Playdough is the ultimate classic art and craft toy for kids. Whether you buy it from the store or make your own, kids of all ages love playing with the squishy stuff. One of our favorite tricks for getting kids to play longer is through guided play. Playdough mats are the perfect way to help inspire creativity with very little guidance. We have created 5 PRINTABLE playdough mat themes for parents to add to the playdough bucket. The themes are:
Another trick we’ve figured out over the years with our 9 kids combined, is mixing the playdough with other crafting materials and household items. Things like glitter, beads, toothpicks, pom poms, googly eyes, yarn, ribbon, slime styrofoam balls and so on make it just that much more fun. And a few safe scissors and plastic knives do wonders when helping create sharp edges and shapes.
*Click here to download our printable playdough mats!
[ Thanks for supporting us and helping us grow this little blog. Your support makes it possible for us to continue sharing and creating printables! We no longer offer the playdough mats for free, but they’re super discounted in our Etsy shop so we can grow this blog a little faster. We appreciate your understanding. ]
Fruit and veggies are some of the easiest things to sculpt for little hands. They can make all kinds with a few simple shapes and colors. When introducing new foods to picky eaters, we like to first make the playdough version and then the child is more likely to try the real thing after they’ve created it!
Flowers and plants are another easy thing for kids to create. There’s almost no wrong way to make a flower/plant. Encourage kids to use all different colors and soon enough they’ll have beautiful masterpieces that rival the likes of Van Gogh and Monet!
Cakes are so fun because that’s where you can use all the playdough tools and molds. Literally anything can go on a cake!
Last, but definitely not least, there are the playdough faces mats. These are so fun to have kids create self portraits but crazy faces are just as fun too! And as a bonus, get some safe scissors out so your child can cut the hair to practice their fine motor skills.
We’ve created five different face mats to include a range of skin tones.
Playdough mats are a must-have in every playdough bin. They help open children’s mind by guiding them to think and create. If you’re looking for more playdough mats for the kids, check out our collection we’ve created:
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Much love and aloha,
Stacey + Niki
*Click here to download our printable playdough mats!
*Our playdough mats can now be found in our Etsy shop at a super discounted price. Go check them out! Purchase three or more items and you’ll get 40% off your shopping cart. The discount automatically applies once you put three or more items in your cart.
*Thanks for supporting us and helping us grow this little blog. Your support makes it possible for us to continue sharing and creating printables!
Aloha Friends! We hope to inspire you to create magical memories with your ohana through play, learning, and celebrating. We offer ideas that make celebrating and playing fun and easy, so that you want to do it more often! We love sharing our creativity and talents with you, and hope you find some content on our page that inspires you to create a beautiful life with your ohana.
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Thanks this is great
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Can’t find the link for the 5 free play doh mats. Is there a way to email it ? Thank you
Hi Samantha,
We have been doing a major overhaul on our blog so some of our posts have broken links. We just fixed all the Playdough Mats post so go ahead and take a look again to download. Hope your child loves the mats as much as ours do!
This is such a great idea
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Love this!!!
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I love this printable
Thanks! Play doh is a staple in our home and now so are these mats!
How can we download it?
Hi Renz,
We have been doing a major overhaul on our blog so some of our posts have broken links. We just fixed the Playdough Mats post so go ahead and take a look again to download. Hope your child loves the mats as much as ours do!
Hermoso
Gracias! ❤️
Muito legal
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