Things to do in Williamsburg with a toddler?

[Anonymous]

I have never been there before and we are going tis weekend with our 2y old. Suggestion? Tips?

[Anonymous]

1) Stay in a hotel w free breakfast
2) Take 2 yr old to Jamestown. You can both look at stuff, and kid can run around outside at the ruins, etc.
3) Walk around William & Mary - good shops to get kid sugared up
4) Watch the stuff in Historic 'burg just down the street. Kid will see horses, people dressed up, farming, etc

[Anonymous]

Thanks pp!

[Anonymous]

We took our then two year old daughter to Williamsburg last summer - she loved Jamestown. We walked around Colonial Williamsburg but didn't buy tickets - nothing there really grabbed us. Busch Gardens also has a Sesame Street section and we spent a day there - most of the rides are for kids a bit older than two but there's a dinner with characters and that was a huge hit.

[Anonymous]

At the Williamsburg vistor center, the nice ladies will help you identify shops on the map that will be most interesting for little kids.
Do the guided tours at the Jamestown Settlement recreation and the Yorktown Victory Center if you can. The one in Yorktown is really educational, not too long a walk, and has turkeys and other animals. We had a nice lunch at the Yorktown Pub. The fort and boat and Indian village at Jamestown Settlement are great fun for kids. And for some reason my little kids loved the indoor museum there as well, the educational movies and the "Indian Queen" house.
There is also a nice little white sand beach on the James, down a path at the end of the short scenic loop on Jamestown island itself, as well as at the marina at Kingsmill. Good places to look for little shells and enjoy the view. There is also a little playground at Kingsmill near their detached coffeeshop, and the river view from their main dining room is awesome and they have a kid's menu. Breakfast there ended up costing about the same as it did at the Colonial Pancake house.
We wanted to but did not have time for Kidsburg, also known as Mid County Park, it's a really nice public playground near the Powhatan Resort.
Also recommend Food for Thought (go early for dinner, we left at 6:15 on a winter weekend and there was already a line.)
We really enjoyed it and the kids did too. Of course their favorite part was the hotel's indoor pool.

[Anonymous]

Yankee Candle Shop - it's huge inside. Tons of cool things to see and touch. We made our own candles (the kids loved that!). It was Christmas time so everything was decorated really nicely too.

The Bakery on DOG street. It made the walk all down there worthwhile. The cookies were so good.