Free Printable Letter B Play Dough Mats

These free printable Letter B themed play dough mats are a no-prep way to improve your child's fine motor skills while teaching the alphabet. I hope your children or students enjoy!

This post may include affiliate links which means I may earn a commission on qualifying purchases at no additional cost to you.

If you're looking for free printables for your letter B theme week, make sure to check out these additional posts here on The Artisan Life:

This set of letter B play dough mats includes 11 images in both color and black and white.

Each page features a letter B initial sound image play 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.

A play dough mat with a butterfly shown with containers of play dough a pair of hands rolling out a play dough snake

My daughter loves play dough and has a Play Doh ice cream maker that tells you to mix colors. Instead of buying lots of Play Doh that will get mixed up, I got 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 a long time (and doesn't get moldy!). Discover the diy play dough recipe here.

Text overlay "click here for a play dough recipe" on top of a picture of play dough cans and tools

Learning Center members can log in here to their simplified, ad-free site to quickly & easily download these play dough mats.

Not a Learning Center member yet? No problem! Keep scrolling for the in-post free download link or join The Learning Center for as little as 7 cents a day.

Text "the learning center monthly membership"

Text "the learning center annual membership"

Materials needed for alphabet play dough mats

You don't need much to use these letter B 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

Mr. Pen- Dry Erase Pocket Sleeves, 10 x 14 Inch, 6 Pack, Colorful,...

Package includes 6 dry erase pocket sleeves in 6 bright colors, which are red, green, yellow, orange, pink, and blue.
Mr. Pen dry erase pocket sleeves are made with durable and long-lasting PET plastic with industrial-grade stitching according to the highest quality...
Our dry erase pockets measure 10 x 14 inches, which makes them perfect for storing most sizes of paper or student activity sheets.

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.

STABILO Multi-Talented Pencil woody 3 in 1 - Pack of 10 - Assorted Colors...

30 times more color than a traditional colored pencil with extra color intensity, even on the darkest of papers
Due to its chunky shape, size and indestructible lead it is perfect for children's hands and promotes a good grip
The unique multi-talented pencil is a coloring pencil, watercolor and wax crayon all in one

two hands holding a red box for Stabilo woody colored pencils over a partially colored dinosaur coloring page

How to use play dough activity mats

Play dough mats are very easy to 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 matching vocabulary word in a tracing font for your child to trace.

Sliding each page 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.

Two black and white play dough mats. One shows a bee and the other a basket. A child's hand holding a ball of red play dough is also in the frame

Letter B vocabulary play dough mats previews

This set of letter B play dough mats has 11 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.

A preview of four play dough activity mats with images starting with the letter B. Mats include: a balloon, a banana, a basket, and a basketball