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Mold & Behold! - All Things Clay, Dough, and Sand!
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items Get ready to roll, squish, shape, and sculpt! This list is packed with our favorite sensory play materials and how we use them!
(Handwriting skills later on heavily rely on fine motor ability - maneuvering clay/doh is one of the greatest ways to dai...
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Clay Play - Airdry Clay + Dough Activities
Sand Play - Kinetic Sand + Tools
Clay Play - Airdry Clay + Dough Activities
If you want an "all in one" - these are our FAVORITE dough kits, forever and ever and ever and ever! So much room for imaginative play, so many hours spent independently creating! We have several kits and are never disappointed.
Young + Wild and Friedman
Air dry clay is the MUST HAVE base for squishy fun. It is quick to clean up, low mess, and easier to manipulate than play doh, for little hands! If I were to get rid of all art supplies in our cabinet, and keep one thing, this would be it!
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Air Dry Clay
If you want to keep your kiddo's workspace EXTRA tidy, we love silicone art mats 😍
Silicone Art Mat
My ALL TIME favorite hack for inexpensive HOURS of clay/play doh play is... dunnn dunn dunnn - ETSY PLAY DOH MATS! Print at home and laminate if you can, and hours of fun will only cost a few dollars at a time.
Playdough Mats
My preschooler loves to stamp her clay with these to practice her CVC words!
READY 2 LEARN Easy Grip Dough & Paint Stampers
Obsessed with these for stamping onto clay! I used these to teach my son (2y/o) about emotions - and my daughter (4y/o) makes up her own characters + stories with the clay!
READY 2 LEARN Easy Grip Dough & Paint Stampers Emotions Set of 12
Cannot recommend these enough! We have spent so many days creating monster after monster and pretend playing!
Colorations® Creative Creatures Dough Builders - 260 Pieces
Smaller and cheaper version of the previous item - if you want to start small and see if you like 🙂
READY 2 LEARN Dough Character Accessories Set
Melissa and Doug have the best, high quality tools for squish, shape and sculpting 😍
Created by Me! Shape, Model & Mold Modeling Dough Craft Kit
This is fun because it includes scenes for your little ones to build doh on top of!
Play-Doh Academy Activity Case Multipack - 32pc
Googly eyes are fantastic to lay out with clay! Sit back and watch all the monsters your littles create!
Googly Eyes
For whatever reason, bug stamping on clay has been a staple since my kids were small enough to hold the bugs. These are jumbo size and perfect for small hands! When pressed into the clay (or doh) the kiddos can make their own fossils or talk about wh...
Jumbo Insects - Realistic Figures for Kids
Do not be afraid to give your kiddo a Barbie, and let them create their own fashion, using clay or doh! Introducing new mediums creates more experimentation and creativity for the littles - and more time for mom to relax!
This small size doll is pe...
Barbie 6.3" Chelsea Small Doll
Sand Play - Kinetic Sand + Tools
Our favorite brand of kinetic sand! When my daughter was younger (2,3) kinetic sand was our go-to to calm down her system when she would get overwhelmed or frustrated. This is a forever win in our house!
Kinetic Sand
We have had this set of wooden sand tools for over three years. Well used, well loved, items in our cabinet!
Wooden Sand Tools
Funnels are fantastic and keep kids amazed by watching the sand seep through!
Funnels
Sand molds of course! A mini beach right in your living room.
Sand Molds
Any kind of gardening set paired with kinetic sand is perfect for a spring/summer sensory table!
Kids Gardening Tools
