Activities for a 2 year old bday party?

swirl25

DD is turning 2 next month, and we're having a party for her. I'm a little unsure of what we should do as far as activities/games. Most of the guests will be between 2 and 3, but there will be a couple kids there in the 4-6 age range. Any ideas? I know the younger kids aren't ready to grasp the concept of true party games, but I don't want the older kids to be totally bored. TIA!

meheron80

My friend did a great party for her 3 year old.  Cinderella.  They did tape the lips on the frog, decorated precut crowns, they did story time, then a dance where if the music stopped everyone had to stop.  The person who stopped was given a pumpkin but in the end all got pumpkins.  The kids then decorated them too.  They had cakepops that were almost mess free.  My 20 month old had a great time.  Everyone came dressed in prince or princess and the kids dad even came out during story time in a dragon outfit.  The girls were sent to a castle they had made and the boys were given swords to slay the dragon.  The age range was 1-6 and all seemed to have fun.  

 

chardonnay24

I'm going to have crayons and paper out at my kiddo's 2nd birthday party next month and maybe some props for a photo booth, but that's it. Most of our guests will be 18 - 24 months so I don't think they'll be old enough for structured activities.

Maybe do cookie or cupcake decorating? Kids of any age should love that.

rosesandpeonies

haha I was going to say water table, sand table, etc.

but I realized that I live in So. FL and you live in NY and I bet it would be a little cold for those things lol

Have you checked out Pinterest?  tons and tons of awesome ideas!  if you need an invite just pm me. 

MouseInLux

We've played pass the parcel at all the 2 year old birthdays that we've been to.

bumpuser260585

Is the party at your house? At ds's party I had some coloring pages and crayons and foam craft ornaments to make. Out of the 7 kids there, ages 2 to 8, only one girl colored a picture. The rest of the kids just played in ds's room.