FREE PRINTABLE Sun Playdough Mat for Counting Practice
Looking for a fun way to work on numbers? Today we’re sharing our free printable sun playdough mat to get in some extra counting practice in a fun way!
You only need to print one page to use with all the numbers – making this an ink-saving resource!
If you’d prefer not to use playdough, use yellow yarn or a dry-erase marker!
Please read on for all the details and the file to download.
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What You’ll Need
- Sun counting playdough mat (link below)
- Play Doh (store bought) or homemade playdough (see our easy recipe here)
- Laminator
- Laminating sheets
- Or, instead of a laminator, you can use sheet protectors
- 3 ring binder to store the printables (if you placed them in sheet protectors) or folders to store the printables if you laminated them
- Scissors (if using yellow yarn)
- Yellow yarn (optional)
- Dry erase marker
- Dice popper or dice (optional)
Related: Homemade Apple Pie Playdough
What to Do
- Begin by downloading and printing the sun counting playdough mat (link below).
We recently signed up for the HP Instant Ink program and are loving it! They offer several different plans (such as $4.99 for 100 pages a month) and will automatically send you new cartridges before you even need them.
We are now saving SO MUCH money (and time) on ink and I don’t feel guilty printing out new printables and playdough mats each day.
If you want to check it out, ordering through our link here will give you one free month.
You can use just about any HP printer but we’ve been using this compact one and absolutely love it! The color is gorgeous and matches my decor (we’ll call that a win!) and the size is smaller than any printer I’ve ever owned which is great for small spaces (or living room/dining room offices).
Between HP Instant Ink and our compact printer, my printing life truly has become so much easier to print all these fun playdough mats and activity sheets we’ve been making lately.
Sometimes we laminate our playdough mats and sometimes we slip them into sheet protectors and tuck them in a 3-ring binder. Laminating is a bit more durable but if your little ones aren’t too rambunctious with their playdough mats, sheet protectors should work just fine.
Related: Cardboard + Beads Apple Craft
Once you’ve printed and laminated your playdough mat, it’s time to have some fun!
Sun Counting Playdough Mat Playtime Ideas
To play, simply place a counting worksheet out for your child, along with some playdough, yarn, or dry-erase marker, and invite your child to roll a die and place that many rays on the sun.
You could also use these sheets with dry-erase markers.
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