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    Halloween Playdough Mats Free Printable

    Published: Oct 10, 2023

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    These free printable Halloween playdough mats are so much fun for toddlers, preschoolers, and even kindergarteners. They're a no-prep sensory play activity and a great way to develop fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination. I hope you enjoy!

    A preview of four Halloween play dough mat printables. Images include: a pumpkin, a spider, two bats on one page, and a haunted house.

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    This set of free printable playdough mats includes 10 different Halloween designs for little hands to enjoy. Your child can make their own monster, Jack o'lantern, spider web, cat face, and more! Be sure to look lower down in the post for previews of all 10 images.

    If you like free play dough mats and fine motor fun, be sure to check out these additional free printables here on The Artisan Life:

    • Play dough alphabet mats
    • Apple themed counting mats

    Look at the end of this post for more printable Halloween activities! 

    A preview of two Halloween play dough mat printables. One has a pumpkin and the other has a black cat face

    How to use fun Halloween play dough mats

    These free Halloween play dough mats don't have to be used with play dough. 

    There are many different ways to use these play mats with young children. They're a very open-ended toy! Here are some ideas to get you started:

    • Use the mats in loose parts station
    • Have kids use dry erase markers to add details
    • Decorate the mats with manipulatives like googly eyes and pom poms. You can skip the laminating and have your kids glue the items in place.
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    If you plan to use the mats with play dough or dry-erase markers, laminate the sheets or place them in a heavy duty sheet protector or dry erase pocket. Dry erase pocket sleeves are more durable for classroom use, but page protectors are easy to organize because you can place them in a three ring binder for storage.

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    I enjoy making my own play dough, but I broke out purchased Play-Doh to use with this set of Halloween printables. Having a variety of colors is a lot of fun with this set of playdough mats! We have this set 10 colors that includes black, white, yellow, and orange for Halloween playdough activities. 

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    We prefer to use Stabilo 3 in 1 Woody pencils instead of dry erase markers. They don't stain or stink and they're very easy to wash up. See them in use in the video below! (The video features these dinosaur coloring pages.)

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    Each page has a prompt you can read aloud to your child or students. For example, "Can you make a face for the Jack o'lantern?"

    A picture of a spider themed play dough mat and a potion bottle play dough mat for Halloween

    For a greater challenge for older kids, have them create different facial expressions demonstrating different emotions. See if they can make their pictures look happy, scared, or scary!

    These printables are sized for US letter paper, so there's no need to visit a copy shop. I recommend printing the pages on white card stock for more durable play mats. 

    Printable play dough mat previews

    This set contains a variety of playdough mats to keep your little learners busy! Here's what you're getting:

    A preview of seven Halloween play dough mat printables including: a haunted house, a cauldron, a pumpkin, two bags, a spider, a spider web, and a black cat face
    A preview of three Halloween play dough mat printables including a monster face, a ghost, and a potion bottle

    Free printable Halloween playdough mat set download area

    These free downloads are licensed for personal use and classroom use. This includes use with library activities.

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

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    I hope you enjoy using these Halloween play dough mats! Make sure to check out the additional printables for Halloween while you're here on The Artisan Life:

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