FREE Summer Playdough Mats {for Open-Ended Play!}

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School’s officially out for us, but learning continues through the summer, too! One thing we did this week was have a little fun with our new summer playdough mats {free download at the end of this post}. Because my kids enjoy playing with our Winter/Christmas and Spring/Easter playdough mat packs so much that I made some for summer, too. I love these mats because they are 1) fun, 2) foster creativity, and 3) encourage fine motor play.

There are 8 summer-themed playdough mats in our pack. I always print ours onto card stock and then slip into a plastic sleeve protector, although you could laminate them instead. The idea is to start with a very basic image and let the child explore his or her creativity by adding playdough to complete the picture.

 This time, we added a bit of pizzazz by including pony beads and googly eyes to the mix!

Here are some photos of our playdough fun:

sandcastle playdough mat {NJoy, 5.5 years old}

MBug, 4 years old, pinched off the playdough piece by piece (which is great for fine motor)and decorated her beach ball mat.

 

bee mat {ALuv, 8.5 years old}

 

NSis {2 years} liked me lining up the playdough on the beach ball mat so she could poke her finger in each color.

 

For more Playdough Sensory Ideas and Fine Motor Play, follow my Pinterest boards, shown below!
Follow This Reading Mama’s board Fine Motor on Pinterest.

Follow This Reading Mama’s board Sensory Bins & Sensory Play on Pinterest.

 

 Download these FREE Summer Playdough Mats by clicking HERE!

 

 

 

~Becky