How to Make Simple Number Spinners from Free Templates


15 free number spinner templates with number games to download now

Try one of these number spinner templates and get started playing games . A really easy way to teach your child a most important lesson that maths can be fun.

To make a super easy maths games spinner from paper or thin card you will also need


Two paper clips
Sticky Tape
Free Printable spinner template
You can follow the same easy steps and actually make thirteen different number spinners using the free pdf spinner templates (choose below)

How to make a number spinner from paper or thin card in 4 easy steps


☺ Print the free spinner template onto paper or thin card.
☺ Open out one paper clip and carefully feed the pointed end through the spinner centre from the back, then fold it back to two arch shapes maintaining a right angle between the two arches.
☺ Secure one paper clip arch to the back with sticky tape.
☺ Drop a second paper clip over the upper arch shape and you're ready to spin and play a game.
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How to use Number Spinner Games to Make Learning Maths at Home Fun

When it comes to supporting your child's maths learning at home, spinner games offer a unique advantage that goes beyond traditional workbooks. Recent brain research suggests that learning is enhanced when the brain is anticipating a chance event. Playing spinner games taps into this phenomenon, creating an exciting and stimulating environment for your child's mathematical development. As your child eagerly awaits the resting place of the spinner, their brain becomes primed for learning, making new connections and absorbing information effortlessly. This anticipation not only adds an element of thrill to the learning process but also boosts engagement and retention. By choosing spinner games over workbooks, you provide your child with an opportunity to experience maths in a dynamic and interactive way that aligns with how their brain naturally learns and grows. So, embrace the power of anticipation and bring the joy of games into your home, where learning becomes a thrilling adventure that leaves a lasting impact on your child's mathematical skills and confidence.


Watch now for Step by step instructions to quickly make a number games spinner


Make a piece of card and two paper-clips into a fabulously fun spinner






games spinner easy to make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Let’s play a game with a 1 to 10 number spinner.



Download, make and play.
Use instead of a dice to play a favourite game or have fun together inventing a game to play or:
Play this game with the spinner and help your 5 year old child get a feel for the numbers 1 to 10.
You will also need some small treats to eat e.g. raisins, savoury hoops.
Spin and collect treats to eat
•Take turns to spin.
• Collect a number of treats to match the spinner number.
•Enjoy!
★ Pass it on ★ On your turn position the treats you collect in a line and touch count them out loud. On their turn do not worry if your child miss counts and collects one more or one less. In the context of a game these mistakes are not important.

Play several times.
Make up new variations of the game together.

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games spinner easy to make 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Let’s play a game with a 0 to 10 number spinner.



Download, make and play.
Use instead of a dice to play a favourite game or have fun together inventing a game to play or:
Play this game with the spinner and help your 5 year old child get a feel for the numbers 0 to 10.
You will also need some small treats to eat e.g. raisins, savoury hoops.
Spin and collect treats to eat
•Take turns to spin.
• Collect a number of treats to match the spinner number.
•Enjoy!
★ Pass it on ★ On your turn make a pattern with the treats you collect. Talk about how the pattern helps you see how many there are. For example you could arrange eight in two squares of four and say, “I can see four and another four, that’s eight.”
Your child can make lots of mistakes in the context of this type of game. This is a normal part of learning - don’t worry, reassure and be reassured - mistakes help you learn.
Play several times.
Make up new variations of the game together.

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games spinner easy to make 0 1 2 3 4 5

Let’s play a game with a 0 to 5 number spinner.



Download, make and play.
Use instead of a dice to play a favourite game or have fun together inventing a game to play or:
Play this game with the spinner and help your 4 to 5 year old child get a feel for the numbers 0 to 5.
You will also need some small treats to eat e.g. raisins, savoury hoops.
Spin and collect treats to eat
•Take turns to spin.
• Collect a number of treats to match the spinner number.
•Enjoy!
★ Pass it on ★ On your turn make a pattern with the treats you collect. Talk about how the pattern helps you see how many there are. For example you could arrange four in a square and say, “I can see four more easily when they are in this pattern ”
Play several times.
Make up new variations of the game together.

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games spinner easy to make 10 to 100

Let’s play a game with a 10 to 100 spinner.



Download, make and play.
Have fun together inventing a game to play or :
Team the spinner with a zero to two hundred number track and a counter each and help your 6 or 7 year old develop understanding of the number patterns you can use when adding a number of tens.
spin and move along the number track
•Take turns to spin.
• Starting at zero move your counter along the track
•Race to two hundred.
★ Pass it on ★ On your turn talk about hoe you use your knowledge of adding small numbers to help you. For example say seventy and twenty more that's seven tens add two more tens, nine tens,ninety

Play several times.
Make up new variations of the game together.
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games spinner easy to make add 0,add1,add2,add3,add4,add5

Let’s play an addition game with a +0 to +5 spinner.



Download, make and play.
Have fun together inventing a game to play or :
Play this game with the spinner and help your 6 or 7 year old practise addition.
Team the +0 to +5 spinner with either 0 to 5 or 0 to 10 spinner. The 0 to 20 number track may also be used to provide really good support.
Spin, add and cross off matching magic numbers.
•Choose and write down three magic numbers each.
• Take turns to spin both spinners.
•If the sum matches any player’s magic number, that number can then be crossed off.
•Race to cross off all of your numbers.
•Enjoy!
★ Pass it on ★ On your turn talk about any patterns that helped you work out the answer. For example say,”nine plus three, that’s the same as ten plus two, that’s twelve.”
Play several times.
Make up new variations of the game together.

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games spinner easy to make subtract zero to subtract five

Let’s play a subtraction game with a -0 to -5 spinner.



Download, make and play.
Have fun together inventing a game to play or :
Play this game with the spinners and help your 6 or 7 year old practice subtraction.
Team the -0 to -5 spinner with either 0 to 5 or 0 to 10 spinner. The 0 to 10 number track may also be used to provide really good support.
Spin, add and cross off matching magic numbers.
• Choose and write down three magic numbers each.
• Take turns to spin both spinners.
• If the sum matches any player’s magic number, that number can then be crossed off.
• Race to cross off all of your numbers.
•Enjoy
★ Pass it on ★ On your turn count back along the number track. For example point to 8 and jump back one at a time saying “one, two, three, eight take away three is five.”Your child can make lots of mistakes in the context of this type of game. This is a normal part of learning - don’t worry, reassure and be reassured - mistakes help you learn.
Play several times.
Make up new variations of the game together.

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games spinner easy to make add 10 and add1

Let’s play a hundred square game with a +1 and +10 spinner.



Download, make and play.
Have fun together inventing a game to play or :
Team the spinner with a hundred square and a counter each and help your 6 or 7 year old develop understanding of number patterns up to one hundred.
Spin and move your counter around a hundred square
•Take turns to spin.
•Starting at one, move your counter forward that number of spaces
•Race to one hundred.
•Enjoy
★ Pass it on ★ On your turn talk about how you use the pattern of the hundred square to know where to move your counter. For example say, “forty three add ten, move one space down, fifty three.”
On another day try playing the game without the support of the hundred square. Keep a written record of your score so far.

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games spinner easy to make and play two times tables game

Let’s play a two times table game with a spinner.



Download, make and play.
Have fun together inventing a game to play or :
Play this game with the spinner and help your 5 or 6 year old practise the two times tables.
Spin and cross off matching tables sums
•Choose and write down three two times tables sums each.
•Take turns to spin.
•If you have a sum to match, cross it out.
•Race to cross out your three sums.
•Enjoy
★ Pass it on ★ On your turn say some of the two times tables facts out loud. For example if you spin 14, say “five times two is ten, six times two is twelve, seven times two is fourteen.
Your child can make lots of mistakes in the context of this type of game. This is a normal part of learning - don’t worry, reassure and be reassured - mistakes help you learn.
Play several times.
Make up new variations of the game together.

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games spinner easy to make and play three times tables game

Let’s play a three times table game with a spinner.



Download, make and play.
Have fun together inventing a game to play or :
Play this game with the spinner and help your 6 or7 year old practise the three times tables.
Spin and cross off matching tables sums
•Choose and write down three three times tables sums each.
•Take turns to spin.
•If you have a sum to match, cross it out.
•Race to cross out your three sums.
•Enjoy
★ Pass it on ★ On your turn say some of the three times tables facts out loud. For example if you spin 21, say “five times three is fifteen, six times three is eighteen, seven times three is twenty-one.
Your child can make lots of mistakes in the context of this type of game. This is a normal part of learning - don’t worry, reassure and be reassured - mistakes help you learn.
Play several times.
Make up new variations of the game together.

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games spinner easy to make and play four times tables game

Let’s play a four times table spinner game.



Download, make and play.
Have fun together inventing a game to play or :
Play this game with the spinner and help your 7 or8 year old practise the four times tables.
Spin and cross off matching tables sums
•Choose and write down three four times tables sums each.
•Take turns to spin.
•If you have a sum to match, cross it out.
•Race to cross out your three sums.
•Enjoy
★ Pass it on ★ On your turn say some of the four times tables facts out loud. For example if you spin 36, say “ten times four is forty, nine times four is four less that’s thirty-six.”
Your child can make lots of mistakes in the context of this type of game. This is a normal part of learning - don’t worry, reassure and be reassured - mistakes help you learn.
Play several times.
Make up new variations of the game together.

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games spinner easy to make and play five times tables game

Let’s play a five times table spinner game.



Download, make and play.
Have fun together inventing a game to play or :
Play this game with the spinner and help your 5 or6 year old practise the five times tables.
Spin and cross off matching tables sums
•Choose and write down three five times tables sums each.
•Take turns to spin.
•If you have a sum to match, cross it out.
•Race to cross out your three sums.
•Enjoy
★ Pass it on ★ On your turn say some of the five times tables facts out loud. For example if you spin 25, say “ten times five is fifty, five times five is half of fifty, five times five is twenty-five.”
Your child can make lots of mistakes in the context of this type of game. This is a normal part of learning - don’t worry, reassure and be reassured - mistakes help you learn.
Play several times.
Make up new variations of the game together.

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games spinner easy to make and play six times tables game

Let’s play a six times table spinner game.



Download, make and play.
Have fun together inventing a game to play or :
Play this game with the spinner and help your 6 or7 year old practise the six times tables
Spin and cross off matching tables sums
•Choose and write down three six times tables sums each.
•Take turns to spin.
•If you have a sum to match, cross it out.
•Race to cross out your three sums.
•Enjoy
★ Pass it on ★ On your turn say some of the six times tables facts out loud. For example if you spin 42, say “five times six is thirty, six times six is thirty-six, seven times six is forty-two.
Your child can make lots of mistakes in the context of this type of game. This is a normal part of learning - don’t worry, reassure and be reassured - mistakes help you learn.
Play several times.
Make up new variations of the game together.

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games spinner easy to make practise two times tables

Let’s play a game with a spinner to practise the two times tables.



Download, make and play.
Have fun together inventing a game to play or :
Play this game with a 5 or 6 year old to help them understand the two times table up to five times two with powerful visual images.
Spin and cross off matching tables sums
•Share writing down the two times tables up to 5x2=10
•Take turns to spin and cross off the matching sum.
•Race to cross off the final sum.
•Enjoy
★ Pass it on ★ On your turn say the tables sum out loud. For example if you spin 10 say”five times two is ten.”
Play several times.
Make up new variations of the game together.

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games spinner easy to make practise subitising 2,3 and 4

Let’s play a number game with a spinner to practise subitising two, three and four.



Download, make and play.
Have fun together inventing a game to play or :
Play this game and help your 4 or 5 year old see 2,3 and 4 without counting.
Spin and cross off matching numbers
•Choose three numbers and write them down
•Take turns to spin and cross off a matching number if you have one.
•Race to cross off all of your numbers.
•Enjoy
★ Pass it on ★ On your turn say the the number that you see out loud.
Play several times.
Make up new variations of the game together.

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games spinner easy to make practise subitising 2,3 4,5 and 6

Let’s play a game with a spinner to practise subitising two, three, four, five and six.



Download, make and play.
Have fun together inventing a game to play or :
Play this game and help your 5 or 6 year old see 2,3, 4 ,5 or 6 without counting.
Spin and cross off matching numbers
•Choose three numbers and write them down
•Take turns to spin and cross off a matching number.
•Race to cross off all of your numbers.
•Enjoy
★ Pass it on ★ On your turn say the number that you see, out loud, explaining how you have used any patterns. For example say "I can see three there and another three, that’s six."
Play several times.
Make up new variations of the game together.

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