I’ve had fun putting together posts with Montessori-inspired playdough activities for kids during different seasons. For any season, you can set up a Montessori-inspired playdough activity on a tray or as a separate playdough table. For ideas on creating Montessori-inspired playdough activities in general, see my original playdough roundup: Montessori-Inspired Playdough Activities 101.
Many of the Montessori-inspired spring playdough activities (such as rainbows, gardens, nature, and flowers) work well in the summer, too. Today, I want to share some summer themes such as oceans and beaches, ice cream, fruit, insects, space (since summer is a great time for star gazing), and Independence Day for playdough and similar substances.
Following are some fun ideas for Montessori-inspired playdough activities with a summer theme. The activities that might not be strictly “Montessori” would still work very well with a Montessori-inspired playdough activity tray or table.
Montessori-Inspired Summer Playdough Activities
I have Montessori-inspired playdough math activities for summer with free printables.
Sandy Playdough from Counting Coconuts
Sandy Playdough from Counting Coconuts
Sandy Play Dough (Photo from 2 Big, 2 Little)
Sandy Play Dough from 2 Big, 2 Little
Mouldable Play Sand (Photo from Creative Playhouse)
Perfect Mouldable Play Sand from Creative Playhouse
Sand Play Dough from The Imagination Tree
Recipe for Mouldable Sand from The Imagination Tree
Under the Sea Playdough Activity (Photo by Kate from Picklebums at Nurture Store)
Ocean Playdough with Free Printable Sea Creatures by Kate from Picklebums at Nurture Store
Musical Playdough Play – The Ocean from Sun Hats & Wellie Boots
Ocean Dough from Train Up a Child
Cloud Dough from Tinkerlab
Ice Cream Dough (Photo from Play Create Explore)
Ice Cream Dough from Play Create Explore
Play Dough Ice Cream from Sun Hats & Wellie Boots
Vanilla Scented Ice Cream Playdough from Nurture Store
Spumoni Playdough from Counting Coconuts
Mint Choc Chip Ice Cream Playdough from The Imagination Tree
Blueberry Sparkle Play Dough from The Imagination Tree
Beetroot and Blueberry Playdough from Sun Hats & Wellie Boots
Strawberry Sparkle Play Dough from The Imagination Tree
Natural Strawberry Playdough from Sun Hats & Wellie Boots
Orange Jello Playdough (Photo from Frogs & Snails & Puppy Dog Tails)
Orange Jello Playdough from Frogs & Snails & Puppy Dog Tails
Watermelon Play Dough Slicing (Photo from No Time for Flash Cards)
Watermelon Playdough Slicing from No Time for Flash Cards
Lemon Playdough (Photo from Train Up a Child)
Lemon Playdough from Train Up a Child
Play Dough Minibeasts and Bug Hunts from Sun Hats & Wellie Boots
Digging for Bugs in the Mud from I Can Teach My Child
Measuring Play Dough Inchworms (Photo from Teach Preschool)
Measuring Play Dough Inchworms from Teach Preschool
Black Sparkle Space Play Dough (Photo from The Imagination Tree)
Black Sparkle Space Play Dough from The Imagination Tree
Outer Space Playdough from Nurture Store
Night Sky Playdough from Fantastic Fun & Learning
Red, White, and Blue Playdough from Counting Coconuts
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Thank you for featuring our coconut lime play dough and our Ice Cream King play dough. This is a great round up of amazing play doughs! There are some that I would never have thought to try, like the beet root and blueberry ones!
Thanks for the multiple features Deb!
Lots of inspiring play dough activities here. Thanks for gathering all of these together for us. We’ve just done some ice cream play dough ourselves and popsicle play dough too! 🙂 So glad I’ve overcome my “fear” of making my own dough! LOL
thanks for hosting! Have a great day!
Thanks for sharing all these fun playdough recipes. I love the sand dough idea. I’m going to have to make some for my kiddos.
thanks sooo much for sharing our orange playdough! Pinned:-)
I missed having the time to comment and read all of your postings. We have been busy! I am glad to finally participant again in Montessori Monday and become inspired by all of your postings. Thank you so much for sharing.
What a great round-up of ideas, Deb. I was just thinking yesterday that it’s about time to make another batch of playdough, so now I have some great activities to go along with it!
Love thses ideas! Pinned it! Thanks for sharing at TGIF!
Those are some great ideas! I especially love using shells to make impressions. Genius!
What a great round-up!! I love all the ideas! Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!
Love it! These are such great ideas.
Love the ideas! Pinning it to come back to!