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Beetle Math Game How to be A Star
Time: 20 minutes
According to the September, 2004 issue of Family Fun magazine, "kids will go buggy over this simple drawing game."
Materials Required:
  • 1 Blank paper per person
  • 1 Pencil per person
  • 1 die
Game Rules:
  1. Each player starts with a pencil and a blank piece of paper.
  2. Players take turns rolling the die and then drawing the body part that corresponds to the number rolled: 1=body 2=head 3=a leg
    4=an eye 5=tail 6=a feeler
  3. The completed drawing should include 1 body, 6 legs, 1 head, 2 eyes, 2 feelers, and 1 tail.
  4. If a player rolls a number corresponding to body parts he or she has already completed or is unable to draw (such as an eye before the head has been drawn), he or she must wait until the next turn and try again.
  5. Whoever completes the beetle first is the winner.
This game can be adapted to other drawings by assigning numbers to the different parts of the picture (for example: a house or a person instead of a beetle).

--submitted by Lynn Hess