2 Year Old Birthday Party Games!

I went to one similar. We did a potatoe sack race with 1 adult/child, it was fun nobody made it far though, we used pillow cases. Another was while the kids did musical chairs, adults did it next to them. They had a gift for the adults too...it was fun...they had pinata and painting..that was enough and made a good time for all!

I am going to do this with my 5 year old's party. If you have enough room, do a scavenger hunt. An adult can be paired up with a little one and can help find clues that will lead to other clues and eventually a big prize. Make the clues simple with pictures so that the little ones can understand, or make seperate harder clues for the older kids.

Pinatas are always fun. :) Water balloons are great, too.

Honestly, at that age, all you need is the toys you have in your house. I have three kids and my experience has been with these kinds of parties is that the kids play around with the toys, go outside, sandbox and have a great time. However, I do also provide bubbles and sidewalk chalk as other distractions, which are always sure fire winners. Also, if you have helium filled balloons floating around, they have fun simply holding the string and walking around with them. Sounds like nothing, but simple is better at this age. The dollar store has awesome huge bubble wands that provide big bubbles with just a wave of the wand and not the frustrastion of trying to blow them. Hope this helps. Oh, and one more thing...that kids of all ages love (including he middle school kids) is a pinata. With the little ones, you can get the string pull kind - always a hit!

Hi J.!
Congrats on your wonderful family & upcoming addition!
My twins had their second birthday last September. We had family & friends over with kids of all ages. We really didnt end up playing any official games (ie line everyone up, say 'go' etc), but our theme was Elmo. I had bean bags that everyone could toss into a fish bowl. At first the little kids had fun with it and then all the older kids/adults got into it, seeing how far away it could get. It turned into a riot when the dads got involved. Maybe you could somehow change the fishbowl to a train car? Or something like that? I think you could take a wood board, paint a train or rail road crossing & cut holes in it at different levels too?
I hope this helps! Have a wonderful party!
K.

Some kind of relay races that would involve both adults and kids would be fun. Blowing bubbles, sidewalk chalk pictures, face-painting, a pinata with things your son have, decorating frames in which you put a photo you take on the spot, a fish pond with prizes (can be in any large container), making bracelets/necklaces out of beads to take home - these are some of the things I've thought of.

I would suggest that instead of games you set up a craft area. You can pick up several things from Michaels at a reasonable cost (hats, bags, t-shirts) and then decorate them with feathers, stickers, glitterglue. This should keep your older kids entertained and some adults can help the younger ones.

Have fun!

Why cant you do kiddie games? That seems most appropriate for 2 year olds, remember its his day you want him to have fun. The middle schoolers I know are "to cool" to play games so they would most likely just watch. Maybe just put something in their gift bag like a blockbuster gift card or something, or craigscruiser gift cars for $5. My daughter will be 2 in June and we will be doing a duck in the pool game-kinda of like the one at the carnival just fill up a small pool and get a few rubber duckies with numbers on the bottom for example I'll put 1,2,3,4 and each number will have a different prize, and the coolest prize will be whoever picks the #2(her age number)
Also the classic pin the nose on the clown games(its actually a sticker. and then a simple bean bag toss game like Bozo's old bucket game,whoever gets the highest number of buckets wins a prize ( I'll only put 2 or 3 buckets in a line).Maybe you could do a pinata and have the older kids help pull the rope, the older kids in my family thought that was the funniest thing. Good Luck and enjoy!!

Hi J., I am a mom of 5 terrific kids, and 2 awesome grand daughters. I am a pro clown, and face painting is always a hit for all ages! I know you said your son has allergy problems, I use snazaroo paints, they pride themselves on being the safest for allergies. I get mine at clown antics clownantics.com. The store is actually a home of husband & wife clown team.If you let them know as soon as possible, that you need them quickly, they may let you pick them up tomorrow. It's not hard to come up with simple drawings, or let the middle schoolers do it, they love it! Hope things go well. P.S you can paint the hand, arms ect if you are worried about the face :) If you want to do more toddler games..let the mid school kids take charge of the games, this will make them feel useful,mature,and they will have fun without playing them
D.

have middle school guests blow bubble for the lil ones.
hitting balloons around the room is fun too.
keep it simple while you still can
your lil one will have a great time with the simple things, including the packaging from the presents
turn a large box into a train for him to sit in, just add a lil imagination to the box.
Offer the adults a nice cheese tray and a glass of wine or beer and chips depending on the crowd and all should have a good time

At my 2 year old daughter's birthday party we had 2 planned activities and that was plenty. We did the hokey pokey, which the 2 year olds loved, and the adults joined in; and I made a pinata. The kids each took a turn trying to hit the pinata, but I ended up having to break it...we did not have any older kids on site. I filled it with healthy treats (boxes of raisins and other fruit snacks).
Two activities was plenty...the little ones enjoyed unstructured play, and the adults enjoyed visiting.

At my two year old's party, the guest list sounded much like yours. :-)

I pulled out sidewalk chalk and homemade finger paints for the kids, (that a few of the adults decided to enjoy, too...)

A number of the adults took to tossing a frisbee around, while several others were happy to sit around and visit... Made for a very relaxed environment where we all got to enjoy being outdoors together...

Enjoy your party! :-)