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August 8, 2023
20 Christmas Playdough Recipes

20 Christmas Playdough Recipes

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Whip up a special batch of a Christmas playdough recipe to celebrate the holiday season in December! We have more than 20 creative, unique, and FUN Christmas Play doh Recipes for Kids! Whether you try the candy cane playdough, cookie playdough, gingerbread playdough, snowball playdough, or one of the many other fun-to-try playdough recipes for kids – these are sure to make strengthening hand muscles for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, and first grade students extra fun!
Whip up a special batch of a Christmas playdough recipe to celebrate the holiday season in December! We have more than 20 creative, unique, and FUN Christmas Play doh Recipes for Kids! Whether you try the candy cane playdough, cookie playdough, gingerbread playdough, snowball playdough, or one of the many other fun-to-try playdough recipes for kids - these are sure to make strengthening hand muscles for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, and first grade students extra fun!

Christmas Playdough Recipes

Your kids are going to love making these super creative and unique Christmas Playdough Recipes! Not only are there lots of play recipes for December to try, but they will enhance a variety of educational activities for toddlers, preschoolers, kindergartners, and grade 1 students too by engaging their senses. There are enough Christmas Play doh recipes to try a different one almost every day in the month of December!

Christmas Play Doh

Whether you are a parent, teacher, or homeschooler – you are going to want to try all these amazing Christmas Play Doh ideas! The hardest part is picking which Christmas play recipe will you try first?

  • Glittery Christmas Playdough from Learning 4 Kids is sure to be a hit with the glitter!
  • Sugar Cookie Playdough from Frog Snails and Puppy Dog Tails smells just like you are whipping up a batch or delicious sugar cookies.
  • Easy Peppermint Playdough from Musings from a Stay at Home Mom is perfect for relaxing the senses with a classic Christmas scent – peppermint.
  • Snowball Playdough from Yellow Bliss Road is like playing with snow, without the cold!
  • Candy cane Playdough from The Artful Parent  looks just like the iconic holiday candy!
  • Sugar Plum Playdough from Frogs and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails is perfect for playing with after reading the Sugar Plum fairy or watching the Nutcracker.
  • Christmas Day Playdough from Nurture Store is filled with festive herbs and spices for a xmas playdough that will delight the senses.
  • Cinnamon Crumble Playdough from Frogs and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails smells just like Christmas with the cinnamon goodness!

Christmas play dough

  • Cinnamon Playdough Cookies from The Imagination Tree shares some super cute cinnamon playdough cookies for your child to make and pretend play.
  • Hot Cocoa Playdough is sure to be a hit with kids of all ages who will giggle at the silly, sweet smelling dough!
  • Orange & Clove Playdough from Nurture Store is such beautiful, orange, sweet smelling recipe you will love to play with.
  • Tinsel Playdough from Laughing Kids Learn is perfect for kids who love playing with sparkly tinsel!
  • Vanilla Mint Playdough from Mama Papa Bubba is a simple, soothing dough recipe for kids to play with.
  • Whip up some Christmas Pudding Playdough from Sun Hats and Wellie Boots to celebrate the holidays
  • So Soft [NO COOK] Christmas Playdough from Growing a Jeweled Rose is quick to mix together and perfect for making Santa Clause, Christmas Trees, snowmen, elves, wreaths, candy canes, and other iconic Christmas shapes
  • Essential Oil Playdough from Learn Play Imagine uses your favorite essential oils
  • Gingerbread Men Playdough from Kids Activities Blog is the perfect recipe for whipping up a batch of gingerbread men to decorate and play with.

 

              

Christmas Books for Kids

Pick up a new favorite Christmas picture book to read together by the Christmas tree this year. These are some of our favorites!

 

 

 

 

If you are looking for a fun christmas ornament crafts for kids, you will lot this easy air dry clay recipe! Our white craft clay does not need to be baked, but produces beautiful creations! This how to make clay ornaments using baking soda clay is perfect for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, and up! Come see how do you make clay for holiday decorating in December!
One of my favorite things to at Christmas is the beautiful candles that adorn windows and decorate inside. This simple construction paper Christmas craft is a great way for kids to recreate this holiday staple with an easy Christmas candle craft. Use this Christmas craft ideas for kindergarten, preschool, pre-k, first grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd graders too.
This Christmas wreath craft may be quick and EASY, but WOW is it beautiful! Children of all ages from preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd graders, and up will love making these construction paper Christmas crafts as decorations for home or the classroom. So grab some pretty paper and start making this pretty paper plate wreath as a holiday craft for December!
Christmas Craft for Kids
If you are looking for a fun holiday activity that combines Christmas science and a beautiful preschool christmas craft, you will love this fun project! In this Christmas science activities children will learn about chromatography using a coffee filter to create stunning ornaents to hand on a christmas tree craft for preschoolers.
Christmas Tree Craft that kids will love making . This Christmas craft is such a fun Christmas activity that uses three simple techniques to make this stunning keepsake #christmas #christmascraft #christmasartproject
Super cute, free christmas hat craft for kids
Jingling Silver Bells Christmas Craft
Looking for cute and fun-to-make Christmas or winter craft ideas? You will love this colorful snowflake craft for kids that uses chromatography to create stunning diy snowflake decorations for December and January! These arts and crafts snowflakes are perfect for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and up to make. You've got to try these winter craft ideas!
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Melted Crayon Ornaments - this Christmas crafts makes GORGEOUS holiday ornaments! What a fun diy, homemade ornament that is EASY for kids to make; kid made Christmas present. Perfect for ornaments kids can make with help or for moms #christmasornaments #ornamentcrafts #chrsitmascrafts
Cute and creative snowman craft ideas to make adorable snowman suncatcher craft. Perfect winter craft for preschoolers and up in January!!
This outrageously FUN snowman activity is a combination craft, activity, and winter stem activities too! This snowman launcher is simple to make and loads of fun as a snowman activity for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade and up! Follow our step-by-step how to make a snowball launcher for an adorable snowman craft and winter activities for preschoolers in January!
This magical Melting Christmas tree project is sure to bring some magic and fun into your day this holiday seasons! Try this simple, easy Christmas Science Experiments with preschoolers, kindergartners, toddlers, and grade 1 students to sneak in some fun Christmas Learning! This Chemistry Christmas tree is such a fun Christmas activity for kids to try this holiday season!
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Kids will love this simple dissolving holiday peeps activity to learn science while having fun. This fun christmas activities for preschoolers, kindergartners, and grade 1 students is a great way to sneak an easy christmas science experiment in during the month of December. Plus it includes a free printable christmas worksheet to extend the learning!
Looking for a really cool christmas science activity for kids? We made the simple lime battery project into a relaly cool science Christmas tree. This battery lime experiment is perfect for introducing preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, and 2nd graders to electricity for kids. All you need ar a few simple materials and you can try these fun Chrsitmas Science experiments.
Kids are going to flip when they make they make their own spinning Christmas tree science project. This easy electronics project is perfect for December because it combines a Christmas craft and a Christmas science experiment to make one EPIC Christmas STEM project for kinderarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, 6th grade, 7th grade, and 8th grade students. This festive, holiday Christmas activity for kids is a must try this year!
Want to add a little more magic into your Christmas holiday season this year? Your kids eyes will get wide with this fun Christmas science experiment. The best part? This Magic Melting peppermint science experiment takes literally 2 minutes to set it up! This Christmas science is perfect for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, and first grade students to try in December.
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This fun Rudolph Race Game is both an outrageously fun Christmas game for kids and a chance to sneak in  Christmas STEM Activities! This easy-to-set-up Rudolph Races is a Christmas Activity for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th grade students that teaches a little physics while having FUN! This Christmas science experiment is perfect for the whole family!
Christmas Playdough Mats
Kids are going to love these interactive, Free printable Christmas Playdough Mats! Let their creativity soar as they play, learn, and strengthen their fine motor skills while helping decorate the Christmas tree, decorating the gingerbread man, helping Santa Claus getting on his iconic red suit, and more!  Simply download the pdf file with the 10 different free Christmas playdough mats to have fun with toddler, preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten age students this December!
FREE ELf on the Shelf Printables- take the work out of planning your Chrsitmas Elf's antics with these fun elf on the shelf ideas, Welcome Back Letter, and Elf on the Shelf Jokes! #elfontheshelf #elfontheshelfprintables #christmasprintables
Looking for a fun christmas activity that is no-prep because it uses free printable christmas worksheets? This super cute Christmas I Spy is a great way to have fun, work on visual discrimination, and work on counting too. This I spy Christmas printable is great for preschool, pre-k, kindergarten and even first grade and 2nd grdaers. Simply print free Christmas printables and you are ready to play and learn!
Kids will have fun with this melting snowman where they will melt the snowman using a fun winter science experiment. This snowman activity is perfect for toddler, preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten to sneak in a fun winter STEM activity where they will build a snowman and then melt it with snow science experiments observing simple chemistry for kids.
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This No Stick Gingerbread Slime Recipe is not only fun to play with, but it smells amazing too!  This easy Gingerbread Slime is perfect for strengthening and engaging little hands for some sensory play in December. Make a gingerbread man out of slime, stretch, mold, oooooz and have lots of fun with this Christmas activity for kids! We love this Gingerbread activities with toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, and 2nd grade students!
Snowamn Craft using Glue
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adorable fingerprint reindeer craft

Christmas Activities

Kids will have fun practicing math and literacy skills in December using these super cute, free twas the night before christmas worksheet pages. Use these Christmas worksheets with preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten age students filled with cute holiday clipart and practice with shapes, numbesr, patterns, letters, and more! Simply print the twas the night before christmas activity printables and you are ready to play and learn!
If your preschoolers and kindergartners need some fun practice with literacy activities, you’ve got to grab these Christmas worksheets! These free printable christmas worksheets for kindergarten include letter recognition, write the letters of the alphabet, CVC words, rhyming, read and spin, beginning sounds, missing vowels, blends, and more.
Are you looking for a fun Christmas math activity to sneak in some fun learning during the holidays? If you are working with 2nd grade and 3rd graders, you will love this Christmas Multiplication free printable! For this Christmas math games children will solve simple multiplication problems to complete the puzzle.
Kids will love practicing addition and subtraction during December with super cute, free printable Christmas fact families. Simply download the pdf file with these Christmas Math Worksheets to help first grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd grade students sneak in some fun Christmas Math to make learning fun during the holidays.
Sneak in some fun Christmas Math into your December with these free printable Christmas Math Worksheets. These super cute cut and paste Christmas Worksheets are sure to keep kids engaged and make learning fun as second grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th grade students practicing solving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems to decorate the Christmas trees.
Kids will love this free printable Christmas Spelling activity where they will combine the letters in Merry Christmas to create a word (or two or 30!) This fun hands-on spelling activity for December is a great way to sneak in a Christmas learning activity with Christmas Spelling worksheet with first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th grade students. Simply download pdf file with free Christmas Worksheet and you are ready for a no-prep educational activity!
If you are looking for some fun ideas to get your child writing more during the month of December? You will love these free printable Christmas Writing Prompts for kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and 4th grade students.  There are over 30 pages of December writing prompts, letters to Santa templates, and more with both smaller and wider ruled lines! 
Whether you are are planning in writing a letter to Santa, notes to your children, silly Elf on the shelf notes, work on creative writing prompts in December, write your Christmas letter, or some other use - this huge pack of free printable christmas stationery is super handy! Simply download the pdf file and print the cute Christmas pages.
Kids will love learning in the month of December with these super cute, free christmas worksheets with a fun Gingerbread Pirates theme! Toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, and first grade students will practice tracing letters, counting, addition, word families, color by number, what is different, upper and lowercase letter g sorting, addition, and so much more while having fun with Gingerbread man worksheets. Download the pdf file with the Christmas worksheets and have fun learning this holiday season!  
Christmas Phonics
Christmas Santa CVC Words Activities
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FREE Christmas Sight Word Coloring Pages - these free printable sight word worksheets are so cute! Kids will have fun identifying and coloring sight words in these NO PREP coloring sheets for preschool, prek, kindergarten, and first grade. Such a fun Christmas learning activity #chrsitmasprintables #christmasworksheets #sightwords #kindergarten
FREE Christmas Dot to Dot Worksheets - these Printables are a fun way for kids from preschool, kindergarten, and first grade to practice counting from 1-50 during December. GREAT way to make math worksheets become a Christmas activities for math centers and extra practice. #dototodotworksheets #christmasprintables #christmasworksheets #christmas #preschool #kindergarten #firstgrade #kindergartenmath #christmasmath
FREE Christmas Mazes - included in these Christmas printables are 8 different holiday themed mazes kids will have making. This is perfect for Christmas parties, Christmas centers, fun Christmas worksheets or over Christmas break for elementary age kids. #christmasprintables #christmas #printablemazes
Free Chrsitmas Math Craft to practice addition
FREE Christmas Worksheets for toddler, preschool, prek, kindergarten, and first grade kids to practice math, literacy, alphabet, and more during december. #christmasworksheets #prek #kindergarten
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Hands on Christmas Fact Families Activity
If you are looking for a fun, engaging idea for your christmas lesson plans for kindergarten, you will love this Gingerbread sight words activity! This hands-on gingerbread activities for kindergartners is a sensory Christmas activity for preschool, pre-k, kinders, and first grade students perfect for December. Simply print gingerbread printables and make the quick sensory material and you are ready to read and learn!
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If you are looking for a fun, simple way for kids to learn about the life cycle of a reindeer, then you will love these fun and free Reindeer  Worksheets.  Use these reindeer printables in December for science or anytime when learning about reindeer life cycles with elementayr age students in first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th graders too.
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Christmas Printables

Beth Gorden

Beth Gorden is the creative multi-tasking creator of 123 Homeschool 4 Me. As a busy homeschooling mother of six, she strives to create hands-on learning activities and worksheets that kids will love to make learning FUN! With over 20 years educating children, she has created over 1 million pages of printables to help teach kids alphabet, math, science, English grammar, history, and so much more! Beth is also the creator of 2 additional sites with even more educational activities and FREE printables – www.kindergartenworksheetsandgames.com and www.preschoolplayandlearn.com. Beth studied at the University of Northwestern where she got a double major to make her effective at teaching children while making education FUN!

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