Have a kid who loves to draw? Check out our NEW Drawing Skills Master Class!  Designed for kids 6-11 to gain skills and confidence.

How to Use LEGOs to Make Pictures in Playdough

by Jean Van't Hul
December 28, 2021
4.0K Shares
pictures in playdough featured image

Creating pictures in playdough is a great sensory art activity for kids of all ages. Just roll out some playdough & press LEGOs in it to create playdough pictures.

Updated January 2022

LEGOs are surprisingly great for a number of art activities, including printmaking. We’ve made LEGO prints on foam and on paper in the past, but this is the first time we’ve printed with LEGOs in playdough.

To make your own pictures in playdough, simply roll a piece of playdough flat then press LEGOs in it to create an image, design, or abstract artwork.

Making pictures in playdough can be an engaging activity for kids of all ages. This can be a fun after-school activity or save it for the weekend and get creative together as a family!

pics in playdough pin
Photo by Andrea Martelle

Here’s a video of LEGO Pictures in Playdough! And don’t forget to scroll down to get the step-by-step instructions.

How to Make Pictures in Playdough with LEGOs

This post contains affiliate links.

MATERIALS

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Roll out playdough

    Prepare your printing surface by rolling out playdough to a 1/4-1/2 inch thick.

    Cut-out-playdough-shapes-for-LEGO-prints-using-rolling-pin-LEGOs-playdough-butter-knife

  2. Cut out a shape

    This step is optional, but you may wish to cut a shape out of the playdough such as the potion bottle above or the face below.

    face made out of legos

  3. Create pictures in playdough

    Press LEGOs into the playdough to create prints of the circles, squares, and rectangles that make up the LEGOs. Combine those printed shapes to make pictures, whether abstract pictures, designs, mandalas, or realistic pictures.

    Don’t forget to try either side of the LEGO as well as different shapes and sizes of the LEGOs!


    making pictures in playdough

  4. Collage playdough shapes

    Extend this activity and cut out various colors and shapes from playdough with a butter knife and collage the pieces.

    Yellow mat with playdough house u0026 legos for LEGO prints in playdough art activity

You can create faces, cars, underwater scenes, animals, buildings, abstract designs. The options are endless!

Would you like to keep your playdough artwork for a while? Here are some ideas:

  • Cover the LEGO print with saran wrap to help keep the playdough from drying out.
  • Alternatively, simply take a photo of your playdough picture to remember and keep it digitally.
  • Or, create your picture in air dry clay instead of playdough.
LEGO prints of house scene imprinted on playdough with LEGOs on mat
Photo by Jean Van’t Hul

We hope you give this simple art activity a try! We’re pretty sure your kids will enjoy creating pictures in playdough with LEGOs!

Looking for more LEGO projects? Here are 13 Fun & Creative LEGO Art Ideas for Kids!

More Creative Playdough and Clay Activities

Pin It for Later

pictures in playdough pinterest
How to Use LEGOs to Make Pictures in Playdough

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

FREE EBOOK!

Subscribe to get your free copy of the 10 BEST Kids Art Ideas eBook!

10 Best Kids Art Ideas
Just Print & Draw!
34 pages of colorful, creative fun!
Encourage scientific exploration with all kinds of creative fun!
Shop Printables
4.0K Shares
Print
Share
Pin4.0K