@thelighthousesocialclub: Parents of toddlers… I need your best ideas 😂 It’s been raining nonstop, we’re stuck inside, and the same toys are getting OLD fast. What are your creative, cheap (or free) ways to keep a 2-year-old entertained at home? I’m talking weird little activities, random household stuff, games you made up — anything that actually keeps them busy. 😂 Drop your best one below because I KNOW other parents need these ideas too 👇 #ToddlerActivityIdeas #RainyDayToddler #ToddlerParents #AtHomeWithToddlers #ParentHackExchange
I play with them. I read books. Wooden puzzles are great. Also, wooden ABC's. Play with them.
2026-09-03 06:12:07
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The Radical Decipher :
I heard from Jack Black..... don't buy your kid more happiness... if they are having fun doing something like playing with a box. then get down onthe floor and play with that box... no need to fill a happiness void that doesnt exsist....
2026-09-02 01:15:16
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bohunk7 :
Play with them….a cardboard box is a fort, a castle, a new universe….don’t forget you have an imagination too!!!!
2026-09-02 00:37:57
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Salty Dog :
Lowes and Home Depot have loads of hardware displays they can fiddle with.
Gardening is great - pots, dirt, seeds.
Playing in the rain -splash, inner tube down the street, mudpies, catching raindrops in a cup.
Pool noodle sword fights
Let them colour/draw on the box or make a garage for toy cars, house for stuffies, etc.
Build a blanket fort
2026-09-03 04:49:20
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Lisa Bender :
You answered your question. Let them play with the cardboard box 😂
2026-09-06 12:08:29
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user3584956898142 :
Place tape across a doorway and give them small items to stick to it
2026-09-03 08:34:40
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pammylou4 :
💙You need to stay near, but kitchen sink play, bubbles, plastic cups to pour, ladles … an apron can help. Easy, simple play in a space they don’t usually get to be in.
2026-09-04 14:10:42
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jenniferleiningcr4 :
Pots and pans and wooden spoons
2026-09-27 14:01:06
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Queenmisy :
Let them go, play in the rain and get muddy
2026-09-10 05:20:56
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Sara Thomas195 :
cardboard box with crayons. stick them in there and let them color. also a bucket of water and measuring cups and spoons. stick them into the tub and let them go to town
2026-10-05 13:50:17
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user3765358866076 :
Let them play in the Tupperware cupboard
2026-09-12 03:44:08
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just.asking23 :
Look up sensory bins online. You can make several small ones and bring only one or two out at a time. They keep my toddler class busy all the time.
2026-09-29 21:20:58
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Candy Sheppard :
include them in the chores but make it a game
2026-09-10 06:48:44
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MEL :
Drawing and coloring 👍
2026-09-04 02:26:58
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Sam P :
Building forts and watching iPad movies together. Surprise fun to do again. So both enjoy
2026-09-29 18:43:37
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mom3kcj :
Sofa fort - and let them shoot you with the nerf gun - making cookies or any kind of food really they love to help- coloring with them - reading to them- den picnic with a move- hind and seek in the house- let them play with the box - the floor is lava - if it’s warm enough out we play in the rain -
2026-09-27 13:17:44
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Mysty :
My granddaughter in a cardboard box and washable markers! Keeps her occupied for hours!!
2026-09-03 03:45:05
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NanaNurgle :
Grocery store. Let them play with the canned goods and pretend to be a cashier or stocker.
2026-09-03 13:46:33
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deannatibbetts :
make a fort and read a book in it. water play and sensory play with bowls, water, cornstarch, floating things in the bowls. set up a drum set with pota and pans and sing songs. March around the room singing and banging on things. coking class and let them help you make cookies. obviously set for their age. let them play in the flour and water.
2026-09-03 04:09:09
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Mommomz :
Playing with pots and pans or filling and dumping containers
2026-09-06 14:55:37
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piratechick :
Put a blanket over a table and build a fort. Throw on a raincoat & boots and take a walk, jump in a mud puddle. Bake some cookies. Put a piece of paper & a few dabs of paint in a gallon zip lock for finger painting. No mess. Read a book, dance to music. Go on a hike. Do an outside treasure hunt.
2026-09-02 16:05:02
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4qts2pints :
2yr olds was my jam!! So much fun to be silly. I would use painters tape to make racetrack on kitchen tile and go to town with hot wheels. We also would open garage, pop up table and paint art or rocks to leave out in neighborhood or our flower garden. Pillow forts is the best to have great conversations.
2026-09-03 05:49:50
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gma9blessings :
Blocks, large legos , dinosaurs, play with them
2026-09-02 23:54:28
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