We all know that toddlers like exploring with different textures and they love bright colours, which is probably why they love playdough so much.
If you’re running out of ideas of what your toddler can create with playdough, well you’re in luck! Here, I have 10 free nature printable playdough mats that you can download today.
These playdough mats encourage young children to use their creativity and the activities help them to learn how to count objects up to 10.
What is a playdough mat?
A playdough mat, otherwise known as “dough mat” is a piece of paper or card that is used to direct the activity or design that a toddler does with playdough.
The design that a toddler makes with the playdough can be created on the playdough mat and these can include shapes, numbers and objects like flowers. These mats are often either bought or downloaded on the internet.
Playdough mats can help young children with learning numbers, counting, learning the alphabet and other things. Also, by playing with playdough, toddlers can develop their fine motor skills and enhance their creativity and imagination.
If you are looking for an easy playdough recipe you can find one here.
The activities included in my 10 free nature printable mats involve counting, making numbers 1-10 and of course creating objects in nature. The mats focus on your toddler creating the following:
- A rainbow
- Snail shell
- Butterfly
- Bunny
- Circles on a caterpillar
- Spots on a ladybird
- Flower
- Worm
- A bumble bee
Download these nature printable playdough mats here.
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