Activity for ages 4 to 8. Need an easy way to help kids build engineering skills they’ll need for their STEM future? These 19 printable challenge cards are perfect to use in STEM centers, makerspaces, or math stations. Kids will love learning about 2 and 3-dimensional shapes as they build and analyze each design. Grab your […]
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Must-try Playdough Mats
Activity for ages 2 to 6. These must-try playdough mats are a squishy, hands-on way to develop kids’ fine motor skills while they practice upper and lowercase letter formation, letter sounds, 2D shapes, counting and writing the numbers 1 to 10. They’re the perfect combination of fun and learning. Grab your pack in our shop or on Teachers Pay […]
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Green Apple Playdough Recipe
Activity for ages 3 and up. This amazing smelling green apple playdough recipe uses only two ingredients and makes a soft, stretchy, silky dough your kids will love. The no cook playdough recipe is great for kids to make from beginning to end – no measuring, no boiling water, no messy clean up. Playdough Recipe To make our […]
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100 Free Playdough Mats
Activities for ages 3 to 6. Playdough mats are an easy way to grow kids’ imaginations, develop fine motor skills and teach important skills like counting and the ABCs. This roundup of 100 free playdough mats includes our favorite finds from across the web. They’re the perfect compliment to our popular Playdough Mat Pack! Be sure to laminate the mats […]
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Peanuts Movie Activities
My kids love the Peanuts movie so you can imagine their joy when they snagged these adorable, FREE Peanuts trick-or-treat bags at Safeway. Two of their favorite things bundled into one reusable bag?! Smile-worthy! I am proud to be a Safeway compensated blogger. Peanuts Playdough Mats With their new bags in hand, I knew it was the […]
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Autumn Spiced Salt Dough
Pumpkin spice, cinnamon apple, and mulled cider – we love the scents of fall and just couldn’t get enough of this warm and cozy autumn scented salt dough recipe. This dough takes a mere minutes to mix up and is the perfect, no-fail recipe for little chefs to make. Autumn Scented Salt Dough To prep, […]
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Apple Pie Playdough Recipe
This apple pie playdough recipe will have you craving a slice of warm ooey-gooey apple goodness. With my oldest going off to Kindergarten, I was not looking forward to the end of summer, but this sweet and spicy smelling apple pie playdough recipe had me looking forward to my favorite season before it was even done cooking. It’s […]
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Pirate Themed Playdough Kit
Playdough kits: I’m addicted to making them and the kids are addicted to playing with them. For an upcoming family trip to the beach, I decided to surprise the kiddos with an ocean themed playdough and a bounty of pirate themed items to play with during the visit. Cranky kids, tired from a long day […]
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Free Apple Playdough Mats
Activity for ages 2 to 5. We love playdough recipes and activities! With fall just around the corner, it’s the perfect time to whip up a batch of oh-so-yummy green apple playdough and get some hands-on number practice. These free apple playdough mats are a perfect preschool math activity for fall. This post contains Amazon affiliate links. […]
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Ice Cream Playdough Recipe
Activity for ages 3 to 6. This simple, two ingredient ice cream playdough recipe looks and smells good enough to eat. Well, guess what? You can! My kiddos have never been more excited to get their hands on dough as they were this homemade playdough recipe and I can see why. Making Ice Cream Playdough For […]
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Sun Ripened Strawberry Playdough
Summer is arriving and so are strawberries picked straight from the garden. This sweet smelling strawberry playdough recipe will have you craving those delicious little berries. So make sure you have a few on hand, because your kiddos will be asking for them once this homemade playdough gets into their little hands. I know mine were! Ingredients To make […]
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Number Playdough Mats
Activity for ages 3 to 5. We use playdough a lot at our house. I’m very insistent that learning shouldn’t be filled with a bunch of worksheets, so when it came time to learn numbers, I created these free printable playdough mats to give my kids hands-on number recognition, counting, one-to-one correspondence and fine motor practice. […]
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Calming Homemade Playdough
Activity for ages 2 to 6. Emotions have been running high for both my 3 and 5 year old, so I decided to whip up a few different calming homemade playdough recipes that would help calm raging tempers and lift our spirits. My kiddos were transformed from whiney and clingy to cheerful and cooperative as they played […]
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Layers of the Earth Playdough
What better way to learn about the layers of the Earth than by making a playdough planet?! With just a little bit of prep, kids will be able to explore the layers of the Earth hands-on. It’s the perfect combination to our action packed Landform Activity Pack! I began by asking my 5 year old, A, […]
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Kool-Aid Playdough
Spring has sprung a little early in our area and we’ve been celebrating this amazing smelling rainbow playdough. To make it, simply add a packet of Kool-Aid to our delightfully squishy One-Pot Playdough Recipe. I’ve tried a few Kool-Aid playdough recipes before and they all came out a little off – either too hard, dry, or tough. […]
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St. Patrick’s Day Playdough
Activity for ages 3 to 6. My kiddos have been drawn to this shimmery, shiny, glitter-filled playdough like moths to a flame. And how could they not be?! There is truly something magical about this ultra sparkly St. Patrick’s Day playdough. It lets kids’ imaginations run wild. We made two batches of playdough: glittery gold and shimmery […]
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Valentine’s Playdough
Activity for ages 3 to 6. Nothing says Valentine’s Day like chocolate, candy, and flowers – the inspiration for our four lovely scented playdough recipes. {We promise they will have you wishing Valentine’s Day came more than once a year.} The playdough recipes are quick to whip up and make perfect kid-made, non-candy valentines for friends and classmates. All of these […]
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Winter Playdough
Activity for ages 3 to 6. These winter playdough recipes are a delightfully simple way to enjoy icy winter play indoors. Since we’ve been blasted with freezing temperatures outside, I decided to whip up a few batches of winter playdough with my 2.5 and 5 year old that would let them imagine playing in the icy cold outdoors without […]
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Gingerbread Man in a Jar
Activity for ages 2 to 6. This gingerbread man in a jar playdough kit is a sweet little gift that brings the Gingerbread Man story to life. My 5 year old daughter, A, loved every step of creating the homemade gift – from making the playdough to packaging up the gingerbread man decorations. Her favorite part, however, was […]
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Playdough Snowman in a Mason Jar
Activity for ages 2 to 6. My kids are always saddened to watch their snowmen slowly melt away but, with this sparkly snow playdough, they’ll never worry about their snowmen’s drooping smile again. After mixing up a batch of the dough, both my 2.5 and 5 year old had so much fun creating families of snowmen […]
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Must Try Homemade Playdough for Christmas
Activity for ages 3 to 6. These homemade playdough recipes are perfect for Christmas! They’ll have little bakers whipping up batch after batch of delicious smelling treats. Chocolate, candy cane, sugar cookie, orange clove, and egg nog dough – they all smell so real, even I was tempted to take a nibble! For most of […]
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Glow in the Dark Playdough Recipe
Activity for ages 3 to 6. This glow in the dark playdough recipe is sure to make playtime exciting. Just by adding one simple ingredient and a backlight to our one pot play dough recipe, we put a fun twist on our standard dough that really gets imaginations flowing. Glow in the Dark Playdough Recipe To […]
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4 Playdough Recipes for Fall
Activity for ages 3 to 6. Looking for a playdough recipe that’s perfect for fall? These homemade playdoughs are scented with real apples, pumpkin, and spices. Use them in a pretend bakery shop, play with some free playdough mats or stamp them with alphabet letters… the possibilities are limitless. Each playdough recipe makes enough for 2-3 children […]
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One Pot Playdough Recipe
I’ve tested a lot of different playdough recipes – cooked and uncooked, scented and not… But this one is my hands-down favorite because it comes out bright and squishy every time. The one pot playdough recipe requires a few minutes of stovetop cooking but I promise it’s worth the step. Most squishy no-cook playdough recipes call for boiling water anyway […]
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Color Mixing with Playdough
Activity for ages 3 to 5. We love to play our favorite color game to practice the names of colors and do lots of color mixing experiments to see what happens when we mix together two of the primary colors {red, blue and yellow}. Of all the color mixing we’ve done, our play dough color game was one of […]
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