St Patrick's Day Play Dough Activity Mats

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

A collection of St. Patrick's Day-themed printable playdough mats featuring activities such as creating a pot of gold, a rainbow, an Irish flag, a four-leaf clover, a leprechaun face, and a lucky horseshoe.

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This set of St Patrick's Day themed play dough mats includes six pages. Each page has two pictures to make with play dough, giving you a total of 12 play dough activity mats.

A hand holding red playdough is positioned above two printable playdough mats featuring activities themed around an Irish flag and a lucky horseshoe, surrounded by various colored playdough and construction paper.

The pages can be cut in half and laminated, or left whole and slipped into a dry erase pocket.

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 play dough mats

You don't need much to use these 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
Play dough! Stock up with a multipack or make your own

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A hand holding green playdough appears alongside printable playdough mats featuring St. Patrick's Day themes such as a four-leaf clover, rainbow, leprechaun, and pot of gold, designed for preschool learning activities.

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. Cut in half, if you want to separate the two images on each sheet. To make the pages reusable, slide each page into a dry erase pocket before use or laminate.

Your child, or student, makes play dough "snakes" and lays them out to cover each image.

A child's hands are holding a red playdough tool over colorful playdough mats featuring a leprechaun's pot of gold and a rainbow, surrounded by vibrant playdough, craft paper, and a notebook in a spring-themed playdough activity setup.

St Patrick's Day vocabulary play dough mats previews

This set of St Pat's play dough mats has 12 different images.

Images include:

Pot of gold
Rainbow
Four leaf clover
Leprechaun
Green top hat
Shamrock
Irish flag
Lucky horseshoe
Bow tie
Gold coin
Irish harp
"Lucky" word

Printable activity cards featuring various spring-themed playdough activities, including shaping a pot of gold, creating a rainbow, crafting a four-leaf clover, and designing a leprechaun face.

A set of four printable activity mats featuring designs for a leprechaun's top hat, shamrock, Irish flag, and lucky horseshoe, intended for preschool learning activities and spring play dough fun.

A set of four playdough instruction cards featuring shapes to create, including a bow tie, gold coin, Irish harp, and the word "luck," suitable for preschool learning activities and spring play dough fun.

Free printable St Patrick's Day play dough mats PDF file download area

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