Teaching Mama

playing, creating, and learning at home

Success! Now check your email to confirm your subscription.

There was an error submitting your subscription. Please try again.

facebook twitter pinterest instagram googleplus email bloglovin
  • Home
  • About
    • Disclosure
    • Privacy Policy
    • Meet the Team
  • Baby
  • Toddlers
    • Sensory Play
    • Fine Motor Skills
    • Gross Motor Skills
    • Toys
  • Preschoolers
    • Homeschooling
    • Alphabet
      • Printable Alphabet Packets
    • Fine Motor Skills
    • Gross Motor Skills
    • Math
    • Music
    • Reading
      • Book Activities
    • Science
    • Technology
  • Motherhood
    • Thoughts on Life
    • Faith
    • Parenting
  • Contact
  • My Store
    • Your Account
    • Cart
    • Checkout
  • Course

Playdough Flag

by Angela Thayer 5 Comments

4th of July is just around the corner, so today I’d like to share a fun activity you can do with your little ones! Playing with playdough is a favorite activity here at our house. Not only is it fun, but it also helps children gain strength in their hands and aids in their handwriting skills down the road. Today’s activity is making an American flag with playdough. Before we get to the activity, let me share how we make our playdough.

How to Make Patriotic Playdough

Here’s what you need:

1 cup flour

3/4 cup water

1 tsp. oil

2 tsp. cream of tartar

1/4 cup salt

food coloring

First, mix all the ingredients in a pot. Cook over medium/low heat until it starts to gel. Knead the dough on a mat.

I made 3 batches (red, white, and blue) and it took less than 15 minutes. We love freshly made, soft playdough!

Playdough

For this flag activity, you will need to first print this flag printable and place inside a plastic sleeve. Have your child practice making snakes with playdough. To make snakes, have your child take a piece of playdough and roll it into a ball.

playdough

Then roll it out (going back and forth with your palm) on a hard surface  until it looks like a snake. Have your child do this with the red and white colors. Then they will place their snakes on the stripes section of the printable. We chose to flatten our snakes, but you wouldn’t have to. Make sure your child alternates red and white playdough for stripes.Then have them mold the blue playdough in the space for the star.

Playdough Flag

I knew it wouldn’t turn out to have 50 stars, so I just made one big one. It’s not exactly an accurate flag, but it’ll work. I also created a harder flag printable with smaller stripes for children with advance fine motor skills. This one does have the correct number of stripes as our American flag.

Flag Playdough project for Preschoolers

Doesn’t the flag look pretty?! I just love patriotic colors. Happy early 4th!

Related Posts

  • 4th of July I-Spy Printable4th of July I-Spy Printable
  • An Easy Fireworks CraftAn Easy Fireworks Craft
  • Christmas Play Dough: The Easiest Recipe!Christmas Play Dough: The Easiest Recipe!
  • Patriotic Tin Can WindsockPatriotic Tin Can Windsock
  • American Flag Parade BagAmerican Flag Parade Bag
  • How to Make Jello PlaydoughHow to Make Jello Playdough

Sharing is caring!

575 shares
  • Facebook36
  • Twitter

Filed Under: Fine Motor Skills, Holidays, Summer Activities Tagged With: 4th of July, playdough

Comments

    Leave a Reply Cancel reply

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

    Recipe Rating




    CommentLuv badgeShow more posts

  1. Stef Layton says

    June 29, 2013 at 4:38 pm

    can we come homeschool with you?? Great idea! Pinning!

    Reply
    • Teaching Mama says

      July 1, 2013 at 3:56 am

      Haha of course! But I am sure you are a wonderful teacher at your home!!

      Reply
  2. Nicole @ The Kavanaugh Report says

    June 24, 2013 at 9:41 pm

    Really really cute idea!!
    Nicole @ The Kavanaugh Report recently posted…Letter M Tot School {Part 2}My Profile

    Reply
  3. Kirstylee says

    June 24, 2013 at 7:47 pm

    That flag turned out so cute! We have been busy making flags out of lots of different materials (dot markers, beans, stickers, tissue paper, etc.), but we haven’t done playdough yet. Thanks for the idea and the printable!
    Kirstylee recently posted…Beach Tot TraysMy Profile

    Reply

Trackbacks

  1. 30 American Flag Crafts - Kids Activities Blog says:
    June 3, 2014 at 11:00 pm

    […] Play-dough  Flag Activity – What a fun way to play with play-dough around the 4th of July holiday. I had never thought of molding play-dough onto printables like this. Brilliant! […]

    Reply
about teaching mama
sensory play crafts printables fall winter spring summer

Search Teaching Mama

Archives


Copyright © 2022 Teaching Mama · Privacy Policy · Disclosure

Copyright © 2022 · Teaching Mama on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in

575 shares
  • 36