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Super Easy 4th of July Playdough Activity

June 30, 2015 by Sheryl Cooper

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Last Updated on May 31, 2024 by Sheryl Cooper

Inside: This 4th of July playdough activity is not only easy to make, but super fun to play with. Add some flags and star cookie cutters and celebrate Independence Day!

During our Red, White, and Blue Camp we put together a fun playdough activity for the 4th of July.

This is one of our favorite annual camps, so we have been able to add to our stars and stripes collection each year.

My daughter, Rachel, is one of the camp teachers and she came up with this festive sparkly red and blue play dough that the preschoolers loved.

4th of July playdough activity

Super Easy 4th of July Playdough Activity

What you will need:

Red food coloring

Blue food coloring

Blue glitter

Star confetti

Star cookie cutters

Small American flags

We also had on hand:

Red, white, and blue star pony beads

Red, white, and blue pipe cleaners

Red, white, and blue poker chips

Rolling pins and other playdough tools

4th of July Playdough Activity

Making this 4th of July playdough:

Follow the instructions on how we make our easy microwave play dough in this post.

Note: We waited to add the color until the playdough was removed from the pan. We separated the dough into 2 balls and added red food coloring to one and blue food coloring to the other.

We then sprinkled a bit of glitter on the table surface and rolled the dough into it, just enough to give a little sparkle. (This can be omitted if you prefer not to use glitter.)

4th of July Playdough Activity

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Creating the invitation to play:

Since we have 6 spots at our playdough center, we placed some blue and some red playdough at each spot, along with bowls of flags and other materials.

Naturally, they wanted to mix the 2 colors together. That’s part of the fun!

4th of July playdough

Then stars were made with the cookie cutters.

4th of July playdough

And flags were placed on the stars.

The beads and pipe cleaners were poked into the playdough as well. Lots of fun fine motor going on!

It’s no wonder we love playdough so much. No matter what time of year it is, no matter what theme or holiday, playdough can be part of it!

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Filed Under: Playdough, preschool, summer activities, Toddlers Tagged With: 4th of July, fine motor, playdough, preschool, summer

About Sheryl Cooper

Sheryl Cooper is the founder of Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds, a website full of activities for toddlers and preschoolers. She has been teaching this age group for over 25 years and loves to share her passion with teachers, parents, grandparents, and anyone with young children in their lives.

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