🌸 Texas Wildflowers Paint and Play Dough Mats
Texas Wildflowers Paint and Play Dough Mats
Spring on the Texas roadsides means bluebonnets, paintbrush, and a riot of color along every fence line. These Paint and Play Dough Mats bring eight of our most beloved native wildflowers right to your kitchen table for hands-on, screen-free play.
Each of the eight full-page mats features an original hand-painted watercolor of a Texas wildflower, with a blank space for your child to recreate it in play dough, paint, marker, or dry erase. One printable, four ways to play, and endless replay ability.
This product grows with your child. Toddlers roll snakes of red and blue play dough to fill in the bluebonnet stalk. Preschoolers paint along to match what they see. Older kids practice careful observation, mix watercolors to match the petals, or sketch in pollinators and habitat details around each flower.
What makes these mats special?
• Original hand-painted watercolor art, not clip art
• Eight Texas native species in one printable
• A blank workspace on every mat for open-ended creation
• Four built-in activity modes for different ages and materials
• A screen-free invitation to notice real flowers and their details
The 8 wildflowers featured
• Texas Bluebonnet (Lupinus texensis)
• Indian Paintbrush
• Indian Blanket / Firewheel
• Buttercup
• Mexican Hat
• Black-Eyed Susan
• Drummond’s Phlox
• Butterfly Weed
What’s Included (8-page PDF)
• Instructions and Ideas page with four activity modes and age guidance
Eight full-page Texas wildflower activity mats, each with a watercolor reference and blank workspace
Activity Modes Built In
• Play dough for fine-motor and tactile play
• Paint with watercolors, finger paints, or acrylics
• Color and draw with crayons, pencils, or markers
• Dry erase practice for reusable matching and tracing
How It Works
1) Purchase and instantly download the PDF.
2) Print the mats on cardstock and laminate them (or use page protectors) for play dough and dry-erase use. Print on regular paper for paint and color play.
3) Add play dough, paint, crayons, markers, or dry-erase tools and let your child recreate the wildflowers.
Perfect For
Homeschool families, Montessori classrooms, preschool and elementary settings, nature-based programs, and caregivers or grandparents looking for quiet, nature-focused activities that connect botany and art. Use the mats at a learning table, in a nature-study basket, as a spring activity, or alongside a real wildflower walk.
A note on the art
Every flower is hand-painted in watercolor by Liza Dora, drawing from her own Hill Country garden and roadside walks. No stock images, no AI art—just real Texas color.
Digital download. No product will be shipped.
Download is a high-quality PDF ready to print. Color print recommended. Some files arrive zipped - right-click (or use your Files app) to unzip/extract.
No refunds on digital downloads. If you have trouble with your order or download, contact support@lizadorabooks.com.
Featuring original artwork by Liza Dora. Materials may not be duplicated, distributed, or sold without express written permission from Liza Dora Books. Licensed for personal / household or single-classroom use (including one daycare group). For multi-classroom, school-wide, or district licensing, see /schools or email schools@lizadorabooks.com.
Texas Wildflowers Paint and Play Dough Mats
Spring on the Texas roadsides means bluebonnets, paintbrush, and a riot of color along every fence line. These Paint and Play Dough Mats bring eight of our most beloved native wildflowers right to your kitchen table for hands-on, screen-free play.
Each of the eight full-page mats features an original hand-painted watercolor of a Texas wildflower, with a blank space for your child to recreate it in play dough, paint, marker, or dry erase. One printable, four ways to play, and endless replay ability.
This product grows with your child. Toddlers roll snakes of red and blue play dough to fill in the bluebonnet stalk. Preschoolers paint along to match what they see. Older kids practice careful observation, mix watercolors to match the petals, or sketch in pollinators and habitat details around each flower.
What makes these mats special?
• Original hand-painted watercolor art, not clip art
• Eight Texas native species in one printable
• A blank workspace on every mat for open-ended creation
• Four built-in activity modes for different ages and materials
• A screen-free invitation to notice real flowers and their details
The 8 wildflowers featured
• Texas Bluebonnet (Lupinus texensis)
• Indian Paintbrush
• Indian Blanket / Firewheel
• Buttercup
• Mexican Hat
• Black-Eyed Susan
• Drummond’s Phlox
• Butterfly Weed
What’s Included (8-page PDF)
• Instructions and Ideas page with four activity modes and age guidance
Eight full-page Texas wildflower activity mats, each with a watercolor reference and blank workspace
Activity Modes Built In
• Play dough for fine-motor and tactile play
• Paint with watercolors, finger paints, or acrylics
• Color and draw with crayons, pencils, or markers
• Dry erase practice for reusable matching and tracing
How It Works
1) Purchase and instantly download the PDF.
2) Print the mats on cardstock and laminate them (or use page protectors) for play dough and dry-erase use. Print on regular paper for paint and color play.
3) Add play dough, paint, crayons, markers, or dry-erase tools and let your child recreate the wildflowers.
Perfect For
Homeschool families, Montessori classrooms, preschool and elementary settings, nature-based programs, and caregivers or grandparents looking for quiet, nature-focused activities that connect botany and art. Use the mats at a learning table, in a nature-study basket, as a spring activity, or alongside a real wildflower walk.
A note on the art
Every flower is hand-painted in watercolor by Liza Dora, drawing from her own Hill Country garden and roadside walks. No stock images, no AI art—just real Texas color.
Digital download. No product will be shipped.
Download is a high-quality PDF ready to print. Color print recommended. Some files arrive zipped - right-click (or use your Files app) to unzip/extract.
No refunds on digital downloads. If you have trouble with your order or download, contact support@lizadorabooks.com.
Featuring original artwork by Liza Dora. Materials may not be duplicated, distributed, or sold without express written permission from Liza Dora Books. Licensed for personal / household or single-classroom use (including one daycare group). For multi-classroom, school-wide, or district licensing, see /schools or email schools@lizadorabooks.com.