

Watch things swirl and make noises with toddler safe discovery bottles

Set toys into sparkly jelly and get up to your elbows to find them again!ĭrive trains or cars on a DIY chalkboard table Squish hands into a giant tub of rainbow spaghetti! Mix potions and natural materials in the water tableĭrop pom poms through a tube and shoot them out again. Paint and explore with toddler-safe DIY finger-paints Make a colour themed sensory tub to play in Make pictures and patterns on the window with foam and water Sort coloured pom poms into rainbow egg cartons Go on a colour hunt and sing this song together
#TODDLER ACTIVITIES AT HOME 2 YEAR OLD PATCH#
Make them a little digging and sensory garden patch to play in Set up one of these simple Discovery Boxes to explore new materials and how they can be used together

Make a nursery rhyme themed sensory or water play tub. Make and play with these simple DIY fine motor toys from recycled materialsĭrop coloured pom poms down the rainbow coloured tubes Play a hide and seek game to find the matching pairs They need to find out about the world as much as possible by doing, moving and handling, and they need to do that by trying it for themselves.Īside from the usual (and very necessary) trips to the park, supermarket, play ground and other day to day activities in the home and out and about in the neighbourhood, this collection of 20 activities have all been tried and tested with my 3 children and proven to be easy to set up, engaging for them to test out and great for those busy little hands and brains!Įnjoy now or pin your favourites for later (by clicking through to the individual post then pressing Pin It): If you, like me, have a busy 2 year old in your home or work setting, you’ll already know how much they like to get their hands into everything, investigating how things work, what you can do with them, what something feels like and how much mess and noise they can create! This is the absolute bursting point of discovery and their development is so rapid at this stage of their busy little lives. Here are 20 fun and simple activities for toddlers that will keep them engaged and busy with sensory, fine motor, problem solving and curiosity!
