My little girl turned 2 a few weeks ago! As I did with her year and half day where I shared her favorite things to do at 18 months old, today I want to share with you what she has been up to since 18 months to the grand 24 months old, erm 2 years old.
Toddler Toys
Plastic animals are still staple as well as a pretend tea set and (her brothers) Lego.
She loves puzzles! The Melissa & Doug Farm Sound Blocks are currently getting a lot of use. I also made a lovely list of puzzles for under 3 year olds here.
Toddler Books
We still have the same range of books as I listed in books for under 3 year olds, I really should order some new ones soon!
Homemade Activities
A large part of activities for my toddler have been the DIY activities and crafts I come up with and share on the blog.
In January we did an entire month of simple play were she enjoyed various activities such as, water play with a whisk, Ice trains and painting on a chalk board (this one is still enjoyed!).
She was very eager to help make a flower gift with me too. A great helper!
Sensory Play
This year we started on our journey of exploring 12 sensory doughs and making them taste safe for the little ones.
The most loved activity is play dough and cloud dough. I think she really enjoyed our loose parts play with play dough as well!
She also loves rice play and all 3 kids were more than happy to help me “play together” my new ebook RICE PLAY!
There was plenty of rice play to go around from a free standing bin to frogs and fishing for fish.
We also explored a shaving cream free sensory rainbow!
Art
We didn’t do much art in the last few months but when we did she got right into it!
Take a look at these rather cute butterflies as well as our bubble wrap art works.
Fine Motor Activities
My 2 year old is VERY interested in our fine motor adventures
At 18 months she started with a supervised Spice Bottle and Toothpicks activity and at 19 months she joined in on her first pasting activity to make a little heart craft.
From then on she was the star of our fine motor activities every Friday!
She fed baby birds worms (pretend ones!), stuck velcro sticks together, played with a fine motor counting hedgehog, fed a very hungry monster, explored a use for tiny tiny pom poms and reused an empty box.
A real quick think on the feet activity saved us from a toddler melt down.
Another first was learning to color and shapes match which we did with a DIY shape sorter as well as some rather clever lids.
At almost 2 she is able to do many fine motor activities our recent adventures include crazy straws, sensory sticks, window shapes and ice play!
You are able to see all our fine motor activities here in my archives.
I also share my tips for keeping your younger toddler busy in the kitchen while you make dinner!
After gathering a great resource for printables for her I put together a list of what I had printed.
But my personal favorite for my now 2 year old is the no sew quiet book I made her!
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Mines is 21 months now and its a constant struggle finding different activities to keep them happy, she gets bored so easy!
Great ideas for toddlers.
I just love your ideas, however, I often find my self not doing any of it, because I don’t have the basic supplies needed.
Can you please make an arts, crafts & activities list with all the basic items needed like pompoms, glue, velcrodots, sticks and so on, so I can make a “get started” kit?
I would really appreciate it.
Thanks!
Linda I sent you an email about this. I hope you got it 🙂
It is an awesome idea! I’ve put it on my list to write about very soon!
Thanks!
Hi! Please also email me a “starter kit” 🙂 I am not very artistic but I want to provide activities for my toddler 🙂
hehe! I’ll try to get it done asap! I have tons of people asking me these days <3 Will let you know!
I need to try these out with my 19 month old 🙂
gud ideas
I love your ideas. I’m a infant and young toddlers teacher and you have some great low cost ideas. Thank you♡
My pleasure!
We live in a rather out of the way area so low cost and things from around the house are usually our go to items!
My kids love water painting…water painting with a whisk sounds extra awesome. I love your crazy straw, too! Pinned!
Thanks for linking up at Wordy Wednesday!
Such a great list of ideas!
Great roundup of ideas, Nicolette! I’m glad you linked this up to The Thoughtful Spot – I’m pinning it for later.
Wow, these are awesome activities! Your little ones are blessed to have you for a a mommy 🙂
Thank you!