Magnificent Flying Machines

What You Do:

• The goal is to be the first player to draw a butterfly. The butterfly must have six parts: body, head, left antenna, right antenna, left wing, and right wing.
• Players each select a number between 1 and 6. They must write this number at the top of their paper.
• Players take turns rolling the dice. If they roll their number once, they can draw one butterfly part. If they roll it twice, they can draw two parts.
• The first player to draw their butterfly wins.
• If you would like, you can color and decorate your butterflies.

Variations:

• Instead of having players choose a number, assign a number to each part of the body. (You may wish to draw a butterfly and write a number on each part as an example.) Roll one die. Players can draw whichever part corresponds to the number they roll.
• To make the previous variation more challenging, have the players draw the butterfly parts in order. They must roll a 1 first, then a 2, etc.
• For subtraction facts practice, use two standard dice, roll the dice and find the difference. Either select a number from 0-5, or assign the numbers 0-5 to different parts of the butterfly.
• Draw a different animal, of your choosing. Perhaps you would like to draw “surprise” animals one part at a time. See if the other players can guess what your animal is!