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    Home » Sensory Activities

    Playdough Games: Birthday Party Playdough

    Published: Jan 16, 2013 · Modified: Apr 28, 2022 by Vicky · This post contains affiliate links.

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    My youngest will be turning 3 this weekend, so my girls are all about birthdays right now. Every day the twins use their toy cupcakes to have a "birthday party" for their sister. I am always looking for fun playdough games that I can use to liven up our normal playdough experience. Making birthday party playdough cupcakes using seemed timely and fun. See how we did it with items we already had at home.

    Birthday Party Playdough

    You will need:

    • Cupcake pan
    • Candles
    • Playdough in various colors
    • Paper cupcake holders
    • Cupcake picks
    • Jewels
    Playdough muffin tin, candles

    The kids were so excited when I presented them with the supplies for this playdough activity! Right away they started molding the playdough and pressing it into the cupcake holders.

    child playing with playdough

    Next, candles and jewels were added.

    child playing with playdough

    When the cupcakes were decorated, it was time to sing "Happy Birthday" and blow out the candles.

    child playing with playdough
    playdough with candles in it

    You will want to make sure you have a good supply of jewels or any other kind of decoration you decide to use. My kids kept asking for more and more jewels. They were pretending that they were sprinkles.

    playdough with candles in it

    These kinds of playdough games really allow a child to explore their creative side and use playdough as a prop in their imaginative play. When my daughter was done with her cupcakes, she took the playdough out, flattened it, and made birthday cakes. This pretend play, inspired by adding some new items to playdough, kept her absorbed for some time.

    For more fun playdough games check out:

    Erupting Play Dough

    Fine Motor Activities with Playdough and Q-tips

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    1. Tammy @ housing a forest

      February 05, 2013 at 5:13 pm

      These are adorable! Love the jewels.

    2. Diana - FreeStyleMama

      January 31, 2013 at 7:03 pm

      Fun activity!

    3. Kristen

      January 28, 2013 at 3:32 pm

      Love this. I'll definitely do this for my son's 3rd birthday next year. Pinned it.

    4. Jessica @ Play Trains!

      January 27, 2013 at 5:31 pm

      Cute! My son loves making muffins, pretend and real. I'll have to remember to make play dough ones with him again.

    5. chelle

      January 26, 2013 at 2:24 pm

      That looks like a lot of fun! My lil guy is greatly into play dough dough these days.

      Thank you for linking up to Sharing Saturday

    6. Jodi D.

      January 26, 2013 at 7:23 am

      Fun! We actually just did play doh cupcakes too. I love the thought of making a birthday party out of it.

    7. Vicky @ Mess For Less

      January 26, 2013 at 4:14 am

      I think it would work well for a wide range of ages. Come back soon!

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