It’s time for a fun bigs kids math game for your preschoolers!
I am so excited to share our fun bugs kids math game today! My daughter had so many giggles and I can truly say it was such a great bonding moment pretending to be a mad scientist in our bug lab. And the best part was how simple it was- there was no crazy printing or excessive cutting of game pieces and we had all the things on hand.
Ok, before I keep chatting let me just say that our activity is a part of the #toolsforlearning series and our challenge for the week is play dough tools.
Bug Lab- A Fun Bugs Kids Math Game
Before you can start all the fun you need a few things: (Please note that affiliate links are used below for your convenience):
- Cardstock
for printing
- Printer (we absolutely love our Epson Stylus NX530
)
- Play dough
- Play dough accessories (beads, googly eyes etc)
- Bug Lab (at the end of this post)
How To Play Our Fun Bugs Kids Math Game
- Print the bug cards on cardstock or on regular paper and then cut out the bug cards.
2. Place the cards in a stack and have playdough as well as playdough tools on hand. Some colors to have handy are blue, yellow, and pink.
3. Allow your child to pick a card and recreate each bug as well as the number of bugs given. If a card with the #1 and a ladybug is chosen, it means that they need to create 1 ladybug.

Check out these other play dough tools activities from the #toolsforlearning team!
- Exploring Shapes with Play Dough from Life Over C’s
- Letter Formation with Play Dough from Still Playing School
- Bug Lab – A Fun Bugs Kids Math Game from Learning 2 Walk
- Learning with Playdough Letters and First Words Flash Cards from Crafty Mama in ME
- Play Dough and Alphabet Beads from Mom Inspired Life
- 12 Easy DIY Play Dough Tools To Help Kids Explore Texture from Play Dough & Popsicles
- Playdough Scene Creation from Powerful Mothering
- Simple tools for making words with play dough from The Kindergarten Connection
- Initial Sounds with Play Dough Cutters from Adventures of Adam
- Learning Letters with Playdough {Learning with Playdough Tools from Squiggles and Bubbles
- Letter Sound Activity with Play Dough Tools from Raising Little Superheroes
- Patterns and textures with Play Dough Rollers from Play & Learn Every Day
- Phases of the Moon from Edventures with Kids
- Roll and Build a Play Dough Spud from School Time Snippets
- Scissor Skills Practice with Play Dough from Modern Preschool
- Count & Smash Play Dough Math Activity from Stir the Wonder
- The Ultimate DIY Play Dough Kit for Toddlers and Beyond from Lemon Lime Adventures
Carolina
Wednesday 24th of February 2021
Hhi, would love to does this with my toddler, can't download the bugs. Link dies not exist any more.
Thank you
Reagen Ikard
Sunday 9th of August 2020
I really want this activity, but when I click the download button and enter the password to the printables library, it doesn’t seem to be there. Can you please help me with this?? Such a great activity!
Thanks!!
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