Pre-K and Kindergarten Winter Games Playdough Mats Play Doh Task Cards, Playdoh

Bring the excitement of the Winter Games into your classroom with these Winter Games play dough mats for preschool and kindergarten.

This hands-on Winter Games–themed fine motor and STEM center invites students to build winter sports pictures out of play dough while strengthening hand muscles and creativity.

Perfect for Pre-K, kindergarten, and early elementary math centers, morning tubs, and indoor recess, these low-prep mats keep kids engaged and focused all winter long.

What Students Do

• Use play dough to build Winter Games images such as a bobsled, curling broom and stone, figure skating, ice hockey, luge, sledding, skiing, ski jump, snowmobile, snowshoeing, and tubing.
• Roll, pinch, squeeze, and shape dough to match the outlines on the mats, building fine motor strength and hand–eye coordination.
• Explore Winter Games vocabulary as they talk about each sport while they build.
• Experiment with different ways to form lines, curves, and small pieces, learning that it’s okay to try, adjust, and try again as they create.

What’s Included

• Full-color Winter Games play dough mats featuring multiple winter sports visuals ready to slip into page protectors or laminate.
• Teacher instructions with ideas for setting students up for success with play dough building challenges, including encouraging inquiry, organizing materials, and allowing time for reflection and redesign.
• Engineering Design Process posters (Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, Test, Improve, Share) with kid-friendly guiding questions to connect play dough building to early engineering thinking.
• A non-consumable materials list for stocking your STEM space or makerspace with reusable building tools and manipulatives.

Why Teachers Love It

• Low-prep and reusable—just print, laminate, and add play dough.
• Ideal for fine motor practice, calming centers, OT support, or themed STEM time during the Winter Games season.
• Engages a wide range of learners with colorful visuals and open-ended building.
• Encourages creativity, persistence, and rich oral language as students talk about their creations and the sports they represent.