Free Printable Playdough Mats (original) (raw)

Do you need a fun way to engage young kids in hands-on learning? Look no further than our list of free printable playdough mats you can download! From weather, rainbows, flowers, bugs, and more, these fun playdough mats are an excellent activity for improving fine motor skills, language development, and awesome sensory play for preschoolers and kindergarteners. Grab some playdough and a playdough mat to get started!

What Are Playdough Mats?

Playdough mats are printable mats that you can download and are a great tool for different things like sensory play, explaining life cycles, teaching sight words, learning the alphabet, etc.

These free mats are the perfect way to engage kids in their lesson plans and help them build essential skills like language, social, creativity, and important fine motor skills!

Tips For Using Printable Playdough Mats

Tip 1: Protect your mats by laminating or placing them in clear page protectors!

Tip 2: Set up your area with playdough, a few tools, and mats. Less is more when it comes to accessories or tools, as it may overwhelm your kiddos and decrease their attention span!

Tip 3: If working in a large group situation, try rotating three kiddos through the station at a time, so it does not become chaotic.

Tip 4: There is no wrong way to play with the playdough mat but you can demonstrate how to roll playdough if your kiddos need help getting started. Or they can roll balls and squish them into the shapes. They can also use a playdough knife to cut chunks as well.

Tip 5: Add letter stamps for kiddos who want to stamp related words if more time allows.

Tip 6: Read about each playdough mat and ask questions to encourage discussion. But also, allow for creative playtime without instruction or talking if desired. Keep in mind that you can interrupt their thought process as well if they are calmly playing. It’s a balance!

Grab the playdough mats in one bundle with our Preschool Themes Pack!

Playdough Mats For Art

You can easily add playful art projects to your playdough activities when you explore famous artists with our printable Famous Artist Playdough Mats.

More Fun Ways To Combine Art & Playdough

Alphabet Playdough Mats

This Alphabet playdough mat bundle covers letter recognition and sounds to help kids strengthen their language development and become better communicators!

Shape Playdough Mats

Learn all there is to know about different shapes using our Shape playdough mats! This fun mat set covers everything from squares to hearts for the ultimate sensory experience!

Earth Day Playdough Mat

Learn about Mother Earth and recycling with this Earth Day playdough mat! This fun mat consists of a recycling lesson that teaches kids about the importance of recycling in protecting the Earth!

Recycling Playdough Mat

Pond Life Playdough Mats

These Pond Life playdough mats explore the different types of animals that live in a pond with fun facts about each one! Talk to your students or kids about pond life while doing this activity, and maybe even take them to your nearest pond for real-world experience!

Pond Life Playdough Mats

Bug Playdough Mats

Bugs are everywhere and help our planet thrive! This Bug Life Cycle playdough mat teaches kids about the life cycles of different bugs, from caterpillars to flies and ladybugs! If you want to take this activity even further, go outside and find some bugs to observe.

Bug Playdough Mats

Weather Playdough Mats

Weather is all around us and changes daily. The weather helps us decide what to wear or what activities to do! This weather playdough mat set is a great way to teach kids about the different types of weather and what they mean.

Explore all of our weather activities here.

Weather Playdough Mats

Garden Playdough Mats

Learning about gardens is a great idea for a spring theme! These Garden playdough mats show everything you need to know to plant a garden. This also makes a great sequencing activity for early math skills.

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Rainbow Playdough Mat

Practice early math skills and colors with this build-a-rainbow playdough mat game. You can also use our rainbow foam playdough recipe! You can find the rainbow playdough mat here.

Rainbow Playdough Mat

Roll A Skeleton

Awesome, spooky fun for Halloween with a roll-a-skeleton playdough mat!

Grow a Flower Playdough Mat

What does a flower need to grow? Use playdough and this free printable flower playdough mat to learn what plants need!

Flower Playdough Mat

Plant Needs Playdough Mats

What does a plant need to grow? Learn more about the process with playdough fun! Get the free plant needs playdough mats here.

Find more plant activities for kids here and grow something today!

Constellation Playdough Mats

A fun introduction to constellations for younger kids. Make simple constellations from playdough and our printable constellation playdough mats.

Space Playdough Mats

Explore the wonders of the galaxy with our printable space playdough mats! Featuring an alphabet of space-themed images to create, tracing activities for name recognition, and counting exercises, all designed to make learning fun and interactive for young learners.

Printable Playdough Project Pack

With tons of easy-to-print recipes and exclusive playdough mats that encourage early learning, look forward to a year of sensory-rich play!

Homemade Playdough Recipes including traditional, no-cook, super soft, and even taste-safe ideas!
Playdough Mats with an Early Learning Theme, including space, seasons, volcanos, bees, ABCs, 123s, shapes, weather, insects, plants, and more!
Playdough tips, tricks, and ideas!