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12 Christmas and Winter Play Dough Recipes

December 6, 2012 by Anna Ranson

Here are 12 fantastic play dough recipes that will be perfect to make and play with this Christmas and winter! In fact, many of them would be easy, homemade and frugal (not to mention original and fun!) gifts to give to the kids in your life too.

 How about one play dough recipe for each of the 12 days of Christmas?! Please check out each link and pin and share the ones you love. These would also make wonderful homemade Christmas presents for kids, along with a little cutter, rolling pin and toy figures to match!


Featuring Ideas from: 
[clockwise]

Candy Cane Play Dough [Love Play Learn]

White Snow Play Dough [The Imagination Tree]
Cinnamon and Nutmeg Play Dough Cookies [The Imagination Tree]
Chocolate Box Play Dough [The Imagination Tree]
Cookie Cutter and Sequins Play Dough [One Perfect Day]

Christmas Pudding Play Dough [Sun Hats and Wellie Boots]

 

Gingerbread Play Dough [The Imagination Tree]

 

Scented Snowman Play Dough [Sugar Aunts]

 

Peppermint Play Dough [The Fairy and the Frog]

 

Pine Scented Winter Woods Play Dough [Small Potatoes]

 

Oranges and Lemons Play Dough [The Imagination Tree]

Pie Play Dough [Little Moments]
Love play dough recipes and activities? We have hundreds on this site (a little obsessed!)
See our other play dough recipe posts here
Search for Christmas activities here

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Filed Under: Christmas, Its Playtime, Playdough, Winter Tagged With: Play Dough

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Comments

  1. pinkoddy says

    December 6, 2012 at 1:20 am

    We haven’t had the playdough out in a while so this looks good fun.

    Thanks for hosting

  2. Sugar Aunts says

    December 6, 2012 at 1:48 am

    Thank you so much for including us in your play dough round up! We’ll be sure to share with our FB an twitter followers in a bit (after the kids go to bed!) It is always fun to see your features each week…(along with your other creative play ideas, of course!)

  3. Brittany@loveplaylearn says

    December 6, 2012 at 1:57 am

    Thank you for featuring our peppermint playdough!

  4. No Credit Check Loans Online says

    December 6, 2012 at 8:24 am

    We haven’t done any Play dough so far, but the Peppermint paly dough looks so easy and amazing. I should try that.

  5. Cerys @ Rainy Day Mum says

    December 6, 2012 at 10:42 am

    Ohhh some fabulous recipes – we’ve got to try more

  6. Kelly at Little Wonders' Days says

    December 6, 2012 at 2:12 pm

    I love your playdough round up! We just made gingerbread playdough and it is wonderful!! We’ll have to try your white snow recipe next.

  7. Ann says

    December 6, 2012 at 3:52 pm

    Lots of great links!

    Love scented play dough – definitely going to make gingerbread!

  8. MyZebraBook says

    December 6, 2012 at 4:24 pm

    Hi The Imagination Tree!

    We’re two mummies embarked on the great adventure of publishing personnalized books for children, and espacially loving your blog. It would be great if you could check our books and website : http://myzebrabook.com

    Keep writing your inspiring and interesting blog 🙂

    Kisses

  9. thefairyandthefrog says

    December 6, 2012 at 7:42 pm

    Thanks for featuring our mint dough 🙂

  10. PragmaticMom says

    December 8, 2012 at 11:52 pm

    I love how your creativity can take something like playdough and elevate into something new and exciting! I love the gingerbread playdough.

  11. Ness @ One Perfect Day says

    December 14, 2012 at 11:55 am

    Thank you for featuring our cookie cutter and sequins play dough. What a great round up – I’m looking forward to trying out the other ideas shared here!

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