Ten Easy Activities To Do With A Two Year Old

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Last week Buddy turned three. We had a wonderful celebration with our family and friends, and I hope to blog about that soon. This week, however, I want to reflect on the activities that I did with Buddy during the last year. Here are my top ten favorite activities that we did when Buddy was two.

Floating LettersAll you need for this activity is a spatula, some foam letters, and water. It was so easy to set up, and Buddy played with it for a long, long time.

Whisking Bubbles

This was a Water Wednesday activity from last summer. I put some Dawn and water in a bowl, and Buddy used a whisk to make it bigger and bigger. He thought this was hilarious and eventually started to spread bubbles on his arms and legs.

Magnetic Letters Sensory Bin

I hid magnetic letters in a rice bin, and Buddy found them and matched them to letters on a baking pan. We started this one with a horseshoe magnet, but eventually switched to shovels for finding the letters. Buddy had a blast and played for more than an hour!

Mighty, Mighty Construction Site Bin

If I had to pick a favorite two year old activity, this would be it. We left these beans and trucks together in the bin, and Buddy often pushes it into the kitchen to play while I cook dinner. Buddy has played with this bin at least once a week until the last couple weeks, when I swapped out the beans to create the dinosaur world sensory bin (see the next post below). I expect he’ll ask for his beans to come back out again soon.

Dinosaur World Sensory Bin

I used some old felt and some leaves and rocks from the dollar store to create this bin for Buddy’s dinosaurs. He loves having a special place to play with his dinosaurs. This has replaced his construction site sensory bin as a thing for him to do while I cook.

Decorating Dinosaurs

We used a cookie cutter to cut out dinosaur shapes in playdoh. Then we decorated them with pony beads. It was so easy, and so much fun!

Laundry Basketball

This is probably our second favorite from this year. Buddy loves playing basketball with his beach ball! This version was with the laundry basket, and I played defense while I folded. Most nights, he uses his bed as the basket and if it stays in, it counts as a basket.

Bubbling Colors: A Science Activity for Toddlers

I put drops of food coloring in the bottom of muffin tins, and then I covered it with baking soda. Buddy had a water bottle of vinegar, and the result was bubbling colors. It was a fun and easy science activity.

Bowling for Cups

We stacked some leftover cups from a party and knocked them down with a rubber ball. This was one of Buddy’s first games, and he loved it!

Duplo Busy Bag

Duplos were another favorite this year, and we brought this busy bag with us on a lot of trips this year. He liked it so much, that I’ve made a couple more versions of it for playing at home as well.

Last year was a great year, and I’m looking forward to the new activities we’ll do now that Buddy is three. If you have any ideas, please share in the comment section.

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