It’s funny how things happen.
It started when we resurfaced our old dining table and I decided we needed place mats to protect the table a little, and that lead to me making some simple laminated place mats to help my big kids remember how to set the table.
But as soon as Noah saw the place mats his eyes twinkled and he said “Can I make a play dough dinner for that plate?”
And that is how my place mats turned into play dough mats!
Of course I couldn’t stop at just one, so I made a whole set of fun food play dough mats.
There is a cake stand so you can make and decorate a fabulous play dough cake.
Download the ‘Make a Cake’ play dough mat here.
And a sundae dish for making a yummy ice cream sundae!
Download the ‘Make an Ice Cream Sundae’ play dough mat here.
And lastly there’s the dinner mat, which doubles as a great place mat if you happen need one!
Download the ‘What’s for Dinner?’ play dough mat here.
Just print out the fun food play dough mats and laminate or cover each one in self adhesive paper and you are ready to make your own fun food creations.
These also work great with dry erase markers or crayons.
And now I need to make some actual place mats too!
Make sure you check out our other free printable play dough mats!
You can find the gardening and growing play dough mats here.
You can find the people play dough mats here.
Karen Ganon says
Thank you so much!
Nichole {youclevermonkey} says
I love, LOVE this printable Kate! Printing out now ready for hometime :) Thanks for sharing it with us all
Jode@mummymusingsandmayhem says
oh you wonderful woman! Just popped over to get the right link to your blog for a post I am writing and then I see these little beauties! i have 4 4 year olds tomorrow that are going to love this! They are playdough mad at the moment and I have been running out of ideas…you are a little ripper ;)
Megan Blandford says
These are very cute! Both my girls are obsessed with playdough at the moment and they’d love these.
Jeannie says
What are the containers you used for manipulatives to decorate playdough?
katepickle says
Do you mean the little tray that has the bits and pieces in it??
That is actually recycled packaging from some frozen food! I kept it because I liked the shape and thought it would be useful!
Sol says
Muchas gracias me resultara muy útil para mi clase.Un saludo.
Jennifer says
My daughter has a slight obsession with play dough so these are going to be perfect! Pinning now!
seon says
wow. Thank you so much.
It was my first visit.
I’m really looking forward to playing with my daughter.
Jeanine says
Katie! I always get excited when I see you’ve made a valuable printable playdough mat for kids :D You’re so very creative! Oh, & I have been reading your last few warm and inspirational posts as well…these are many reasons why I follow your blog and read every post in full! , you are very sweet and REAL! Thank You!!!
Laci says
Thank you so much for sharing!!! My twins will love these!
Anne says
Hi there,
Your website has Great ideas and Thank you so much for providing the printable mats of Make a Cake, What’s for dinner and Make a ice cream sundae.
I am looking to work with preschool kids and I need ideas to take to the interviews.
Again thank you,
Anne
Ruth says
Thank you so much. this has saved my rainy windy sunday from becoming a meltdown!
Bernadette C @Aimless Moments says
I just printed a few of each of these out. They are great for rainy days, which we seem to be having alot of lately! Thanks!
essie says
i absolutely love this idea. it’s such a great way to scaffold creative play.
i’ve included a link to it in a blog post about play dough, with credit, of course.
thank you! :)
Heather Morgan says
Thank you, these are great! My 2.5-year-old son loves play dough, and we are learning about food this week at home and in speech therapy. These printables will work out well, I think.
Kylie @ Octavia and Vicky says
These are just gorgeous, pinning, sharing, printing :)
Ankita says
super amazing… bravo..
Marcia says
Obrigada, por compartilhar seus trabalhos. Sou professora e estou sempre buscando ideias para minhas crianças.
Miranda says
Thankyou so much for making, posting and making them available to all! We have used them to draw on before laminating to make a permanent take-home placemat for our Draw My Dinner free drop-in session.
Laura says
Just printed these for my kids, ages 2 and 4. Today was my 2 year old’s first time playing with play dough and I’m so excited to print out your other mats. You have the most fun printables!
Mirjam says
Thank you so much for sharing your printables with the world.
I am from Belgium and will use this in my school.
The children will LOVE it !!!
Geraldine says
These are fabulous! Is there any chance you could make the place mats in different colours, or a way I could change the colour myself? I would like to have different colours to match the different coloured cutlery to extend matching skills :-)
katepickle says
I’m sorry the play dough mats are on available as is and they are not editable.
Peri says
The mats are a lovely idea, but where do you get the self adhesive paper or a laminator for an 8.5×11 piece of paper?? I’m sorry to sound so ignorant, but please do tell!! I’m dying to make these mats for my kids!!
katepickle says
I assume you are not in Australia as our standard paper size is A4 so laminating sheets come in A4 size and are easy to find. But you could also use self adhesive paper… here it comes in a big roll so you can just cut off whatever size you need.
You can also print these onto US ‘letter’ sized paper if that is helpful. Just choose ‘fit’ or ‘shrink to fit’ from your printer options, that may shrink them a tiny bit but not enough to be a problem. That should work for whatever your standard size of paper is.
Kaz @ Melting Moments says
Awesome!!
Isabel says
Thank you for sharing and for your hard work!
alina says
This are so cute my little boy will love it. thank you
ivana says
Thank you!