great way to help toddlers develop language patterns and learn sequencing of events. Make your own story stones using pictures of: animals, bugs, aliens, toys, and automobiles. Put them all in a basket and then let the pick one at a time to continue the story.

    36. Play Concentration Game

    Play a learning game of concentration with your kiddo. Put three items up and remove one. Have your child identify which object was removed. It is a great way to work on problem solving and refine your child’s memory and teaches them to pay attention.

    37. Playdough Kabobs are Fun to Make

    Make Kabobs of play dough. Form beads and thread them. Great way for kids to explore texture and motor control. Plus it will teach your child about colors and they can count each playdough balls.

    38. Fruity Bubble Tea for Play

    Water beads are the rage. Here are water beads that toddlers can play with, and even eat as part of a bubble tea. It is a fun texture to play with, to eat, plus they’re full of calories if your child doesn’t like to eat a lot.

    Related: Make healthy snacks for toddlers

    Outdoor Games for 2 Year Olds

    outdoor activities for 2 year olds - clothes line, making punch, pulling, car play, making musical instruments, play board, sponge bombs and blowing bubbles
    There is a world of wonder outside for a 2 year old!

    39. Play in a Mud Pie Kitchen

    Mudpies!! It’s a quintessential kids activity – make an mini-outdoor kitchen for your kids to cook and create in. Use a wooden crate and add a bowl, a whisk, spoons, pans, a kettle full of water, and don’t forget the chalkboard menu.

    40. Colored Cloud Dough Play

    Cloud dough is so soft and squishy, they will play with it for hours. Plus, it is made from a lot of things you may already have at home. It is a fun sensory craft for 2 year olds. Let them build, squish, and smash this soft cloud dough.

    41. Make Sandbox On Wheels

    Sandboxes are a mess… but what if they were small, easy to cover, and you could drag it into the garage when you were done?? Win! This is a sandbox on wheels. Pile on the toys to hide them and keep your yard clean.

    42. Ways To Spend Time With Your 2 Year Old

    When was the last time you surprised your child with a picnic – for breakfast? This site has a bunch of other creative ways to connect with your kids. It has great tips to spend time with your kids everyday even in the smallest of moments.

    43. Playing with Frozen Water Beads

    On a hot afternoon, frozen water beads are a huge hit! Fill a big bucket with them. They’re cold and great for a hot day, but you can spray water on them to thaw them out. There textures change and it makes a fun sensory bin.

    44. Outdoor Activities For Toddlers

    Do your kids hide in clothes at a department store? Mine do! Recreate that experience by hanging fabric for your kids to run through at home. You can hang sheets, blankets, dresses, long shirts and let them run through!

    45. DIY Outdoor Sound/Music Station

    This is so cool! Create a sound/music station for your 2 year old using pots, pans, racks, and bells. Bang the afternoon away with a fun musical wall – attach it to a fence in your back yard.

    46. Nature And Water Play For Toddlers

    It’s a soup!! Only you can’t eat it. This soup is made from flower petals and cut up fruit and water. Smells lovely, and is a hit with the kids! You can add other things too like leaves, stones, and stir with sticks or spoons. Make this nature soup your own.

    47. Egg Carton Color Sorting

    Use egg cartons to help your kids differentiate between colors with this fun sorting activity. Paint each egg carton a different color and then fill a bowl full of pom poms. Put each pom pom in its correlating colors. If you use spoons and tongs it also helps refine your child’s fine motor skills.

    48. How To Make Sponge Bombs

    Sponge bombs are the BEST! Make a big batch of them, and add them to your tots bath toys. They also make amazing summer toys as well! Plus, they’re safer for 2 year olds than water balloons.

    49. Sidewalk Simon Game

    Play with all the colors of the rainbow in this fun Simon Says game. This is a fun outdoors game that will teach your 2 year old about colors while keeping them moving. Say a color and they will need to hop to that color.

    50. Cardboard Boat For 2 Year Olds

    Card board boats are a blast. This is a fun pretend version you can add to your backyard. It will be loved until it can no longer hold it together anymore. It promotes pretend play, and if you’re able to tape boxes together or use a large box there will even be room for you!

    51. Rainbow Bubble Snakes

    2 year olds love bubbles, colors, and messy activities! These rainbow bubble snakes are all 3! Bubbles are a blast, especially lots of them. These bubble snakes are perfect for kids who want to learn to blow or who love popping bubbles and they are rainbow!

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    Fun Toddler Activities for Two Year Olds who are active

    Activities for ACTIVE 2 year olds - finger puppets, ice play, food fun mud pies, planting flowers, art, crafts, making a maze
    Let’s keep those 2 year olds busy at home!

    52. Exploring Color Theory

    Summer time ice-cube sculptures. Your two year old can stack colored blocks of ice and watch the colors melt together. Not only is this a fun way to beat the heat, but it is a fun way to learn colors and learn about mixing colors like red and blue make purple. Make this even more fun, and tasty, and freeze different color Kool-Aid’s!

    53. Make a Snack Together

    Is your child a snacker? Spend time together cooking and make a batch of snacks for toddlers and have a picnic together. Make popsicles from real fruit, muffins, fruit snacks, yogurt gummies, trail mix and more.

    54. Water Bead And Flower Sensory Tub

    Do your kids love flowers?? Mine do! Check out this flower sensory bin. Add water beads and different flowers and water! This changes the texture of the water beads and each flower feels different as some will be wet and others dry. Dip your hands or feet in the bin.

    55. Let’s Make an Indoor Fort Together

    Who doesn’t love pillow forts? Building forts and hanging out inside forts is a blast for kids. They love cubbies to crawl into. We love these indoor forts for toddlers. There are 25 to choose from and each one is cool and unique in its own right.

    56. Pretend Play is Toddler Fun

    Pretend play is such an important thing for kids to do. It promotes social skills, cooperative play, and problem solving. Young preschoolers are just beginning to play pretend. These 75+ Pretend games help them build an imaginary world.

    57. Watermelon Activities

    Your kids don’t need to have blocks to build. Use chunks of watermelon this summer with your preschoolers. Not only can you build with it, but you can make squish bags, math bags, and best of all, snack!

    58. No-Mess Finger Painting

    You can fill bags of paint for kids to squish and trace in as mess free finger paint. It is clean play so you don’t have to worry about any scrubbing or baths afterwards. They can still draw pictures in the paint and even mix the colors.

    59. Play with a Ball Maze

    Drop the ball through a fun maze – your kids can create and explore with long paper tubes. You could even use toy cars with this maze. Either way, it is a lot of fun! All you need is cardboard tubes, can boxes, cutting utensils and a hot glue gun as well as ping pong balls.

    60. Spaghetti Shop Play

    Promote pretend play with this fun activity. Make an “invitation to play” for your kids cooked noodles (plain and red dyed), paper plates, tongues, forks and strainers – it’s a pasta party! Not only will it promote pretend play, but using tongues and letting two year olds move noodles from various containers is a great way to promote fine motor skill practice.

    61. Play with Learning Letters

    Water – everything is more fun with water. Use a squirt gun or spray bottle to learn the letters with your toddler. Write letters on a chalkboard. They can be in order or they can be all mixed up. Then name a letter and let your child find it and spray it with a water bottle to erase it from the lineup. A normal water bottle may be hard for 2 year olds, so a wet rag or sponge could also work.

    Related: Kids-creative activities at home

    Fun 2 Year Old Activities for Home

    activities for two year olds - making things with 2 year olds, toilet paper stacks, rock collections, kinetic sand, homemade toys, car ramps and hiding in boxes

    62. Quiet Play for Toddlers

    It isn’t often you can get 2 year olds to be quiet or settle down. But this toilet paper activity is perfect. You don’t need fancy toys to build towers. Use toilet paper – if your kids are like mine, they will enjoy unraveling a roll or two, too. But they can build, drive cars over and around them, and knock them down!

    63. Water Play Ideas For 2 Year Olds

    We have 20 easy young toddler water play ideas will get them outside on a hot day! Splash in puddles, dance in the rain, wash the car, build your own water table, paint with water, and there are many more fun ideas that you can do together!

    64. Five Senses Exploration

    Learn all about the five senses with this fun printable for kids. This is such a well-rounded sensory activity as it focuses on: touching, hearing, smelling, sight, and tasting. It is a great way to teach 2 year olds about the world around them and help them explore different textures and different items around them.

    65. Simple Play With A Ramp

    This is one of our go-to activities for 2 year olds. Grab a box – it can be a terrific launch ramp for toy cars. If you have stairs you can lay the box against them or if you don’t a chair or the couch. But then watch the cars and bikes fly!

    66. Make Toddler Friendship Bracelets

    Toddler friendship bracelets are a fun way to practice cutting and threading fine motor skills. Plus, they are super cute! Cut up different colored straws and use the pieces as beads and loop them onto a pipe cleaner.

    67. Easy Indoor Ring Toss For Toddlers

    Use a lump of play dough and a wooden spoon to create a pole to toss rings on. This is a great way for kids to develop hand-eye coordination. Use plastic bracelets as the rings.

    68. Bucket List For Toddlers

    Encourage your kids to be active with one of these 25 super simple activities. We have silly activities like singing into a fan (robot voice!) and simple activities like moping the floor with socks, or building forts, and so many more! Your 2 year old will love them all!

    69. Free Quiet Book Template

    Create a quiet book to entertain your 2 year olds during nap time or another calm period. This free template helps you put together a book full of fun felt puzzles and activities. It will keep your child busy for hours!

    70. Toddler Kerplunk Game

    Kerplunk is such a fun classic game and is one of our favorite activities for 2 year olds. Grab a spaghetti strainer and some pom-poms for a fun game. Don’t worry the plastic sticks aren’t sharp because they are straws! This is such a fun problem solving game!

    71. Rock Sensory Box

    Rocks. My kids love to play with them when they are at the park. Teach them not to throw rocks at home by making a simple sensory box with different size rocks that have various shapes, textures, weights and colors. You can start your rock box with rocks you find or purchase a variety of rocks on Amazon.

    72. Edible Sand For 2 Year Olds

    Do your kids want to play in the sandbox, but they are just a touch to young as they put everything in their mouths?? Create edible sand! All you need is a food processor and crackers! You could probably also use something like cheerios or graham crackers for a sweeter version of this edible sand. Either way, your 2 year old will love it!

    73. Foam Block Building Ideas

    Build with blocks in a water table – a fun outdoor experience. Trace the foam blocks with chalk! That way 2 year olds can learn colors and shapes. Work on your 2 year olds motor skills by sticking the foam blocks to sticky paper. Last, promote pretend play while working on your 2 year olds fine motor skills by letting them build. Use shaving cream as cement!

    Related: easy toddler crafts

    Encourage Independence through these 2 Year Old Activities

    LOTS of activities for 2 year olds through play they develop independence - cutting, beading, chores, cleaning and playing
    Almost anything is fun when it is play!

    74. Printable Chore List

    Help foster independence and teach work ethic with ideas from our chore list for your preschooler. Each chore list is sectioned off by age groups. So there are lists for toddlers, preschoolers, elementary kids, older elementary kids, and middle schoolers.

    75. Building Towers

    Build towers with all the old boxes you can collect – use tape to keep them together and bring a step stool. Let the kids do all the “heavy lifting” (they’re empty so no back brace is needed) and then let them decorate their amazing towers with paint!

    76. Introduction To A Ruler

    Your kids may not understand lengths and how to use a ruler yet, but they can learn to intuitively grasp varying amounts with the help of scissors, play dough and a ruler. It is a great way to introduce tools they’ll need for school and work on their fine motor skills.

    77. Fine Motor Activities For Toddlers At Home

    Colanders and straws are the perfect way to help 2 year olds practice their fine motor skills. This can even be used as one of our fun games for 3 years old. It is simple, let your child stick straws through the holes in the colander. It will take precision to get them in!

    78. DIY Cutting Station

    Create a cutting station! It is one of our fun activities to do at home. Not only is it fun, but helps your 2 year old practice their fine motor skills as well. Use a bucket and tie a pair of scissors to it. Hopefully, kids will keep the scraps contained this way.

    79. Making Clean Up Fun

    How to get kids to clean? Make cleaning fun! Add music, set a timer, hide prizes around the room! Also breaking down the cleaning tasks and even taking a before an after picture will make it easier on kids and make them feel more accomplished for doing their chores.

    80. Toddlers can Help Clean

    Encourage your kids to contribute and clean with some of these tips. Mop the floors with socks! Make your own cleaner out of non-toxic items in your home and let your child spray and wipe! This will make cleaning fun, but also teach them responsibility.

    Related: Toddler chores

    80+ activities for 2 year olds
    Oh so many ways for toddlers to play!

    How do you entertain a 2 year old all day?

    If you have ever spent an entire day with a 2 year old, you have probably asked yourself this question of what in the world do I do with a 2 year old for EVERY WAKING HOUR! It can be exhausting and overwhelming to consider. There are several things to consider when planning out a toddler’s day:

    • 2 Year old Schedule for Day: Try a loose schedule in blocks of time built around your 2 year olds nap time and other things that you might have going on like picking up older kids or running errands. Plan for at least one of those time blocks to be outside whether that is in your backyard, a walk around the neighborhood or a quick trip to the park. Another time block might include one of the toddler activities chosen from our list. Here is a simple example schedule for the day —
      • 8-9 Breakfast & Clean Up
      • 9-10 Run errands
      • 10-11 Park
      • 11-12 Shaving cream painting on back porch or in tub (without water)
      • 12-1 Lunch & Clean Up
      • 1-3:30 Quiet time then nap
      • 3:30-5 Pick up older sibling, run to the library and toy time: blocks, cars, etc.
      • 5-7 Family time and dinner
      • 7 Bath and story time
      • 8 Bed time
    • Toddler Activities as Play Prompts: Think of activities for 2 year olds as a play “starter”. It is an idea to inspire their own play. Don’t worry if they make the “right thing” or “play the right way”. The idea is to get them entertaining themself!
    • Step Away During Toddler Play: When your toddler gets engrossed in play, step away and observe/supervise from a distance. This will help him/her to develop independence and the ability to entertain themselves with a lot of practice.

    How do you mentally stimulate a 2 year old?

    Toddlers are taking in everything around them all the time. It makes it really easy to mentally stimulate 2 year olds! The bottom line answer to how to stimulate a toddler mentally is…through play and experience. Here are some examples:

    • Visit new places: Don’t worry that I am talking about exotic travel locations, any place is new to a 2 year old! Grocery stores, malls, parks, trails, backyards, different sidewalks, zoos, and anywhere you go is a new place to see, observe and learn. Let them look around. Talk about what they see. Let them soak up their surroundings.
    • Read new books: Visit your local library regularly and let your toddler “shop” for new books. Choosing books from all the shelves and shelves of library books is fun and sitting down and reading those books at the library or at home is even better. Kids who are read to at a young age develop language skills faster and better.
    • Be around friends and family: 2 year olds are social creatures and love to be around others so they can watch and learn. Expose your child to a lot of social situations from play dates to family reunions to large groups like sporting events or church.

    What games are best for a 2 year old?

    We have some casual games listed above, but if you are looking for card and board games that work well as a toddler’s first game, here are a few to try first!

    • Monkey Around – The Wiggle & giggle Game from Peaceable Kingdom that gets 2 year olds moving
    • Mr. Bucket – The spinning and moving bucket game from Pressman
    • Elefun – This was my kids favorite toddler game – the elephant blows butterflies in the air that you need to catch with a butterfly net
    • Where is Bear? The hide and find stacking block game from Peaceable Kingdom
    • First Orchard – A HABA My Very First Games is a board game of cooperation for 2 year olds

    More Kids Activities for 2 year olds & Beyond from Kids Activities Blog

    Leave a Comment: Which of these toddler activities did your 2 year old enjoy the most? Did we miss a great activity on our list of toddler activities?



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