March 15, 2011

The Button Game


Here's a simple and fun game to add to the list of button activities.

Line up 21 buttons (or a different object you have a lot of). When it is your turn, you can take away 1, 2, or 3 buttons from the line. Continue taking turns. The person that picks the last button loses.

I found this game in Family Fun Magazine and it was a huge hit with B. It was interesting to see how he started to develop a strategy. If you give it a try, let me know how it goes!

5 comments:

  1. This will be great for a rainy day!

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  2. very cute will be trying this with Hailey!Great subtraction game

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  3. I *love* the simplicity of this game. It's so fun how such simple things can be the most entertaining. Thanks for the idea. :)

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  4. How simply terrific! We're gonna try it out!

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  5. this might be a fun one for deciding who gets to go first to get in the bath! Last person to take a button gets in!

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