Fun & Educational Play Dough Activities

Play dough is a great supply to have on hand. It’s so versatile and the possibilities of what you can use it for are endless. Not only that, but it’s a ton of fun to play with, too! I put together this list of 20 fun and educational play dough activities that your kids will love to do. These activities will teach your children everything from shape recognition and fossil making to engineering.

A couple reasons that I love using play dough as an educational tool, is that the cleanup is super easy and it’s reusable. If you’re the type of person that hates messes, than teaching through play dough is for you!

Once you’ve got your dough, (both homemade and store-bought work for these activities),
it’s time to gather the rest of the supplies and call the kids in to have a blast!

Pre-K Pages – Making Insects with Play Dough

Wings and Roots – Play Dough Mermaid Tails

Kid Activities Blog – Learning to Add with Play Dough

Nature Store Blog – Play Dough Pizza Parlour

Craftulate – Fine Motor Skills: Play Dough Birds

Modern Preschool – Spring Flowers Play Dough Mat Activity

Parenting Chaos – Stamp and Spell with Play Dough

Best Toys 4 Toddlers – X-Ray Play Dough Activity

School Time Snippets – Playdough Geometry – Exploring Shapes

The Imagination Tree – Playdough Garden Centre

Mama Papa Bubba – Play Dough Subtraction Smash

Kid Activities Blog – Play Dough Lego Game

This Reading Mama – Telling Time – Clock Playdough Mats

Nature Store Blog – Exploring Shapes Using Play Dough

Modern Preschool – Scissor Skills Practice

Wings and Roots – Preten Play – Play Dough Pizzeria

Fantastic Fun and Learning – Flower Play Dough Invitation

Frugal Fun 4 Boys – Make Playdough Bugs

Play Dough and Popsicles – Homemade Play Dough Tools to Explore Textures

Pickle Bums – Growing Garden Play Dough Mats

Parenting Chaos – Playdough Dinosaur Fossils

What are some of your favorite activities with play dough?