Free Printable Fourth of July Play Dough Mats

These free printable Fourth of July themed play dough mats are a no-prep way to improve your child's fine motor skills and develop their vocabulary. I hope you enjoy!

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This set of Fourth of July play dough mats includes 12 images in both color and black and white. Each page features a patriotic play dough image for your little learner to make and the corresponding vocabulary word in a dotted font to trace. If your child or students aren't ready to practice their letters, you can skip the word tracing section.

My daughter loves play dough and has a Play Doh ice cream maker that encourages you to mix colors. Instead of buying lots of Play Doh that will get mixed immediately, I bought a bag of Costco flour and some food coloring to make my own.

I have a no-fail recipe for homemade play dough that stays soft for an incredibly long time. Stop by this blog post with play dough alphabet mats to see the diy play dough recipe!

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Materials needed for play dough mats

You don't need much to use these Fourth of July play dough mats. Here's a look at the supplies you'll need:

• Your free printable (look for the row of purple arrows lower down in the post)
• Printer access & paper or card stock
• Laminator or page protectors/dry erase pockets
  • Page protectors are easier to keep organized, dry erase pockets are more durable
• A dry or wet erase marker or, our favorite Stabilo Woodies

We love our Stabilo Woodies. They are a large dry erase crayon that you can use to write, color, and draw. They also have a little more friction than a marker, which makes them better for improving fine motor strength.

How to use play dough mats with kids

These 4th of July play dough mats are very easy to use. Your child, or students, makes play dough "snakes" and lays them out to cover each image.

Each page has the appropriate vocabulary word in a tracing font for your child to trace with a marker or something like a Stabilo Woody crayon.

Although you don't absolutely have to protect the pages, sliding each one into a dry erase pocket/page protector (or laminating it) makes the pages last a lot longer. I recommend using dry erase pockets for ease and durability.

Fourth of July themed play dough mats previews

This set of Independece Day themed play dough mats has 12 different images. Each image is in both color and black and white. Only color versions are shown below, but both versions are included in your PDF file.

Free printable July 4th play dough mats PDF file download area

These themed play dough mats are licensed for personal use and single classroom use.

You are not licensed to sell or redistribute the files or print outs, even for free. Please refer friends and colleagues to this post so they can download their own copies.

I hope you enjoy these play dough activity mats for little learners! Be sure to check out the additional free printables for summer below: