Dough, Slime, Goop, and Sensory Fun

Encourage tactile development with these recipes for messy and creative fun. Playdoh, slime, goob, dough, and all of the other sticky and messy sensory activities can be found here. These recipes and activities are great for fine motor development!
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Slime Fine Motor Activities
Welcome back to Fine Motor Fridays! Today's fine motor activities all feature one common ingredient: SLIME! Slime is great for little hands without any additional toys or tools added in but well, I couldn't leave well enough alone so my daughter and I *together* came up with some fun ways to play with slime that are totally great fine motor skills activities!! Come to Lalymom today to find more slime recipes and slime activities!
Gold Slime for St. Patrick's Day
This Gold Slime recipe is perfect for St. Patrick’s Day! The kids will love the glittery gold color. It only requires 3 ingredients and is so easy to make. When it’s comes to kids crafts slime is one of the easiest things to make and kids have so much fun playing with it!
DIY Bubble Bath Play Dough for Kids
Looking for ways to make bath time more fun? This DIY bubble bath play dough is both super soft and really easy to make. And because you’ll only be using a small amount per bath, one batch will last you for weeks—so you can spend more time doing what you need to do and less time planning activities! Find out how to make this fun bath time play dough using bubble bath, coconut oil and cornstarch. This smooth bubble bath play dough is perfect for young kids including toddlers and preschoolers.
Rose Petal Play Dough
Did you get roses for Valentine’s Day? Instead of letting them die, use them to make a batch of rose petal play dough. This lovely homemade play dough recipe is easy to make, lasts for months and smells like roses—it’s the perfect Valentine’s Day sensory activity for kids! Find out how to prepare this easy Valentine's Day sensory activity for your infant, toddler or preschooler using fresh roses and rose water. This lovely rose-scented play dough is super soft and contains real flower petals
SILKY SMOOTH CLOUD DOUGH ☁
Do your kids love to make slime and play dough? If so, then you have to try this silky smooth cloud dough recipe from the Soccer Mom Blog! This cloud dough is easy to make and is so fun for your kids to play with. It is easy enough to make that your preschooler help! Try making this DIY cloud dough recipe today.
Slushie Slime Recipe
Are your kids obsessed with slime? Playing with slime is a great sensory activity for kids. This Slushie Slime Recipe brings to mind a favorite frosty treat. This however is NOT edible, but it is lots of fun! #slimerecipe #slime #homemadeslime
Dinosaur Play Dough Mats
These exciting Dinosaur Play Dough Counting Mats from PreKinders will help your pre-k kids learn counting skills while playing and exercising their fine motor muscles. These will go great with a Dinosaur Theme. Kids will love playing and learning at the same time!
Make Spelling Fun with our Play Dough Letter Stamps from Bio DoUgh
Made from durable material, our colourful letter stamps are completely smooth-edged & won't hurt little hands like metal stamps can. Watch the joy on their faces as they see their name spelled out in the rainbow colours of Bio Dough - our all-natural, food-safe + water-based play dough alternative, that's softer and easier to shape than conventional modelling dough. Instead of saying their spelling words aloud, ask your child to spell them out with Bio DoUgh! #playbasedlearning #homeschoolideas
Sweet Smell of Christmas Play Dough Recipe
Today we are kicking off some fun activities inspired by a children's Christmas book with a Christmas Play Dough Recipe. Today's activity is a taste-safe play dough recipe that was inspired by the kids' Christmas book, The Sweet Smell of Christmas. Slipover to Lalymom today!
Christmas Cloud Dough Recipe
Today's cloud dough recipe at Lalymom is great because not only is it taste safe for babies and toddlers, but it pairs perfectly with a Christmas book so it is fun for preschoolers too! The book The Sweet Smell of Christmas is a cute book about all the scents you smell at Christmastime. Try it out today, it will be really fun to see your children's excitement!
Baby Steps to Messy Play
Our first ever messy playdate happened at Lalymom. We mixed up batches of messy materials. We tried out some Bubble Dough and awesome slime. VIsit Lalymom for the recipes and the results of our messy, slim-filled playdate!
Playdoh Christmas Trees!
I hot glued birthday hats onto pretty plates for this activity! Then, the kids used green play-doh to cover the tree (aka bday hat😂) and added beads and gems as decoration! Man, I sure wish I had taken better pictures of the finished products, they were so BEAUTIFUL!!! But, you get the idea! Another fun fine motor hand strengthening craft for this month!
Under the Sea Playdough Mats
The free "Under the Sea" themed playdough mats help kids develop their fine motor skills. Kids can also trace the pictures with an erasable marker to develop their pre-writing skills. #finemotor #undertheseaactivities #oceanactivities #preschool #kindergarten #playdoughmats #pencilcontrol #prewriting #freeprintables #homeschool
Turkey Play Dough Math Mats - PreKinders
These Turkey Play Dough Math Mats are a fun way to practice counting this Thanksgiving! Kids can make turkey feathers with play dough to place on the turkey