Buddy loves games, so I’m always looking for new ones to play. When I came across the idea for a magnatiles dice game on Happy Toddler Playtime’s blog, I knew Buddy would love it. Magnatiles are his favorite toy right now, so a game with magnatiles was just perfect!

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To start, we each counted out 10 magnatiles, and we chose a dinosaur to race. We both rolled a die, and we counted out that number of magnatiles. (I bought my jumbo dice at the dollar store, but you can buy similar ones here.) Then our dinosaur raced out that amount of squares. The first dinosaur to get to square 10 wins the race.

Buddy and I decided before the game that we wanted to have to roll exactly 10 to win. However, you could also just have the first person who rolls more than 10 win.

After our first roll, Buddy and I talked about how many more we needed to get to 10. We also discussed how many more he had than I had. It was a fun way to work on subtraction and comparing numbers.

Buddy enjoyed the game, but he decided he wanted to use the tiles to build a home for the dinosaurs and the dice. If we play again, I would make the number of tiles in the race more than 10. It only took us three rolls to finish the game, which was a little too quick. It will be harder to do, “how many more until you win” with a number larger than 10, though.

Do you have any other ideas of things to do with magnatiles? If so, please share your ideas in the comments section.