TwisterSpin Español

Printable Twister spinner

Print this board on card stock, add an arrow and you have a working spinner in a few minutes. Every move is labeled with words too, so it works on a black-and-white printer.

Print at 100% scale on letter or A4 paper.
Printable Twister-style spinner board with 16 moves and a cut-out arrow Red Blue Yellow Green Red Blue Yellow Green Red Blue Yellow Green Red Blue Yellow Green Right hand Right foot Left foot Left hand Cut along the dashed line, then cut out the arrow. The white dot marks the pivot. TwisterSpin.com printable spinner. Pierce the white dot at the center of the board.

How to put it together

  1. Print and stiffen

    Print on card stock. On plain paper, glue the sheet to the side of a cereal box before you cut.

  2. Cut out the pieces

    Cut around the round board, then around the arrow inside the dashed box.

  3. Attach the arrow

    Poke a hole through the white dot on the arrow and the white dot at the center of the board. Push a brad (split pin) through both and open its legs at the back. Leave it a little loose so the arrow spins freely.

No brad? Use a paper clip

Skip the cut-out arrow. Lay a paper clip on the board, put a pencil tip through one end of the clip at the center dot and flick the clip. Wherever the far end stops is the move.

Printing tips

  • Use card stock around 65 to 110 lb (175 to 300 gsm). Thinner paper curls and the arrow drags.
  • Color or black and white both work. Each dot has its color written on it.
  • Laminate it for classroom use. Punch the center hole after laminating.
  • Go bigger by printing the page at 200% across several sheets, which most printers call poster or tile printing, then taping the pieces together.

In the classroom

A paper spinner is handy for color recognition and left-and-right practice with young children, even without a mat. Call a move and have students touch their left hand to something red in the room, or tap a colored card on their desk. For whole-class movement breaks on the smartboard, try the brain break spinner.

How to read it

The board has four sections, one each for right hand, right foot, left foot and left hand. Each section has a dot for red, blue, yellow and green. The section the arrow stops in tells you which hand or foot to move, and the dot it points at tells you the color. If the arrow lands on a line, spin again.

That gives the same 16 moves as the spinner in the box. If you are replacing a lost spinner, this board works with any standard Twister mat.

Want it hands-free?

A paper spinner still needs someone to flick it and read it out. The online Twister spinner does both: it calls every move out loud, spins on a timer, keeps track of players and turns, and fills the screen with the called color so everyone can see it from the mat. It's free and works on any phone, tablet or TV.

For a bigger game, paint a giant board on your lawn, or brush up on the rules of Twister.