Activities for 2-Year-Olds

Find easy activities for 2-year-olds who are exploring movement, imitation, language, sorting, dumping, building, and pretend play. Browse age-fit ideas for at-home play, indoor days, early learning, and simple setup.

Selected for:Movement and imitationSorting and buildingEarly pretend playLanguage-rich playIndoor playSimple setup

Gross motor

15-30+ min2-4 years

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Sticky Spider Web

Sticky Spider Web is an indoor throwing activity for toddlers that helps children aim at a visible target through a clear, repeatable play loop.

Blanket Hide-and-Seek

Blanket Hide-and-Seek is a blanket hide and seek activity for toddlers that helps children stay with a repeatable play loop through a clear, repeatable play loop.

Autism support

Low effortNo Mess mess

Indoor Floor Or Couch

Gross motor

5-10+ min1-3 years

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Bottle Bowling

Bottle Bowling is a bottle bowling activity for toddlers that helps children aim at a visible target through a clear, repeatable play loop.

Developmental support

Cardboard Tube Blow Push

Cardboard Tube Blow Push is a cardboard tube blowing activity for toddlers that helps children connect actions with results through a clear, repeatable play loop.

Coat-Hat-Mittens Order

Coat-Hat-Mittens Order is a dressing order activity for toddlers that helps children complete a helping job through a clear, repeatable play loop.

Developmental support

Colour Spaghetti

Colour Spaghetti is a colour spaghetti sensory play for toddlers that helps children use both hands together through a clear, repeatable play loop.

Autism support

Medium effortMedium mess

Cotton Tip Color Push

Cotton Tip Color Push is a color matching activity for toddlers that helps children push through gentle resistance through a clear, repeatable play loop.

Crayon Push

Crayon Push is a fine motor activity for 2-year-olds that helps children push through gentle resistance through a clear, repeatable play loop.

Cup-O-Letters

Cup-O-Letters is a letter hunt for 2-year-olds that helps children notice print in play through a clear, repeatable play loop.

Low effortLow mess

Indoor Floor Table Or Another Steady Cup Stacking Surface

Fine motor

5-15+ min2-5 years

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Cup Towers

Cup Towers is a cup tower activity for toddlers that helps children place objects carefully through a clear, repeatable play loop.

Cushion Drum Beats

Cushion Drum Beats is a cushion drum activity for toddlers that helps children push through gentle resistance through a clear, repeatable play loop.

Doll Burp-and-Bed

Doll Burp-and-Bed is a doll pretend play routine for toddlers that helps children stay with a repeatable play loop through a clear, repeatable play loop.

Autism supportDevelopmental support

Hand Tower Pull-Out

Hand Tower Pull-Out is a hand game for toddlers that helps children use both hands together through a clear, repeatable play loop.

Sensory-friendly support

Low effortNo mess

Indoor

Fine motorGross motor

5-10+ min2-5 years

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Heavy-Work Scavenger Hunt

Heavy-Work Scavenger Hunt is a heavy work scavenger hunt for toddlers that helps children change body levels safely through a clear, repeatable play loop.

OT-adjacent support

Medium effortLow mess

Hide-and-Place Game

Hide-and-Place Game is a hide and place game for toddlers that helps children follow one-step directions through a clear, repeatable play loop.

Laundry Machine Toss

Laundry Machine Toss is a laundry loading activity for toddlers that helps children complete a helping job through a clear, repeatable play loop.

Autism supportDevelopmental support

Lift-the-Flap Turns

Lift-the-Flap Turns is a lift the flap turn taking activity for toddlers that helps children copy, try, and take turns through a clear, repeatable play loop.

Loud-or-Quiet Sort

Loud-or-Quiet Sort is a loud and quiet listening game for toddlers that helps children sort by sound through a clear, repeatable play loop.

Magic Ball Squeeze

Magic Ball Squeeze is a cornstarch sensory activity for kids ages 2 to 7 that helps children build hand strength and control through a clear, repeatable play loop.

Sensory-friendly support

Medium effortHigh mess

Paper Mountain

Paper Mountain is a paper mountain activity for toddlers that helps children push through gentle resistance through a clear, repeatable play loop.

OT-adjacent support

Medium effortMedium mess

Pasta Shape Picture

Pasta Shape Picture is a pasta picture activity for toddlers that helps children place objects carefully through a clear, repeatable play loop.

Sensory-friendly support

Medium effortMedium mess

Plant Watering Route

Plant Watering Route is a plant watering route activity for toddlers that helps children complete a helping job through a clear, repeatable play loop.

OT-adjacent support

Low effortLow mess

Indoor Or Outdoor