Play Dough Hair Styles

This month we’ve been exploring all types of jobs through Experience Early Learning’s (formerly Mother Goose Time). The hairdresser is one of those occupations that’s hard to cover with preschoolers in the Community Helpers preschool curriculum , but here’s a really creative idea! Make play dough hair styles with photo mats, play dough and play dough tools. Don’t forget to accessorize!

Play Dough Hair Styles

Community Helpers Hairdresser Activities

The lesson plan book suggested using photos of children’s faces from magazines. I don’t know about you, but it seems like whenever I need magazine photos -foods, faces, or animals, I can never seem to find any! So instead of magazine photos, I printed and laminated our class photos I just took this week.

Play Dough Hair Styles

Using child photos is super fun and personalizes the activity. Everyone wanted to use their photo but also tried adding hair to the baby photos!

Must-Have Play Dough Tools

Our must-have play dough tools include:

Play Dough Hair Styles child rolling play dough hair activity Community Helpers Hairdressers

The dough extruders are the best for making hair! Everyone is busy creatively working on making hair with the tools provided.

Play Dough Hair Styles child cutting play dough hair Community Helpers Hairdressers

Some little ones were just excited to cut hair using the plastic scissors. These are great for fine motor work and practicing using scissors.

Play Dough Hair Styles child rolling out play dough with wood roller Community Helpers Hairdressers

Play Dough Hair Styles yellow hair strands made with play dough Community Helpers Hairdressers

Play Dough Hair Styles play dough hairdresser tools Community Helpers Hairdressers

Play Dough Hair Styles play dough hair strands Community Helpers Hairdressers

Play Dough Hair Styles children playing hairdresser with play dough and photo mats Community Helpers Hairdressers

Play Dough Hair Styles orange stringy hair style Community Helpers Hairdressers

Cutting play dough with scissors Community Helpers Hairdressers

I would definitely recommend this play dough hairdressing activity! It was fun, engaging and different. Our hair can be silly, creative and unique.

Children holding their photo play dough mats Community Helpers Hairdressers

We had some collage materials out earlier in the week so they used them to decorate their hairstyles. Great idea!

More Hairdresser Ideas

Check out another play dough hairstyle idea using magazine pictures at Mrs. Kat’s Childcare, another Experience Early Learning blogger, or cutting paper strip “hair”. Use cardstock and play dough to make “hair” stand up for cutting. Genius!

Cutting paper strips for community helpers hairdressers Mrs. Kat's Childcare

Hairdresser Books for Preschool

More Community Helpers Activities

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