Ocean Animals Play Dough Mats
These free printable Ocean Animals Play Dough Mats are a fun, hands-on way for kids to learn about the fascinating creatures that live in the sea. Ocean Animal playdough mats can also be a good way to develop fine motor skills and enjoy creative, imaginative play.
Ready to try making your own playdough to go along with these free printables? Don’t miss the best no-cook playdough recipe you can make with (or without!) a stand mixer! You could also try this calming lavender playdough recipe to enjoy for quiet sensory time. This wintergreen homemade playdough or this DIY Frozen themed playdough are both great, too!
Free Printable Ocean Animals Playdough Mats
There are 12 pages in these ocean playdough mats, featuring ocean animals like pufferfish, crabs, seahorses, fish, squid, shark, octopus, and more!
There are many ways to use the free printable ocean animals play dough mats, including:
- as part of an ocean unit study
- during read aloud time with ocean themed books
- quiet play time
- sensory play time
- companion activity to making homemade play dough
These play dough mats include prompts to help spark creativity, as well as fun facts about the sea creatures and their habitat and characteristics. This can really enrich the learning time for preschool, kindergarten, and even early elementary ages.
This ocean playdough is an ideal companion to the printables, so be sure to check it out! We also love this adorable Rainbow Fish Paper Plate Craft to go along with our theme.
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Supplies Needed
- These free printable ocean animals playdough mats
- A printer (read more about choosing the best printer for your needs)
- A laminator and laminating sheets to reuse them again and again (optional)
- Dry erase pocket sleeve (optional)
- Playdough
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