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Play Dough Activities

 

E loves loves LOVES play dough! At 4.5 years old, she plays with it pretty much every day. Mostly it’s free play, but she’s always open for a fun activity.

 

Play Dough Activities: Just for fun, seasonal play dough ideas, learning activities and more!

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We usually make our own play dough. The only store bought play dough we have is whatever came with play dough tools and toys but, of course, the store bought stuff works just as well. {E’s favorite commercial play dough toy right now is Play-Doh Doctor Drill ‘N Fill.} 

Click on the thumbnails to read about some of the play dough activities we’ve done.

Most of them don’t require any special tools. For learning activities, I would recommend getting some number and letter cookie cutters, though. E just loves using them, and they can add a lot of interest to learning. Plus, they can be used for a lot of other activities, including but absolutely not limited to baking!

 

Help your preschooler or kindergartener practice counting to 10 with these cute printable Popcorn Counting Play Dough Mats!
Decorate a Christmas tree the sensory way with these cute printable Christmas Tree Play Dough Mats for toddlers, preschoolers, and older kids! (Day 19 of 24 Days of Christmas Printables for Toddlers.)
This Hello Sunshine! Counting Printable Pack contains 10 different activities for learning and practicing counting at different skill levels for toddlers and preschoolers with play dough mats, games, clip cards, puzzles, and more. Includes numbers, dice, and tally mark versions.
Printables for Kids: Practice counting up to 10 while playing with these cute Owl Counting 1-10 Play Dough Mats! Just print, laminate, and use. Perfect for toddlers and preschoolers.

Learning with free printables: Practice counting and numbers 1-10 with these cute bubble counting play dough mats! Perfect for toddlers and preschoolers.
24 Days of Christmas Printables: Make learning numbers more fun and add a sensory component when decorating these Christmas tree counting play dough mats! Perfect for toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergartners!
Literacy Activities for Preschoolers: Spelling Halloween words with beads and play dough! (Free printable included.)
Sensory Activities for Kids: Ice Cream Dough with Real Sprinkles!

Sensory Activities for Babies: Let your baby explore play dough safely with a Play Dough Sensory Bag!
Bookspiration Series: Invitation to Create Play Dough Pancakes with If You Give a Pig a Pancake!
Sensory Pretend Play: Invitation to Create Play Dough Cupcakes
Sensory hands-on math for kids: Addition with Play Dough Food!

Learning to read? Add interest when the going gets tough with these CVC word play dough mats!
Simple Learning Activities for Kids: Play Dough Addition - math, sensory and fine motor all rolled into one!
Sensory Activities for Kids: Ice cream dough sensory play with homemade no-cook play dough from two ingredients!
Winter Activities for Kids: Build a bottle cap snowman in play dough!

Combine basic math concepts with sensory play while exploring numbers with play dough.
How I found out why my homemade play dough was too sticky, and what I did to fix it!
Make imprints with plastic animals in play dough - a fun alternative to cookie cutters, especially for toddlers.
Instead of sweets, I made Halloween treat bags with homemade magic play dough for my daughter's friends!

Fun with an invitation to play with Halloween play dough.

 

Popcorn Counting Play Dough Mats

Christmas Tree Play Dough Mats

Hello Sunshine! Counting Printable Pack (includes several play dough mats)

Owl Counting 1-10 Play Dough Mats

Bubble Counting Play Dough Mats

Christmas Tree Counting Play Dough Mats

Spelling Halloween Words with Beads

Ice Cream Dough with Real Sprinkles

Play Dough Sensory Bag for Babies

Invitation to Create Play Dough Pancakes

Invitation to Create Play Dough Cupcakes

Addition with Play Dough Food

Bat – Cat – Mat Play Dough Mats

Play Dough Addition

Ice Cream Dough Sensory Play

Invitation to Build a Bottle Cap Snowman

Exploring Numbers with Play Dough

Does Your Homemade Play Dough Fail?

Animal Imprints in Play Dough

Magic Play Dough Halloween Treat Bags

Invitation to Play with Halloween Play Dough

 

 

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  1. The Natural Homeschool says

    June 1, 2015 at 10:12 am

    What an amazing list! 🙂

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    • Tina {Simple Fun for Kids} says

      June 2, 2015 at 10:43 am

      Thank you, Tanya!

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  2. Jill says

    June 8, 2015 at 6:36 am

    This is a great resource for hands on play!

    Thank you for stopping by the Thoughtful Spot Weekly Blog Hop this week. We hope to see you drop by our neck of the woods next week!

    Reply
    • Tina {Simple Fun for Kids} says

      June 8, 2015 at 11:08 am

      Thank you, Jill!

      Reply

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