20 Christmas Playdough Recipes (2024)

Whip up a special batch of aChristmas playdough recipe to celebrate the holiday season in December! We have more than 20 creative, unique, and FUN Christmas Play doh Recipes for Kids! Whether you try the candy cane playdough, cookie playdough, gingerbread playdough, snowball playdough, or one of the many other fun-to-try playdough recipes for kids – these are sure to make strengthening hand muscles for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, and first grade students extra fun!

Christmas Playdough Recipes

Your kids are going to love making these super creative and unique Christmas Playdough Recipes!Not only are there lots of play recipes for December to try, but they will enhance a variety of educational activities for toddlers, preschoolers, kindergartners, and grade 1 students too by engaging their senses. There are enough Christmas Play doh recipes to try a different one almost every day in the month of December!

Christmas Play Doh

Whether you are a parent, teacher, or homeschooler – you are going to want to try all these amazing Christmas Play Dohideas! The hardest part is picking which Christmas play recipe will you try first?

• Glittery Christmas Playdough from Learning 4 Kids is sure to be a hit with the glitter!
• Sugar Cookie Playdough from Frog Snails and Puppy Dog Tails smells just like you are whipping up a batch or delicious sugar cookies.
• Easy Peppermint Playdough from Musings from a Stay at Home Mom is perfect for relaxing the senses with a classic Christmas scent – peppermint.
• Snowball Playdough from Yellow Bliss Road is like playing with snow, without the cold!
• Candy cane Playdough from The Artful Parent looks just like the iconic holiday candy!
• Sugar Plum Playdough from Frogs and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails is perfect for playing with after reading the Sugar Plum fairy or watching the Nutcracker.
• Christmas Day Playdough from Nurture Store is filled with festive herbs and spices for a xmas playdough that will delight the senses.
• Cinnamon Crumble Playdough from Frogs and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails smells just like Christmas with the cinnamon goodness!

• Cinnamon Playdough Cookies from The Imagination Tree shares some super cute cinnamon playdough cookies for your child to make and pretend play.
• Hot Cocoa Playdough is sure to be a hit with kids of all ages who will giggle at the silly, sweet smelling dough!
• Orange & Clove Playdough from Nurture Store is such beautiful, orange, sweet smelling recipe you will love to play with.
• Tinsel Playdough from Laughing Kids Learn is perfect for kids who love playing with sparkly tinsel!
• Vanilla Mint Playdough from Mama Papa Bubba is a simple, soothing dough recipe for kids to play with.
• Whip up some Christmas Pudding Playdough from Sun Hats and Wellie Boots to celebrate the holidays
• So Soft [NO COOK] Christmas Playdough from Growing a Jeweled Rose is quick to mix together and perfect for making Santa Clause, Christmas Trees, snowmen, elves, wreaths, candy canes, and other iconic Christmas shapes
• Essential Oil Playdough from Learn Play Imagine uses your favorite essential oils
• Gingerbread Men Playdough from Kids Activities Blog is the perfect recipe for whipping up a batch of gingerbread men to decorate and play with.