This easy pumpkin spice playdough recipe is a fun way to celebrate the fall season with your kids and takes just a few minutes to make! It smells just like pumpkin pie and makes a fun fall sensory activity for preschoolers and young children.

Your kids will love helping you make this simple pumpkin playdough recipe. It will make your whole house smell like fall and kids will love creating their own playdough pumpkin pies and fall creations.

childs hands holding up a ball of pumpkin playdough that looks like a pumpkin in front of a white countertop.

Quick Look: Pumpkin Spice Playdough Recipe

⏱ Prep Time: 5 minutes
🔥 Cook Time: 5 minutes
⏳ Total Time: 10 minutes
🧩 Age Range: Toddlers on up
👌 Difficulty: Easy and kid-friendly!
🌞 Play Skills: Fine motor, sensory, hand strength
💡 Why You'll Love It: This pumpkin pie spiced playdough is a fun tactile and sensory activity for preschoolers and older kids.

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Playdough really is the ultimate sensory activity for kids and I can see why it's a classic form of play that will never grow old. They can roll it, squish it, cut it, and add a few simple play kitchen tools to create their own pretend food.

My own kids played the entire morning pretending to have a fall bakery and made pumpkin cupcakes, pumpkin pies and whatever else they could think of.

It turned into such an easy fall activity that gave us a morning of fun and I love that we can save it and play with it again and again.

Childs hands cutting pumpkin playdough into slices like a pie on the counter.

This homemade playdough is soft, easy to make, and has the warm scent of pumpkin pie and I know you will love it as much as we did!

If you are wanting to try out more pumpkin crafts with your kids this tissue paper pumpkin craft is a favorite of ours as well as this cute pumpkin patch printable!

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Quick Look: Pumpkin Spice Playdough Recipe
Key Ingredients
How To Make Pumpkin Spice Playdough
Fun Invitations to Play with Pumpkin Playdough
Storage
Other Fun Fall Activities
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Key Ingredients

Ingredient shot of the oil, salt, flour, cream of tartar, food coloring and pumpkin pie spice sitting on the counter.

Flour
Salt
Cream of tartar
Pumpkin pie spice
Oil
Water
Orange food coloring

How To Make Pumpkin Spice Playdough

Spatula in a pan with all the ingredients mixed smooth.

Step 1: Add all of the ingredients to a saucepan and stir to combine until the mixture is smooth.

Spatula in a pan on the stove as the dough begins to form a ball.

Step 2: Place the saucepan over medium heat and continue stirring. The mixture will begin to thicken and turn into a dough. Once the dough pulls away from the sides of the pan and forms a ball, remove it from the heat.

Child's hands kneading the pumpkin pie playdough on a countertop.

Step 3: Let the playdough cool until it is comfortable to handle. Then knead it on a clean surface until it becomes soft and smooth.

Child's hands with the dough ball of pumpkin spice playdough.

Step 4: Your pumpkin pie playdough is ready for play!

Hint: If you overcook your playdough and it is dry add a bit more oil or water to soften it again.

Lots of pumpkin spice playdough pies sitting on a white counter top.

Fun Invitations to Play with Pumpkin Playdough

Set up a little fall bakery and let your child get creative with small pie tins, cupcake liners, cookie cutters, measuring cups or other play kitchen supplies.
Add small leaves, acorns, or pinecones for decorating.
Use cinnamon sticks or cloves for more fall scents and decorations.
Roll the playdough into pumpkins.
Use cookie cutters to make fall shapes.
Practice making letters or numbers.
Use playdough to practice counting.

Storage

Store in an airtight container or ziploc baggie to keep the playdough soft and ready for many afternoons of play! It will last months when stored this way.

This pumpkin pie playdough is an easy way to add a little fall fun to your day. I love that it gives preschoolers a chance to use their imagination while working on hand strength and fine motor skills. We hope you enjoy!

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