Playdough is already a wonderful way for children to create, but the right tools can open up an entirely new world of possibilities.
The Playdough Tools Collection from The Children's Lab brings together cutters, rollers, charm sets, scrapers and other creative tools designed to help children shape, stamp, texture and transform their playdough creations. The collection currently features 29 products, with prices ranging from ₹299 to ₹1,299. (THE CHILDRENS LAB)
👉 Explore the Playdough Tools Collection
✂️ Tools Made for Creative Little Hands
The collection includes different types of tools, each offering a different way to interact with playdough.
You can find:
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Themed Dough Cutters
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Playdough Theme Rollers
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Charm Sets
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Easy-Grip Slicer & Scraper
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Bubble Waffle Maker
This variety allows children to move beyond simply shaping dough with their hands and experiment with different textures, patterns and forms. (THE CHILDRENS LAB)
🦖 Explore Themed Dough Cutters
The collection features a variety of themed cutters that can turn playdough into recognisable objects and characters.
🐞 Bug Explorer
Create an imaginative mini-world filled with insects and tiny creatures.
🍭 Candy Shop
Turn playdough into colourful pretend sweets and create your own imaginary candy shop.
🚧 Construction Site
Perfect for little builders who enjoy construction-themed pretend play.
🦖 Dinosaur Adventure
Create prehistoric creatures and build your own dinosaur world.
🐄 Farmyard Friends
Bring a farm scene to life with animal-inspired shapes.
🧜♀️ Mermaid Cove
Create magical underwater scenes filled with mermaid-inspired creations.
🌊 Ocean Adventure
Explore the underwater world through ocean-themed playdough creations.
👑 Royal Princess
Build a magical royal world filled with princess-themed shapes.
🚀 Space Explorer
Blast off into imaginative space adventures with rockets, astronauts and other cosmic creations.
🌦️ Weather Wonders
Create weather-inspired shapes and use them to explore sunny, rainy, snowy and stormy scenes.
The current collection also includes Forest Animal, Human Body Organ, Hungry Catepillar and other themed cutters. (THE CHILDRENS LAB)
🎨 Add Texture With Playdough Rollers
Rollers offer a different way to interact with playdough.
Instead of cutting individual shapes, children can roll patterns and textures across a sheet of dough.
The collection currently includes rollers such as:
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Busy Construction Playdough Theme Roller
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Deep Ocean Playdough Theme Roller
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Dinosaur Adventure Playdough Theme Roller
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Floral Playdough Theme Roller
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Magical Unicorn Playdough Theme Roller
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Space Playdough Theme Roller
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Spring Garden Playdough Theme Roller
These tools can help children create larger textured surfaces for their imaginary scenes. (THE CHILDRENS LAB)
🌸 Explore Charm Sets
The collection also includes smaller charm sets, which can be added to playdough creations as decorative elements.
Current options include:
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Builder Zone Charm Set
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Butterfly Meadow Charm Set
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Garden Explorer Charm Set
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Harvest Time Charm Set
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Mermaid Cove Charm Set
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Sunny Skies Charm Set
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Sweet Treats Charm Set
The listed price for these charm sets is currently ₹299, down from ₹499. (THE CHILDRENS LAB)
🧇 Create Pretend Treats
For children who love pretend food play, the collection also includes the Sweet Treats Bubble Waffle Maker, currently listed at ₹499. (THE CHILDRENS LAB)
Children can use it as part of an imaginary bakery, café or dessert shop.
You can turn the activity into pretend play by asking:
"What are you selling today?"
"How much does the waffle cost?"
"Who is coming to your café?"
This combines creative play with storytelling and simple role-play.
✋ Build Hands-On Skills Through Play
Playdough tools encourage children to use their hands in different ways.
Pressing a cutter, rolling a pattern, shaping dough or using a scraper all require controlled movements.
This makes tool-based play an opportunity to practise:
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Hand strength
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Fine-motor movements
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Hand-eye coordination
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Creative thinking
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Shape recognition
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Pattern exploration
The tools also allow children to experiment rather than simply reproduce a finished example.
🧠 Turn Play Into Learning
Playdough tools can easily be incorporated into educational activities.
🔢 Counting
Create five dinosaurs, three flowers or four ocean creatures.
Then count them together.
🎨 Colours
Make the same shape using different colours and ask children to identify, sort or match them.
🔷 Shapes & Patterns
Use rollers and cutters to create repeating patterns.
For example:
Star → Circle → Star → Circle
Then ask:
"What comes next?"
📖 Storytelling
Create several shapes and use them as characters or objects in a story.
A dinosaur might discover a rocket.
A mermaid could find a treasure chest.
A construction worker could build a new city.
The child gets to decide what happens next.
👨👩👧 Create Together
Playdough tools can also become a great parent-child activity.
Instead of telling your child what to make, give them a challenge:
"Can you build a farm?"
"Can you make a dinosaur world?"
"Can you create a space station?"
"Can you make a magical garden?"
Then allow them to decide how the finished scene should look.
This gives children creative freedom while giving parents opportunities to participate in their play.
🌱 One Tool, Endless Possibilities
The most exciting part of playdough tools is that they don't have to be used in only one way.
A dinosaur cutter can become part of a counting game.
A roller can become the surface of an imaginary planet.
A charm can become part of a pretend cake.
A scraper can be used to divide dough into different sections.
The same tool can therefore support completely different activities depending on the child's imagination.
🛠️ Choose Tools Based on Their Interests
With 29 products currently listed, there's plenty of variety to choose from. (THE CHILDRENS LAB)
For animal lovers:
🐞 Bug Explorer • 🐄 Farmyard Friends • 🦋 Butterfly Meadow
For adventure lovers:
🦖 Dinosaur Adventure • 🚀 Space Explorer • 🌊 Ocean Adventure
For imaginative play:
🧜♀️ Mermaid Cove • 👑 Royal Princess • 🍭 Candy Shop
For curious learners:
🧠 Human Body Organ • 🌦️ Weather Wonders
For creative builders:
🚧 Construction Site • Builder Zone
For nature lovers:
🌸 Floral • 🌱 Garden Explorer • 🌿 Spring Garden
🎨 Make Every Dough Session Different
Children don't need a complicated activity to start creating.
Give them some playdough and a few tools, and let their imagination take over.
Press it.
Roll it.
Cut it.
Shape it.
Decorate it.
Create a story around it.
The Children's Lab's Playdough Tools Collection gives children different ways to explore sensory play while turning simple pieces of dough into characters, objects, patterns and entire imaginary worlds.
