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China With a 2 Year Old 🇨🇳 | Things to Do in Shanghai & Chengdu
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items We’ve explored Shanghai and Chengdu with our 2-year-old, and I’m sharing the places we visited and what she actually enjoyed!
From feeding kangaroos and meeting Mickey Mouse to watching giant pandas, exploring indoor playgrounds and discovering loca...
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Shanghai With a Toddler
Chengdu With a Toddler
Shanghai With a Toddler
From her very first Disneyland ride to feeding animals up close, Shanghai was full of memorable experiences! Here are the places we visited and what our 2-year-old actually enjoyed.
She absolutely loved feeding the animals, especially getting to feed kangaroos up close. We even went on the safari tram again because she enjoyed it so much 😂 If your toddler loves animals, I’d definitely put this on your itinerary!
Shanghai Wild Animal Park
Her very first amusement park ride was the carousel here 🥹 We also met the Mickey Mouse Gang completely by chance during dinner, and she was SO excited! She kept talking about kissing Mickey on the nose for days 😂 We ended the day with her first fi...
Shanghai Disneyland Park
She enjoyed the immersive ocean show, which was honestly so magical to watch! The animal performances weren’t really her thing, though. Her favourite part? Getting to “drive” a little boat and spray water everywhere! A reminder that toddlers sometime...
上海海昌海洋公园
I wasn’t sure how much a 2-year-old would enjoy a natural history museum, but she surprised me! She LOVED looking at all the animal displays and spent so much time pointing at them and naming the animals she recognised. Such a lovely option if your t...
Shanghai Natural History Museum.
Chengdu With a Toddler
Chengdu surprised us with how much there was for our toddler to enjoy! From giant pandas and HUGE indoor playgrounds to traditional performances and night markets, these were some of our favourite stops.
You can’t visit Chengdu without seeing the pandas! Our daughter LOVED watching them eat, climb and roll around. There were also so many adorable panda-themed photo spots along the way. Such a memorable experience, especially for toddlers who love ani...
Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
We found one of the BIGGEST indoor playgrounds we’ve ever visited here, and our daughter did NOT want to leave 😂 We ended up spending FOUR hours playing! So many different areas to explore, including pretend-play setups that she absolutely loved. Su...
Mixc Mall
We came across an indoor playground around Taikoo Li that our daughter absolutely LOVED! There were rabbits to feed, kinetic sand and so many toys to explore. She even got interested in the claw machines — although she was mostly helping Daddy pick h...
Chengdu Sino-Ocean Taikoo Li Prkg.
One of the most memorable experiences for our daughter! We watched a traditional Sichuan face-changing performance, and she was completely MESMERISED 🥹 There were also plenty of little treats to snack on while exploring the area. I loved that she go...
Kuan Alley and Zhai Alley
Who knew a night market could be so entertaining for a toddler? 😂 Between the lights, sounds and all the food stalls, there was SO much for her to look at. She especially loved pointing at different foods and helping us choose what to eat. Such a fu...
Fuqin Comprehensive Market