12 Fabulous Homemade Playdough Recipes
Looking for fresh ideas for your homemade playdough? Then you’ve come to the right place! Below you’ll find twelve, awesome homemade playdough recipes that are perfect for enhancing the sensory play potential of a batch of dough. Think texture, scent and visual appeal!
Homemade playdough is so easy to make and cheaper than the commercial version – which is great if your kids love to play with it a lot, like mine do! So check out this list of fabulous playdough recipes for some sensory play fun with your toddler or preschooler today!
12 Best Homemade Playdough Recipes
Best Ever Scented Playdough Recipe: Check out this recipe for a beautiful, smooth playdough that smells SO GOOD!
Rosemary & Lemon Scented Playdough Recipe: A deliciously scented playdough made with all natural ingredients.
Autumn Scented Playdough Recipe: This Autumn scented playdough combines spices with citrus to capture the essence of Autumn.
Rose Playdough Recipe: Smells good, feels great and is sure to inspire lots of imaginary and sensory play.
Funfetti Textured Playdough Recipe: The addition of colourful, uncooked rice adds a wonderful texture to your playdough.
No Cook Chocolate Playdough Recipe: No stovetop? No problem! This no cook playdough recipe is great for inspiring imaginative play.
Hot Chocolate Playdough Recipe: A fun, festive playdough recipe with with three fun ideas for play.
Homemade Mulberry Playdough: The colour of this mulberry playdough is so rich and satisfying, and it’s all natural too!
Microwave Maple Pumpkin Playdough Recipe: This wonderful combination brings together the texture and scent of fall.
No Cook Peppermint Playdough Recipe: This playdough recipe embodies the scent of the holidays!
Gluten Free Playdough Recipe: A gluten free playdough recipe with a variation for children who are also sensitive to corn.
Easy Microwave Play Dough Recipe: A useful microwave recipe that can be adapted for all sorts of sensory playdough fun.
RELATED: Take your dough fun further by trying our Homemade Air Dry Clay Recipe
“Squishing, rolling, sculpting, molding . . . young children love to play with playdough. Add some props from around the home and playdough play becomes a powerful way to support your child’s learning. This simple preschool staple lets children use their imaginations and strengthen the small muscles in their fingers—the same muscles they will one day use to hold a pencil and write. Using playdough with you, a friend, or siblings supports your child’s social skills such as sharing, taking turns, and enjoying being with other people. Playdough also encourages children’s language and literacy, science, and math skills—all at the same time!” – NAEYC
What to Do With Homemade Playdough
Looking for fresh ideas for playdough play ideas, try one of these cool suggestions;
Making Playdough Pictures: Use playdough as a canvas for making unique artworks.
Alphabet Fine Motor Playdough Activity: Practice learning the letters of the alphabet with this fun activity that also works the muscles of the fingers.
Stamp and Spell Playdough Activity: A great first spelling and reading activity for early readers.
An Invitation to Create: Playdough Spiders: Playdough meets Halloween for some not-too-spooky fun!
21 Christmas Themed Playdough Play Ideas: Lots of inspiration for Christmas playdough play.
21 Ways to Play with Silly Putty: These putty based learning activities work just as well with playdough.
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