28 Christmas Gifts for 2-Year-Old Boys

If the boy on your list waves at every passing train, a BRIO Steam & Go engine gives him one to hold.

The next time a real one rumbles past the house, he can lift his up to the window so the two trains can say hello.

Pots and spoons turn into drums for a toddler who bangs on everything; this VTech tambourine is his own instrument.

He keeps time with every song, and a hedgehog to rattle and thump puts that beat in his hands.

Every digit on a mailbox gets shouted out by a toddler on the hunt, so Learning Resources turtles bring those marks home.

He spots digits everywhere now, and shells he can grip let him call each out while you echo it.

This VTech pup answers a toddler's tap with a tune, handing the boy who stomps to every song his own soundtrack.

Dancing is how he responds to any beat, and here he starts it himself rather than waiting for a grown-up. The stomp-and-clap routine he invents gets performed for everyone on the living room rug.

Your coffee table takes a pounding from a toddler who slaps along to songs, so give his hands a LeapFrog piano.

Hitting whatever sits nearby is how he joins a tune, and these keys answer each press with sound. His jumbled run of notes becomes a song he plays for whoever is on the couch.

When the toddler you are buying for belts out nursery rhymes at full volume, a VTech Sing-It-Out mic gives him a stage.

He knows his favorite rhymes by heart, and gripping a mic turns each one into a performance. His loudest round of Old MacDonald becomes the encore before bath time.

A two-year-old who claps along to every tune he hears can take charge of the sound with LeapFrog's Strum and Count.

Moving to a song is how he listens, and an instrument of his own lets him start the beat himself. Its neck doubles as the handle he grabs to carry the guitar down the hallway.

Hape's musical spinning top gives a spin-happy toddler a music toy he sets going himself.

He loves sending things whirling across the floor, and this top adds a tune while it turns. After the presents are open, he can spin it beside the tree and hand it back for another go.

Big kids usually keep the Mario games to themselves, so this Little People set gives a two-year-old a hero he can hold.

The chunky figure fits small hands, though if Mario is new to him, a farm or garage set may suit him better.

PLAYMOBIL Junior's treehouse hands a toddler the bear and Piglet to tuck inside, lift out and tuck in again.

Familiar characters are what he wants to hold now, and here the pair get a house within his reach. The arrangement he settles on stays on the rug until he moves everyone again.

Each Munchkin sea creature gulps up tub water and spits it back out whenever a toddler presses it in his fist.

He wants to run every game himself now, and these little sprayers let him aim each stream wherever he likes.

Battat's Pop-Up Pals toy gives a toddler who loves peekaboo something to fiddle with until a hidden friend jumps out.

Peekaboo is his favorite game now, and here he runs the surprise himself, tucking each critter away again.

Hape's stacking block set gives a two-year-old boy towers to raise and knock flat on Christmas morning.

Toppling things is half the fun at his age, so every crash means he gets to start over. Later he can lay the blocks end to end as a road for his toy trucks.

On the couch after the presents, a LeapFrog book gives a toddler who points at everything something new to name.

His finger lands on a page, you say the word, and his constant pointing turns into a back-and-forth.

Hoop dreams start early for a toddler who chucks whatever he holds, and Little Tikes Easy Score gives his throws a basket.

He hurls things now just to watch them fly, and a goal of his own lets him aim every launch.

While you fold laundry, a toddler who loves taking things apart can sit beside you with a flower pot of his own.

Undoing and redoing is his favorite puzzle right now, and these blooms come off and slot back with no help. Its rebuilt tower of petals waits beside the laundry pile until he takes it apart once more.

The toddler who copies every grown-up holding up a phone can aim a VTech Snap and Giggle camera of his own.

Mimicking the adults nearby is how he spends his days, so a toy that matches their habit lets him join in rather than watch. At dinner, the VTech gets pointed at each face around the table in turn.

During your next call, a toddler who grabs for your handset can hold a LeapFrog Chat and Count of his own.

Talking like the grown-ups around him is his favorite game right now, and your real one stays out of reach.