Spirited 2 yr old - doesn't like toys - how can I amuse her?

[kels666]

My dd just wants to climb, run, jump etc. She's ok doing activities - loves swimming, toddler groups, soft play, parks etc. BUT her 2nd Birthday toys are lying untouched. The sand/water table amused her for 5 mins. She loves to push her £5.99 buggy around, but that's the only toy she'll play with. Can anyone suggest some toys? Our garden is small, so no room for climbing frames etc.

Ride-on toy? Or is your garden big enough for one of those small Little Tikes climbing frames? Push along cars, a trike, balls. Small paddling pool with balls to make ball pit, tent and tunnel? Not sure about indoor toys for girls because I have 2 dses - perhaps some dressing up stuff. (I sympathise though as ds1 wasn't interested in toys at that age either - just wanted to run around).

my ds2 is rather like this - his current favourite activity is wiping - doors/windows/sofa etc! A small spacehopper, a mini trampoline and a trike might work well? They do for us. We still need to hold him on the space hopper though. The Aquadraw mat manages to engage him from time to time as well.

Have you got a toy kitchen? My DD loves hers. She also loves playing with large cardboard boxes. She plays with all our pans and baking tins , spoonsetc. She also has a large box of percussion intruments she bangs to music. She has just got interested in painting, drawing and looking at books.

one of those pop up tubes for crawling through