Arctic-themed Playdough with DIY Stampers

I’ve had these wooden shapes for a while – they were actually Christmas tree ornaments – but I decided to give them a new purpose 😁. So I made some DIY playdough stampers using blocks as the base. 

For this Arctic-themed playdough tray I paired the stampers with white playdough, a few natural items and some colored rice. A enjoyed creating different scenarios with the stampers and natural items, and finally dumping all of the rice in the playdough 😂. It ended up looking pretty nice though! 

Playdough is a great pre-writing activity. It helps strengthen hand muscles, improve fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination, while allowing the child to use imagination and express creativity. It also fosters language development as the child is exposed to the different elements on the tray.

Cleaning up is part of the learning process, so make sure to encourage your child to tidy up after they finish playing. Model how to do it until your child feels confident enough to initiate the tidying up process independently.