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Introduction Body Parts Life Cycle Camouflage and Predators Recognising Butterflies Gardening Art
BODY PARTS
Background Information
Feely Feet Game
Body Parts Game
Twitching Antenna Game
Making Butterfly Models

BUTTERFLY BODY PARTS GAME

This game is based on the traditional game of Beetle.

Butterflies come in lots of shapes and sizes, colours and wing shape but they all have the same basic body shape.

You will need:

A dice
Pencil
Paper
Big picture of the butterfly below for the children to follow

Body part values

 
1
Head
2
Thorax
3
Abdomen
4
1 pair of wings, you need 2
5
1 pair of legs and feet, you need 3 pairs
6
1 eye or antenna, you need 2 of each
 

Throw the dice to collect the body parts. Draw them on a piece of paper. Note that players must start by collecting a head and the thorax must be collected before wings and legs can be attached. The winner is the first to complete the butterfly.

 

Introduction Body Parts Life Cycle Camouflage and Predators Recognising Butterflies Gardening Art