How To Make An Easter Playdough Tray

This Easter playdough tray combines sensory play with learning and creativity, making it the perfect Easter sensory activity for kids. This tray utilizes playdough, cookie cutters, and Easter grass for different sensory textures that can be combined into a creative Easter design. It’s a low-mess choice for Easter sensory play that still helps kids explore and build motor skills.

This Easter playdough tray is a great option if you’re looking for an easy and fun Easter activity. Kids will use pom poms, Easter grass, cookie cutters, mini carrots, and stick pom pom bunnies to create fun Easter designs. My favorite part about this playdough tray is the bunny roller that has different designs on it. Kids will flatten playdough and roll the bunny across it and it cuts out different shapes.

I love to pair this playdough tray with this Easter egg STEM challenge. Since we already have the playdough out, why not do a little STEM science experiment, too?

How To Put Together This Easter Sensory Activity

This Easter sensory bin is so easy to put together!

1. Lay out all the items in your sensory tray. If wanted, add in other Easter-themed items, such as erasers, a kid rolling pin, and bunny figurines.

2. Let kids explore and make their own creations. There is no right or wrong way to play with a playdough tray – the goal is for kids to explore and express their creativity!

Benefits Of This Easter Playdough Tray

Fine Motor Skills: Rolling, flattening, and pressing carrots and bunnies into the playdough strengthens the muscles in the hands and fingers. This is important for kids to write and complete self-care tasks, like buttoning shirts and zipping up jackets.

Sensory Exploration: Kids will explore tactile sensory inputs with the soft, squooshy playdough, fuzzy pom poms, and textured carrots. Sensory exploration is necessary for kids to learn about the world and support their body awareness and focus.

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Easter Books To Read

One of my favorite Easter books is The Great Eggscape by Jory John. It’s such a fun and exciting story & kids always love it! I also love the National Geographic book Hop, Bunny! I share a lot of fiction kids books, but it’s so important for kids to read nonfiction books as well. Hop, Bunny! is a great pre-reader for kids to learn all about bunnies. Or, check out some of these popular Easter books: