Free Printable Winter Play Dough Mats

These free printable winter themed play dough mats are a no-prep fine motor activity for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten students. They're perfect for your January lesson plans. I hope you enjoy!

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This set of winter themed play dough mats includes 14 images in both color and black and white.

Each page in this set features a winter themed image and the matching vocabulary word in a dotted font to trace. If your child or students aren't ready to practice writing their letters, you can skip the word tracing section.

Instead of buying lots of Play Doh that will get mixed up, I bought a bag of Costco flour and some food coloring to make my own. If you want to save money, check out this no-fail DIY play dough recipe.

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Materials needed for winter play dough mats

You don't need much to use these play dough mats for winter. 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
• Play dough! Stock up with a multipack or make your own
• A dry or wet erase marker or, our favorite Stabilo Woodies

We enjoy using 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 activity mats

Play dough mats are very easy to use. They encourage fine motor skills, finger strength development, and even color matching.

First, print out your pages. To make the pages reusable, slide each page into a dry erase pocket before use.

Your child, or student, makes play dough "snakes" and lays them out to cover each image. The images are large, so it's okay if the snake is a bit skinnier than the drawing on the activity mat.

Each page has the featured vocabulary word in a tracing font for your child to trace. If your child or students aren't ready to trace using a pencil, they can use a finger or skip this portion of the activity.

Winter vocabulary play dough mats previews

This set of winter themed play dough mats has 14 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 winter play dough mats PDF file download area

These play dough activity mats are licensed for personal use and single classroom use. This includes use with therapy clients, library activities, etc.

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 winter play dough mats! Be sure to check out the additional free printables for your winter themes below: