Cootie
Description
- BUG-BUILDING GAME: It's the mix and matching, bug-building game for kids. Be the first player to build a complete Cootie bug to win
- NO READING REQUIRED: Players first choose a Cootie bug body and head. Then they spin the spinner and begin building a Cootie bug. It's okay to be creative and mix up the pieces to complete a bug
- FUN, COLORFUL PIECES: This Cootie game for preschoolers includes lots of fun, colorful plastic pieces including bug legs, eye and mouth pieces, and head accessories
- MORE WAYS TO PLAY: Enjoy different ways to play the Cootie bug game. Try Switcheroo and Head Start options shown in the game guide for more mix-and-match fun
- MODERN TWIST ON A CLASSIC: Remember playing the classic Cootie game as a kid. Introduce your kids and grandkids to this updated version of the Cootie game for kids ages 3 and up
The Hennepin History Museum states that the first Cootie game was designed by William H. Schaper in 1949. However, Schaper's game was not the first based upon the insect known as the "cootie". The creature was the subject of several tabletop games, mostly pencil and paper games, in the decades of the twentieth century following World War I.
In 1927, the J. H. Warder Company of Chicago released Tu-Tee, and the Charles Bowlby Company released Cootie; though based on a "build a bug" concept similar to Schaper's, both were paper and pencil games.
Schaper's game was the first to employ a fully three dimensional, free-standing plastic cootie.
