Hands on Kids Activities for Hands on Moms.

Activities for 2 to 2 1/2 year olds

Toddler activities that are perfect for 2 to 2 1/2 year olds.

Please note: This is just the age that we tried these activities in our house.
These activities may be suitable for other ages. As well as not suitable for your child that is of this age. Please take into consideration the level of development that your child is at.

Check out Activities for 18-24 Month Olds and 2.5-3 Year Olds for more ideas!

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Learning Letters Lineup. Squirt!

George has been learning his letters and its amazing me how easily he’s catching on.

I don’t think he’s quite there to know all the letter just be seeing them. So I set up a learning activity that

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Reuse Lotion for a Smelling Sensory Activity

A sensory activity can be done with almost anything!

As the simplify part of the Seventh Generation 7 day Journey to Natural Beauty, I did some spring cleaning and found an entire basket full of lotions that I haven’t

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Gross Motor Activity: Tape Jumping Game

A very silly and fun gross motor activity to get the kids moving with a simple jumping game!

This is so simple. So, so simple.

I taped out 6 lines [after Henry defeated the 6, we upped it

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Fine Motor Activity: Rubber Band Passing Game

A fine motor activity that focuses on hand strength using rubber bands.

I called this activity a game to my boys. They were super excited to play the game and wanted to know what it was called. I didn’t

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Egg Splatter Painting for Easter

The boys made these eggs by doing splatter painting with a toothbrush. It was a new way for them to paint and they had fun with it!

Grab some old toothbrushes to splatter paint with! I always save our old ones for cleaning

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Learning with Blocks: Shapes & Colors

I went back to the basics for George to learn shapes and colors with a block activity since he’s been all about the blocks lately.

A very fast setup [excuse the scribbles on the paper!]. While the boys were

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St. Patrick’s Day Craft: Wreath

We’ve been having some fun with St. Patrick’s Day crafts and decorating the house with plenty of rainbows and shamrocks! We added to the collection with a shamrock wreath to display.

Henry and I made a wreath