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200+ Easy Toddler Activities To Do at Home
Are you looking for easy, fun and engaging activities for toddlers?
You are in the right place!
Toddler Learning Folder
I am so excited to share a list of over 200 toddler activities at home!
Having two children myself, it is so important that we incorporate play to learn activities, sensory play, arts and crafts and play based learning.
Toddler activities can be as simple as bringing forth a bin filled with:
A sensory base
A few of their toys
Thatโs it! That is all you really need to create an epic activity that will last hours throughout the day!
I’ll be sharing different ways you can go about incorporating fun activities to try at home.
Free Printable Bug Busy Book Below
Best Toddler Activities for 2 Year Olds
Iโll be including the following categories:
Easy Toddler Activities
DIY Toddler Activities
Toddler Activities at Home
Creative Activities for Toddlers
Small group activities for Toddlers
Here are some of the many homemade craft supplies we love using to put together a simple activity for toddlers:
soapy water
ice cubes
wooden blocks
paper towel tubes
different shapes
dry noodles
old tissue box
And, so much more.
Toddler Activities Benefits
hand-eye coordination skills
social skills
gross motor skills
child development
creative expression
sensory activities
Indoor Activities for Toddlers
There are a lot of different activities we love to bring forth.
Here are a list of toddler activities for young kids.
Educational activities we love:
Toddler Activities Book Printable
Easy Alphabet Sensory Bottle
Pretend play
Color Sorting Printable
Fun Rainy Day Toddler Activity
Sensory Play Ideas:
We love setting up an easy sensory bin.
Here are some of the ingredients we use within a simple sensory activity:
measuring cup
different objects
different color items (for a color learning activity)
a base
Check out our Preschool Activity Book Printable Below
Perfect Toddler Activities
Sometimes we’ll use food coloring to color our base (uncooked rice..)
For an added bonus, include a sensory bin with a small amount of warm water and bubbles.
Add their favorite squishy bath toys for an easy activity.
Little hands will enjoy exploring and have extra fun with this simple play setup.
Adult supervision is always advised.
A safe environment is a must.
Toddlers have short attention spans so a simple sensory setup is filled with so many benefits (stimulates the senses, learning is improved..) and takes up a good chunk of time.
What are some of your favorite things to add within a sensory bin?
Do you have some great ideas we can incorporate into simple activities to try at home?
Share with me a fun way to go about setting up a new sensory bin in the comments below. ๐
I love learning your easy home activities and setups!
Preschool Themes for the entire year (Tap Below):
Toddler Worksheets we love:
On the hunt for toddler printables?
Here are some of our favorites:
We love using these freebies for learning about colors, the alphabet, matching activities and more.
For even more Toddler Printables, go here.
Check out our Toddler Activity Book Printable Below
Simple Crafts for Toddlers
Here are some of our favorite crafts for older toddlers and older siblings:
Hedgehog Craft
Winter Painting Craft
Shamrock Mess Free Painting
Autumn Mess Free Painting
Baby Painting Ideas
Ball Painting
Some of these ideas are so much fun, they will work for a variety of ages.
We love the plethora of painting with baby activities here.
It is so much fun bringing forth easy activities for toddlers that are not only fun but educational.
Educational?
Yes, educational.
We love talking about the different colors we see.
And, for a more advanced approach, incorporate a bit of color mixing.
Example: Red and Yellow = Orange.
Another example: Yellow and Blue = Green.
What are some activities to do with toddlers?
There are so many fun toddler activities you can bring forth depending on the season, the day of the week, a toddler theme, or just becauseโฆ
There are plenty of objects that can be included and a variety of different items that can be used in some of the best activities.
Homemade is always a good idea.
Bring out the recycled items that are kid friendly such as:
And, more.
Here are some toddler activity ideas we have tried in the past:
Rainbow Fish Craft made out of a recycled cardboard cutout!
Pouring water activity for toddlers
Easy Color Match Dot Sticker Fish Activity
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Alphabet Cardboard Activity
And so much more!
We love putting together a simple homemade sensory bottle.
I’ll use a hot glue gun (adult-use only) to glue the top to the bottle.
This allows for the bottle to be extra shut.
It’s the simple things, right?
Sensory bottles are a great activity for little kids and for older kids.
It allows littles to explore while everything is contained.
Outdoor Activities for Kids (Tap Below)
What are good activities for 2 year olds?
I like to incorporate activities that involve a little bit of:
Fine motor skills
Sensory play
Crafts for kids
Those are my 3 main and then I will work around themes and ideas for different seasons and such.
This is a wonderful way to go about bringing forth an activity for 2 year olds making sure that the items are not small and that they are well supervised when attempting any of these activities.
Iโll be sharing below many different activity ideas for toddlers, so stay tuned!
Related: Looking for fun things to do with a toddler? Check out this Duck and Frog Sensory Bin!
Shape Activities for 2 Year olds and up:
How do I entertain my 2 year old indoors?
Entertaining a toddler indoors is so much fun!
You can set up so many fun ideas by incorporating a bit of open ended play.
For example, do you have a blue towel?
This can be a pretend ocean.
Then, add all of their ocean toy figures to it and pretend the sea animals are swimming in the ocean!
If you are looking for more open ended toys, here are some ideas of ones we own and truly love:
Poster Board Preschool Printable Bundle Below
How can I stimulate my 2 year old at home?
You can stimulate toddlers at home by bringing forth engaging activities such as:
Open ended play
Sensory play
Crafts for toddlers and for kids
Fine motor skills
DIY cardboard activities
Montessori activities
Many of these allow for the stimulation of the brain by bringing forth play to learn activities which are so important for the stimulation of toddlers!
Best part: They are gaining benefits and learning at the exact same time.
Share with me your best activity for young children in the comments below.
I love following ideas and learning a great way to bring forth a popular activity of yours in our home.
It makes me so happy and I think it is the best thing ever to add new and exciting ideas for the summer months or any time of the year.
200+ Easy and Fun Toddler Activity Ideas
Easy Toddler Activities
Toddler Busy Book – Active Littles
Easy Rubber Band Fine Motor Activity – Active Littles
Easy Shape Sorting Activity – Active Littles
Pouring Water Activity for Toddlers – Active Littles
Water Play for Toddlers – Active Littles
Learning Shapes Sensory Bin – Active Littles
Apple Washing Activity for Toddlers – Active Littles
Puzzle Unwrap – Busy Toddler
Q-tip Painting – Toddler Approved
Alphabet Soup – Raising Dragons
Washing Dishes Sensory Bin – Raising Dragons
Paper Plate Seek and Find Activity – Active Littles
Mega Blok Puzzle – Active Littles
Dot Paint Flowers – Happy Tot Shelf
DIY Toddler Activities
Easy DIY Alphabet Sensory Bag – Active Littles
Easy DIY Color Match Toddler Activity – Active Littles
DIY Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Activity – Active Littles
Ocean Sensory and Play Bag – Happy Toddler Playtime
Bottle Cap Toddler Activity – Happy Tot Shelf
Straw Poke Toddler DIY – Montessori from the Heart
Pom Pom Push DIY Activity – Montessori from the Heart
Toddler Busy Board DIY – Hello Wonderful
Scooping Pom Poms – Buggy and Buddy
DIY Oobleck – Active Littles
DIY Fish Sensory Bag – Active Littles
Ice Cream Hair Gel Sensory Bag – Active Littles
No Prep Toddler Activity – Playground Parkbench
Toddler Activities at Home
Construction Site Sensory Bin – Active Littles
Easy Learning Activities for Toddlers – Active Littles
Frozen Dinosaur Sensory Play – Active Littles
Pet Animal Sensory Bin – Active Littles
Taste Safe Sensory Bin – Active Littles
Fill the Alphabet Toddler Activity – Happy Toddler Playtime
Matching Objects – Toddler Approved
Flashlight Hunt – Toddler Approved
Sink or Float – Busy Toddler
DIY Recycled Project for Early Learning – Active Littles
Color Sort Activity – Busy Toddler
Toddler Fish Craft – Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds
Rainbow Tissue Paper Activity – Active Littles
Creative Activities for Toddlers
Rock Match Activity – Active Littles
Contact Paper Toddler Activity – Active Littles
Paper Plate Crafts for Toddlers – Active Littles
Shaving Cream and Legos Messy Play – Days with Grey
Trucks and Oats Sensory Bin – Toddler Approved
Finger Painting with Toddlers – Play Teach Repeat
Learning Shapes – Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds
Toddler Made Suncatchers – Fun at Home with Kids
Sensory Art Activities for Toddler – Mama Papa Bubba
Moon Rock Letters – Happy Toddler Playtime
Pool Noodle Pour Station – Raising Dragons
Rainbow Water Bead Sensory Bottle – Active Littles
Waterbead Calming Sensory Bottles – Active Littles
Paper Towel Roll Activity – Raising Dragons
Indoor Ice Skating – Play Teach Repeat
Squirt the Numbers – Days with Grey
Truck Painting – Happily Ever Mom
Art Exploration for Toddlers – Playground Parkbench
Small group activities for Toddlers
Rainbow Fish Craft – Active Littles
Spring Flower Activity for Toddlers and Kids – Active Littles
Emotions for Toddlers – Active Littles
Shaving Cream Letters Activity – Active Littles
Outdoor Game for Toddlers – Days with Grey
Number Tunnels – Toddler Approved
Soap Foam Sensory Bin – Active Littles
Easy Fish Sticky Wall Kids Activity – Active Littles
Easy Contact Paper Activity – Active Littles
Summer Window Art – Active Littles
Fine Motor Activity using Paper Straws – Active Littles
A tasty activity for toddlers – Happily Ever Mom
Edible Sensory Play – Kids Craft Room
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I’m happy you found it helpful ๐ Thank you!
I enjoyed in this post! Great for kids to learn Really Pretty colors! Good work
Hey, I was looking for toddler fun toys to make my sister’s baby happy. You have created a great list. Thanks.
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Great work, i really enjoyed this post, it good for kids to learn Really Pretty colors as it will help them
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Thanks for this toddler activities guide.
You’re very welcome! ๐