Autumn Playdough Mats | Printable Resource

Squash, roll, press and create! Bringing the beautiful colours and textures of autumn into your playdough experiences.

Our Autumn Playdough Mats are a beautifully designed set of four printable mats, created to inspire sensory exploration, creativity and fine motor development through simple, open ended play.

Featuring rich autumnal imagery, including colourful leaves, pumpkins, conkers, pine cones and other seasonal treasures, these mats provide an inviting backdrop for children to explore, manipulate and create with playdough.

Perfect for toddlers, preschoolers, childminders, nurseries and early years settings, these versatile mats encourage children to explore the changing seasons while developing important skills through hands on learning.

What's included?

• 4 beautifully illustrated autumn playdough mats

• Rich, seasonal photography and autumn inspired imagery

• A4 printable format

• Ready to print and laminate for repeated use

• Suitable for individual exploration, sensory trays and group activities

Learning opportunities

• Strengthening fine motor skills and hand muscles

• Developing hand eye coordination

• Encouraging creativity and imaginative play

• Exploring autumn colours, textures and natural materials

• Building communication and descriptive vocabulary

• Developing sensory awareness and tactile exploration

• Encouraging independence, curiosity and problem solving

• Supporting early mark making through pressing, rolling and manipulating dough

Ideas for play

• Provide autumn coloured playdough in shades of orange, brown, yellow and red.

• Add natural materials such as leaves, pine cones and conkers for supervised exploration.

• Encourage children to roll, squash, pinch and press dough onto the mats.

• Use leaf cutters, rolling pins and natural loose parts to create autumn inspired patterns.

• Explore colour mixing using different shades of playdough.

• Add the mats to an autumn tuff tray or sensory kitchen.

• Encourage children to notice and describe the colours, shapes and textures they discover.

Inclusive and adaptable

Designed to support children at different developmental stages, including children with SEND.

Offer softer dough, larger tools or alternative sensory materials to support individual physical and sensory needs.

Children can participate through touching, pressing, rolling, observing, pointing or using their preferred communication methods.

For children who prefer not to touch playdough directly, introduce rollers, stamps or other tools to encourage comfortable participation.

These mats are intentionally open ended, allowing children to explore freely without a prescribed outcome or expectation.

Simple resources. Endless possibilities.

A beautiful addition to your autumn provision, encouraging meaningful sensory exploration, creativity and playful learning inspired by the natural world.

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