Enjoy these Halloween play dough activities that help your children develop their language, imagination, and fine motor skills.
Easy Halloween play dough activities, recipes and printables
Use these play dough recipes, printable play mats and play ideas for some Halloween- themed sensory play.
You can build a rich programme of learning with all our Halloween resources in our Festivals lesson plans and activities guide.
In this article you will find:
:: play dough activities that develop language and fine motor skills
:: recipes for homemade pumpkin spice play dough and cloud dough
:: a recipe for black, sparkly play dough
:: a pumpkin house play dough small world for imaginative play and storytelling
:: pumpkin and spider printable play mat ideas
:: an idea for making play dough monsters
The Super Fun, Not Scary Halloween book
Save time and teach better by using The Super Fun, Not Scary, Halloween book.
You’ll get a complete set of lesson plans to learn about this festival and a collection of activities, arts, and crafts all planned for you: instant download, printables included, no prep needed, and all ad free.
See more details of the Super Fun, Not Scary, Halloween book here.
Ready-made Halloween Unit
If you’re a member of our Play Academy you can download a ready-made five day Halloween Unit and you’ll be ready to lead a week of fun and educational Halloween activities with your children.
This Unit is part of our Festivals specialist curriculum pathway, and is a part of a set of ready-made units you can use to teach your children about the festivals of the world all through the year. Based on the teaching philosophy of hands-on learning, the Play Academy festivals curriculum is engaging, effective and loved by children.
See more details of the Play Academy and choose your first Unit here.
Halloween play dough ideas
Pumpkin spice play dough recipes: clove, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg
Here are some favourite fall play dough recipes, featuring autumn colours and lovely warming spices.
Pumpkin spice cloud dough recipe
Add an autumn twist to your sensory play with this easy pumpkin spice cloud dough recipe.
Halloween play dough
Here’s an easy recipe for black, sparkly play dough
Play dough monsters
This is the perfect fine motor skill finger gym for Halloween. We’re making play dough monsters!
Pumpkin house play dough small world
How to make a play house from a pumpkin and build a small world for storytelling and imaginative play.
Pumpkin play dough mat
This cute pumpkin play dough play mat printable is perfect for autumn and Halloween. As children play they can chat about their pumpkin and they’ll be building their fine motor skills too.
Spider play dough mat printable
This fun spider play dough play mat printable is perfect for Halloween sensory play. As children play they can chat about their spider and they’ll be building their fine motor skills too.
More Halloween activities for children
For more great ideas to learn about and celebrate Halloween with your children, including Pumpkin crafts and science experiments, see our full index of Halloween crafts and activities for children.
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