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Play Dough Human Anatomy

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Human anatomy is an awesome subject to learn with kids. We did a lesson in the most fun way this week!  We did some play dough human anatomy.

Play Dough Human Anatomy

I bought a bathing suit for my daughter from Costco recently. The little plastic molds they use to put those bathing suits in are just too cool to throw away! As I was looking at it, I thought an anatomy lesson would be just perfect for it!

Since these are not so readily available anymore, I also have a set of printable Play Dough Anatomy mats for you to use to build your own anatomy! Or you can build the body on a large piece of paper or a cookie sheet with wet erase markers labeling everything.

anatomy play dough mats

Play Dough Human Anatomy Mats:

These Play Dough Anatomy mats have 4 different mats to use:

  • Respiratory System
  • Nervous System
  • Circulatory System
  • Digestive System

Download the play dough mats here!

 

Anatomy on a bathing suit mold

I printed out a model of the internal organs and sketched it (roughly) onto the body mold with a black sharpie. You can print out that image here:

human_anatomy diagram

Print this basic Human Anatomy Diagram to use to build your own model.

Anatomy with play dough

Once it is done, grab a bunch of different colors of play dough and mold the organs.

Try my homemade play dough recipe here: Rainbow Play Dough Color Mixing

I let my kids do this part, so they could learn about the different organs as they went along. They seriously thought this was so cool!

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You can teach them about the different organs as they are building them and let them know the purpose of each one!

Human Anatomy with Play Dough

Need some book ideas to study anatomy?  Here are a few we love!

awesome Anatomy Books for Kids

Inside Your Outside: All About the Human Body by Tish Rabe

My First Human Body Book (Dover coloring book)

The Way We Work by David Macaulay

My First Human Body Encyclopedia by DK

The Way We Work by Katie Daynes~Colin King

Basher Science Human Body

 

See More Fun Play Dough & Sensory Play Activities on my Site:

Printable Dinosaur Play Dough Mats

40+ Edible Slime and Play Dough Recipes

EASY Play Dough Circuits

How to Make Cloud Dough

How to Make Kinetic Sand

How to Make Oobleck: Science with Dr. Seuss!

 

Want more fun hands-on science ideas? See Also my Science Art book for Kids.

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3 Comments

  1. This is so genius!! I love when kids love to learn, and you’re really good at making it engaging and fun! Play dough is definitely a hit with all kids, and this is something I’m going to keep in mind. Thanks for sharing!

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