Are you on the lookout for a winter activity that combines fun and learning? We’ve got just the thing for you – FREE Printable Winter Playdough Mats! With an engaging winter theme, these mats are designed to spark creativity and promote important skills. Whether you’re a teacher looking for a fun addition to your lesson plans or a parent looking for an way to explore the winter season, these free printable playdough mats are the perfect way to go!
Explore The Winter Season With Playdough
Learning about the four seasons is important, but so is play! We have you covered with our playful winter season activities, playdough included. Get kids to create fun playdough shapes such as snowflakes, a snowman, winter clothing and more.
If you want an easy playful learning activity to share with your kiddos, you will love this printable winter theme activity. All you need to do is download our free printable playdough mats below, make up a batch of homemade playdough (or use store-bought), and get started!
Combine these free printable winter playdough mats with some of our other hands-on winter activities for a fun winter lesson in the classroom or at home.
Learn about the four seasons with four seasons activities and worksheets.
Benefits of Using Winter Playdough Mats
- Fine Motor Skills: Engaging with playdough mats helps develop crucial fine motor skills by encouraging finger muscles to squish, roll, and shape the dough.
- Social Skills: Through sharing playdough and collaborating on winter scenes, kids enhance their social skills, promoting cooperation and interaction.
- Color Recognition: Vibrant winter scenes and a variety of playdough shades provide a sensory-rich experience, aiding children in identifying and recognizing colors.
- Winter Words: The playdough mats incorporate winter words, introducing seasonal vocabulary in a fun way by combining fun with educational value.
- Letter Recognition: Kids can identify the name of each playdough mat by sounding out the letters.
Homemade Playdough Recipes
If you don’t want to buy playdough at the store or feel like making some of your own, we have tons of homemade playdough recipes you’ll love! —>>> Go here to find all our playdough recipes.
- Apple Playdough Recipe
- Glow in the Dark Playdough
- Jello Playdough Recipe
- Frosting Playdough Recipe
- Super Soft Cornstarch Playdough
- Kool-Aid Playdough Recipe
TIP: Check out our popular no-cook playdough recipe to whip up a batch of homemade playdough. Make a white playdough perfect for winter play be omitting the food coloring.
What’s Included in These Winter Playdough Mats
Once you download the free mats, you’ll get access to the printable winter playdough mats. There are 4 uncolored mats and 4 colored mats!
If you want even more simple winter activities for little learners, grab the I Can Explore Winter Pack!
Free Printable Winter Playdough Mats
Download and print the winter playdough mats below. For durability and ease of use, laminate the mats before use or place them in a sheet protector.
Click here or below to get your printable playdough mats!
How To Use These 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 or four 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 or fill in the shapes but you can demonstrate how to roll playdough snakes if your kiddos need help getting started. Or they can roll balls and squish them onto the shapes. They can 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. Remember that you can also interrupt their thought process if they are independently playing. It’s a balance!
Tip 7: Bring the playdough mats into preschool centers, giving little ones a hands-on and versatile tool for exploration. It adds an interactive element to your educational centers.
Tip 8: Set up a tray of fun accessories to add to the play. Pom poms, pipe cleaners, googly eyes, cotton balls, beads and sequins are fun to use.
More Fun Printable Playdough Mats
Check out all of our printable playdough mats. Here are a few of our favorites…
- Planting a Garden Playdough Mats
- Weather Playdough Mat
- Pond Life Playdough Mats
- Make Playdough Flowers
- Shape Playdough Mats
More Easy Winter Activities
- Winter Bingo Activity Pack (FREE!)
- Snowflake Oobleck
- Snow Storm in a Jar
- How To Draw A Snowflake With Pictures
- Melting Snowman Experiment
- Build A Snow Castle For Winter Fun
Printable Preschool Winter Pack
Perfect for 3-to 6-year-olds in a preschool classroom, learning center, or home. Easy to set up and use with one kiddo or a classroom. This themed pack includes a book and supply list to help you easily set up the activities.
⭐️ Tip: Grab the Preschool Themes Growing Bundle and save money! ⭐️
Activities Include:
- Flip Books
- Dot Mittens
- Sensory Bin
- Sequencing
- Geoboard Templates
- Writing Center
- Tracing Cards
- Board Game
- Cover Up Game
- Matching Game
- Puzzles
- Playdough Mats
