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Color match outside: a play idea for 2 year olds

Matching colors outside teaches looking closely at the world. It takes about 10 minutes and uses three crayons or scraps of colored paper.

Checked October 29, 2026.

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How to play

Color match outside2 year olds · about 10 minutes

You need: three crayons or scraps of colored paper.

  1. Take three colors outside.
  2. Pick one and say "Let's find something green!"
  3. Look for leaves, a door or a car that matches.
  4. Do the next color.

Builds: thinking and problem solving and language and talking. Matching colors outside teaches looking closely at the world.

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