Looking for a colorful, hands-on way to keep kids engaged this Easter? Our Easter Playdough Mats are the perfect mix of creativity and fine motor fun! Whether you’re setting up a quiet time activity at home, a learning station in the classroom, or a spring-themed sensory bin, these mats will spark imagination and provide hours of play-based learning.
Playdough is such a versatile tool for early learning. These mats give just enough visual guidance while still leaving plenty of room for creativity. Kids can build shapes, match colors, and explore textures as they squish, roll, and press their playdough into the designs. Not only is it a great way to encourage creative thinking, but working with playdough also supports fine motor skill development – which is essential for little hands learning to write, cut, and button clothes.
These Easter-themed mats are ideal for toddlers, preschoolers, and early elementary kids – we recommend them for ages 2 to 7. Younger kids can practice simple shapes and color matching, while older kids will enjoy adding their own artistic flair to decorate Easter eggs or build fluffy chicks and bunnies.
We’ve put together a free PDF file with 25 full-color playdough mats, ready to print and use. Just laminate them or slip them into plastic sleeves, and you’ll have a reusable activity set that’s perfect for home, preschool, therapy sessions, or church groups.
If you’re looking for a fun way to support learning through play, these free printable playdough mats are a great activity for young children. They’re perfect for reinforcing important fine motor skills, creativity, and even early literacy and numeracy concepts — all while having so much fun!
Playdough activities are a fantastic sensory play option for kids of all ages. Whether you’re using homemade playdough recipes or store-bought play doh, the different textures and colors help develop fine motor muscles in young minds. Add in some pom poms or googly eyes for even more sensory excitement.
These fun playdough mats make a great addition to lesson plans for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten students.They’re also perfect for independent work, morning tubs, or even as a quiet-time activity at home.
We designed this playdough mat set to be super flexible — just print your favorite pages, pop them in a plastic sleeve or sheet protector, and you’re ready to go. That way, you can reuse them again and again with no additional cost.
Easter Playdough Mats
Here’s a look at all of the Easter playdough mats included in your free download
1. Easter Basket with Eggs
This mat gives kids the start of an Easter basket and invites them to fill it with colorful playdough eggs of their own design.
2. Empty Easter Basket
A blank basket template that encourages imagination – will they fill it with chocolate eggs, flowers, or a little Easter bunny?
3. Carrot
Kids can roll out orange and green dough to shape a big crunchy carrot – a perfect snack for the Easter bunny!
4. Chick
Little ones will love building a fluffy yellow chick by filling in the outlines of its feathers, beak, and feet.
5. Easter Egg in Basket
This sweet design shows a half-decorated egg inside a basket, giving kids a fun starting point to finish it with dots, stripes, or other patterns.
6. Green and Pink Easter Egg
A simple egg shape surrounded by a green border, with pink circles for decoration – a great one for practicing shape and color matching.
7. Striped Easter Egg
This mat features an egg with colorful stripes, offering a fun opportunity for layering colors and exploring symmetry.
8. Polka Dot Easter Egg
Kids can roll small balls of playdough to press into place and complete this cheerful egg design.
9. Zig-Zag Easter Egg
With three wavy lines, this one challenges fine motor control as kids carefully follow the zig-zag patterns.
10. Plain Blue Egg
A totally blank egg shape bordered in blue – perfect for open-ended play and freestyle decorating.
11. Church
Kids can build a charming little church with stained-glass windows and a cross on top — a lovely way to include the true meaning of Easter in a hands-on activity.
12. Cross
This mat invites children to shape a cross using brown playdough, offering a gentle opportunity to talk about the Easter story in a tactile, age-appropriate way.
13. Daffodil
Nothing says spring like a bright yellow daffodil! Kids can build each petal and stem to create a cheerful flower bursting with color.
14. Daisy
This classic spring flower features white petals and a yellow center, with space for kids to roll and place each piece of playdough as they go.
15. Tulip
A red tulip design with green stems gives children the chance to work on rolling and pressing different shapes, helping strengthen finger muscles.
16. Bunny
A sweet Easter bunny awaits its whiskers, nose, ears, and paws! This mat is perfect for building attention to detail and encouraging expressive play.
17. Easter Bonnet
Kids can get creative decorating this fancy Easter hat with flowers and playdough ribbons — perfect for an Easter parade!
18. Easter Egg Hunt (Boy)
This joyful mat shows a child with bunny ears hunting for eggs. Kids can fill in the details and create their own grassy patch and colorful eggs.
19. Easter Egg Hunt (Girl)
Another fun egg-hunt scene featuring a smiling child, ready to be brought to life with playdough hair, bunny ears, and a bright spring outfit.
20. Easter Egg Painting
This one encourages kids to imagine decorating an egg with paint — or playdough that looks like paint! A playful nod to the Easter tradition of egg painting.
21. Hatching Chick
This adorable little chick is cracking out of its shell, giving kids the chance to build the eggshell and chick piece by piece. It’s a great way to explore life cycles while practicing hand control and shape formation.
22. Hot Cross Bun
A yummy addition to the set, this playdough mat invites kids to recreate a traditional hot cross bun — perfect for talking about Easter food traditions while working on forming simple shapes.
23. Bag of Jelly Beans
Kids can roll tiny colorful ovals to fill this sweet bag with jelly beans, making it a fun fine motor challenge as they create lots of little pieces.
24. Lamb
This sweet, fluffy lamb is just asking to be filled with soft playdough swirls! Great for hand strength, sensory fun, and learning about animals often seen during Easter.
25. Marshmallow Peeps
Inspired by the classic Easter treat, this mat features a bunny peep outline that kids can decorate with a colorful sugar-like look — using playdough, of course!
These designs offer a huge range of ideas for sensory-rich creative play, to build on this colorful Easter theme. From bunnies and lambs to crosses and tulips, this set gives you a complete toolkit for Easter-time fun.
Download the Playdough Mats PDF
Ready to get started? Grab your free PDF with all 25 full-color Easter playdough mats by clicking the link below. Print them out, laminate for reuse, and keep your kids happily engaged all season long.
Terms of use: These easter playdough mats are free for personal use and classroom use, not for commercial use. Do not redistribute our pdf files.
These Easter playdough mats are more than just a cute seasonal activity – they’re a hands-on way to help kids grow their creativity, fine motor skills, and sensory awareness. Whether you’re using them at home or in a group setting, they’re sure to become a springtime favorite. And with 25 different mats to explore, there’s something for every child to enjoy.
More Free Printable Play dough Mats for Kids
If your kids love these, don’t miss our other themed playdough mats! We have plenty more free printable sets to keep little hands busy throughout the year. You can use these printable pages with different themes — spring, Easter, or even monster playdough mats for Halloween. There’s no wrong way to play, and they’re open-ended enough to encourage creative expression and storytelling.
- Number playdough mats
- Playdough Fireworks (Free Printable Playdough Mats)
- Emotions Playdough Mats (Free Printable)
- Free Printable Valentines Playdough Mats
- Free Printable Christmas Playdough Mats
More Easter Activities for Kids
Looking for even more Easter fun? We’ve got crafts, games, coloring pages, and more to help you celebrate the season with your little ones.
- Easter Finger Puppets Printable Fun for Creative Play
- Easter Escape Room for Kids (Free Printable)
- Free printable Easter activity placemat for kids
- Paper Strips Easter Egg Craft for Kids
- Rocking Chick Easter Craft
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How do you download the printables?
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