" These ideas amaze children "

2-year-olds are toddlers at a developmental threshold. Their motor skills are refining, they enjoy building and tidying up - but still have a very limited attention span. This makes it difficult to find suitable gifts for the little ones. But our ideas for Gifts for 2 year olds are individual, enchanting and make children's eyes light up.

Gift tips and toys for 2-year-olds - an overview of tips

Whether it ends up being building blocks or a play kitchen - some rules apply to all gifts for toddlers. As a guide, we have put together some tips on the right gift for you, which apply to almost all presents:

• Pay attention to high quality and safety: peeling paint, untested substances, splinters - inferior toys can be dangerous and can often be recognized immediately. It is therefore better to choose fewer, but high-quality toys for small children. Above all, bear in mind that many toys can still be put in the mouth or have to withstand a flight across the room.

Baby plays with a wooden toy

• Individual preferences: One child is crazy about animals, another prefers to immerse themselves in cars. If you take your little one's preferences into account, you can quickly create amazement and a sparkle in their eyes. Find out about this directly from the child, parents or caregivers. Do this as soon as possible before buying the toy, as preferences can change quickly at this age.
• Try before you buy: In so-called play cafés, at meetings of mothers' groups, in the daycare center or directly in a store, you can test what would be suitable gifts for your child. Do building blocks hold their attention for a long time or do picture books? Do threading games go down well or do they prefer painting? Trying things out is a great way to find out what the right gift ideas are and what "your toddler" quickly loses interest in.

Toddlers at play

• Do more, collect less: Gifts for 2-year-olds can of course vary greatly. However, many adults overdo it when choosing. They give craft materialsstuffed animals, building blocks, cars, figures, dolls, crayons and coloring books, puzzles and construction kits. It is better to give the child a gift that can be used for a lot of things and not lots of toys that are difficult to choose between.
• Take developmental stage into account: The label "Toys for ages 2 and up" is a well-intentioned guide but the individual stage of development still needs to be taken into account. Some children are immediately bored by "age-appropriate" toys. Others can't do anything with them yet. So decide on an individual basis.

Building blocks as gifts for 2-year-olds - new possibilities every day

Building blocks are wonderful gift ideas for young children. They can be used to build houses, castles, farms, imaginative structures and entire cities. Make sure that you choose age-appropriate bricks for small children. 2-year-olds can still swallow a lot, so the pieces should not be too small.

Boy plays with wooden toys

Our tip: Ready-made kits as an extension to the existing system are wonderful - but offer fewer design options. Basic sets are therefore better suited as toys for small children. The great thing about them is that they really do serve as toys from the age of 2 and can be used and expanded for a long time.

Soon it's off to kindergarten

Your children's gifts can also be designed for the long term and can fuel the anticipation, in this example for kindergarten: a snack box and the matching kindergarten bag are already very popular on the 2nd birthday.

On the 3rd birthday, you can completely convince the budding kindergarten child of the idea of looking forward to kindergarten. Especially if the bread box bears the the child's name. Individual, practical gifts - often related to food and drink - are always a great gift idea for 2-year-olds anyway.

These include, for example children's cutlery, children's tableware or drinking bottles with names!

Magic sand for toddlers and playful adults

Whether it is called magic sand or magnetic sand, the colorful and sometimes glittering sand is fun for young and old. It does not spread around, can be pressed into shapes, poured into mills and expanded with different colors and accessories. This makes the sets suitable as baby gifts and they also go down well with parents.

Magic sand for toddlers and playful adults

Shopping store as gifts for 2-year-olds

In the store, 2-year-olds can practise procedures, put things away and put things away, involve parents and friends or siblings. This makes such toys ideal gifts for toddlers. They can set their own rules, practise interacting with others and even give free rein to their creativity.

Child as ice cream seller

Books to read aloud, draw and design yourself

Exciting or beautiful stories, coloring pictures yourself or even inventing stories together and recording them - children like to listen to their caregivers and enjoy being creative.

Girls painting

Record experiences and let the little ones take photos, color in sketches or cut them out. This makes for a very individual gift.

Tipis and playhouses

A painted cardboard box, a sheet thrown over a tumble dryer or a ready-made construction kit - playhouses and the like make wonderful gifts for 2-year-olds. Use materials that they can still design themselves. This offers further opportunities to engage with the children. Incidentally, the same principle can also be applied to other gifts.

Playhouse for children

How about animals made from pool noodles or balls, cardboard boxes and cushions, for example? The materials for this can be easily obtained and involve the little ones in making the gift ideas. Never forget that 2-year-olds don't want any more baby gifts and like to do things themselves.