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The A-Z of Play Dough Recipes and Activities!

January 8, 2013 by Anna Ranson

Here’s the ultimate collection of more than 50 play dough recipes and creative play activities to take you from A to Z!

We absolutely ADORE play dough and challenge you to have a go at making your own, try a new flavour or use it in a different way this coming year! We play with it so often that I’m not even surprised to say that all of these recipes are found here on this site! Some ideas are illustrated by photos rather than links to posts and these are of Invitations to Play  set ups that we have shared this year on our  Facebook page . There are also references to cloud dough, salt dough, snow dough and clay dough for you to try out too!

A is for Aromatherapy play dough
ABC Play dough

B is for Blueberry play dough
Bakery play dough

C is for Cinnamon play dough cookies
Chocolate Play dough
Cupcakes and Candles

Cloud Dough

D is for Dinosaur play dough (see photo below)

E is for Early Learning Skills Play Dough Maths

F is for FAIRY play dough
Florist’s Shop Play dough
Fossil Imprints in Salt Dough

G is for Gruffalo play dough

Gingerbread play dough
Golden Shimmer dough
Gluten Free play dough

H is for HERBAL play dough
Handprints and Footprints in salt dough

I is for INVENTOR’S play dough

Initials Salt Dough

J is for Jubilee patriotic play dough cupcakes (see photo below)

K is for Kinaesthetic and educational benefits of playing with dough

L is for Lavender play dough

M is for Monster play dough

Maths play dough
Mermaid Lagoon Cloud Dough

N is for Natural play dough

Nature Impressions in play dough

O is for Ornament Dough
Oranges and Lemons play dough (see photo below)

P is for Peanut Butter play dough
Pirate Play dough (see photo below)

Pizza Play Dough
Pattern Making with play dough (see photo below)

Pinkalicious Cloud Dough Cupcakes

Q is for Quickest ever 4 minute play dough recipe!

R is for Rainbow play dough
Roadway Play Dough (see photo below)

S is for Sweet Shop play dough

Strawberry sparkle play dough
Sand play dough
Snow Dough

Salt Dough Ornaments

T is for Three Bears Porridge Oats play dough

U is for Under the Sea play dough (see photo below)

V is for Very Hungry Caterpillar play dough

Valentine’s Chocolate Box play dough


W is for Wholegrain play dough
Willy Wonka play dough
White Snow play dough

X is for eXploration kit for using in play dough (see more ideas in this benefits of play dough post too)

Y is for Yellow colour sorting play dough (see photo below)

Z is for Zoom! Black sparkle space play dough

Inspired by these ideas? Get ready to be AMAZED by the sheer number of incredible posts linked up in this huge ABCs series, from over 100 bloggers from around the world. Here is a link to the other participants in the Learning Through Play category, and there are dozens more too! Each one of these is a complete A-Z list of ideas per topic:

  • Baking with Kids from Life at the Zoo
  • Bath Activities for Kids from Bath Activities for Kids
  • Discovery Bottles from Teach Preschool
  • Farming for Children from Glittering Muffins
  • Fitness for Kids from 3 Dinosaurs
  • Imaginative Play from Train up a Child
  • Kids Activities from Growing a Jeweled Rose
  • Learning Through Play from Love Play & Learn
  • Learning Toys & Manipulatives from This Reading Mama
  • Movement Activities for Young Kids from AngeliqueFelix.com
  • Play Dough from The Imagination Tree
  • Playing with Light from Graham and Parker
  • Preschool Play from Its Our Long Story
  • Sensory Bins from Royal Baloo
  • Sensory Play from Creative Play House
  • Toddler Activities from Toddler Approved
  • Winter Outdoor Play from Pleasantest Thing

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Filed Under: Activities, Cloud Dough, Play Collections, Play Recipes, Playdough, Salt Dough, Sensory, Toddler Tagged With: A-Z, ABCs of Playdough Recipes, Play Dough, Sensory Play

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Comments

  1. Cerys @ Rainy Day Mum says

    January 8, 2013 at 4:50 pm

    You are the QUEEN of playdough what a wonderful selection of ideas and inspiration.

  2. jenna@mumcentral.co.uk says

    January 8, 2013 at 5:53 pm

    Wow so many lovely playdough ideas! Looking forward to trying some of these 🙂

  3. Emma @sciencesparks says

    January 8, 2013 at 11:21 pm

    Wow, AMAZING Anna. I think I need to try play dough again. xxx

  4. Rebecca says

    January 9, 2013 at 4:16 am

    Yep its now official. You have the best blog ever.

  5. PragmaticMom says

    January 9, 2013 at 5:16 am

    You are the Maestra of playdough! The reigning queen! My hat is off to you! These playdough ideas are AMAZING!

  6. laura@howtocookgoodfood says

    January 9, 2013 at 3:23 pm

    I have to tell you that you have just really inspired me so much with your play dough creativity. I will be trying out some of your brilliant ideas in my cookery lessons next week as I have a family learning group teaching mums & toddlers about food. This is the perfect engaging activity for them and me and my 3 kids too. Roll on half term!

  7. RedTedArt says

    January 9, 2013 at 5:03 pm

    Anna this is fantastic! You really are the QUEEN of Playdough!!

  8. Georgina Edwards says

    January 27, 2013 at 6:03 pm

    This is fantastic! My 2 year old som has just got into play dough and this post has given me lots of inspiration!

  9. LubnaMoosa says

    May 5, 2013 at 7:43 pm

    Hi! I can’t wait to have a play dough party with all ese ideas. Thanks. A lot. I’m just wondering how long can I keep the play dough and reuse without the play dough spoiling? Thanks

    • Anna Ranson says

      May 7, 2013 at 11:23 am

      They last a good few months in a jar with a tight lid, or in a zip loc bag in the fridge too. I prefer to keep mine in a cupboard in jars but it’s not too humid where we live.

  10. Susana says

    May 10, 2013 at 9:32 pm

    Amazing!!! Thank you for sharing, I’ll definitely using some of your ideas, thank you so much!!!

  11. Rituparna Ghosh says

    June 27, 2013 at 9:55 am

    OMG!! These are absolutely fabulous! I have just recently introduced play dough to my 21 month old son and we are happy cutting out shapes. But as I see this, this is a whole new world out there!

    Thank you for tickling my imagination 🙂

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