Toys

Press animal tracks into play dough

Age range: 1–4 years

Duration
15 min
Location
At home
Category
Toys
Type
Activity

How to try it

Roll a flat slab of play dough on a tray. Walk a toy animal across it so its feet leave prints, then let your toddler stomp their own animal along and compare the tracks. Squash it flat and start again.

Materials

  • Play dough
  • Tray
  • Chunky toy animals

Safety note

Supervise throughout; play dough is not for eating. Use toy animals bigger than a toilet-paper tube with no loose parts.

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Why it matters

Pressing a toy into dough and seeing the print it leaves shows your toddler how shapes make marks, and builds hand strength.

Benefit

Dough play

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