Recently I taught them how to play spoons, and they are HOOKED! In an effort to introduce my kids to the simple joys of my childhood, I’ve been teaching them some of the easy card games we used to play way back in the day. …we had so much fun back then! We had fun with all kinds of super simple things like playing toilet tag and digging in dirt. In a lot of ways, life really was boring back then compared to what kids experience now. I couldn’t text group of friends at once – I actually had to look kids’ phone numbers up in the phone book and hope I knew their parent’s first names in order to find the right numbers! And summer enrichment programs? Ya, no. There was none of this downloading a new fun app each week or watching whatever show we wanted at any minute of the day. I like to tell my kids how boring life was back when I was a kid. Teach your kids how to play spoons today! It’s perfect for large or small groups and fun for all ages. Very handy if you plan to play more games or for the Beetle Drive.In today’s post: The spoons game is easy to learn and fun to play. Free printable Beetle drawing cardĬlick on the picture to go to the printable PDF file. The player with the most points at the end is the winner of the Beetle Drive Game. Everybody tells his points and changes tables. When a person finishes his beetle he shouts out:”Beetle” and the game stops for all tables.

Every player counts his points: one point for every part drawn and the winner gets ten bonus points.Ī social event where a lot of Beetle games are played over several tables in several rounds.

The one who finishes his beetle first is the winner.

Before drawing the antenna and eyes, a five needs to be thrown to draw the head of the beetle.

First the six needs to be thrown, since this is the body of the beetle.

The players take turns to throw the die and try to draw the corresponding body part.

The goal of the beetle game is to be the first player to complete his or her beetle.

Materials: 1 die, pen and paper to draw the beetle or use the printable sheet provided below (PDF file) You will also find an easy to print pdf Beetle to use as scoring card.

This dice game is also known as Bugs or Cooties. Who will be the first to draw the whole beetle? Throw the dice and try your luck. Beetle Game Throw the Dice and Draw the Beetleīeetle Game is an easy and fun dice game to play with your kids.

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