Pass The Skeleton (K-6)

Chicken bones (one per team)
Ball of string per team (approximately three feet per player)

1. Form two or more teams. Give each team a chicken bone tied to a long string.

2. The first player pushes the bone up his sleeve, across his chest and down the other sleeve. Hen then passes the bone to the next teammate.

3. This procedure is repeated until the whole team is connected by the string.

4. The first team to connected is the winner.

Tip: The string can easily become tangled. Do not unwind the string from the ball until you're at school. Can you hear the giggles?

Skeleton Bone Hunt (K-2)

Chicken bones or dog bones
Small tub or wading pool
Styrofoam packing "peanuts" or sand.

1. If you use chicken bones, wash then boil them for five minutes to sterilize.

2. Hide several chicken bones in a small plastic wading pool or a tub filled with packing "peanuts" or sand.

3. Have small groups of children search for as many bones as they can find.

4. Collect all the bones and re-hide them for the next group of children.

Variation: Paint a number on each bone and let the children retrieve only one bone each. The number on each bone will correspond to a prize.

Note: Styrofoam packing "peanuts" cling and can make a mess. It is best to use a deep container that is filled only half way with the peanuts. This will help to keep the "peanuts" in the container.

Skeleton Straw Game (K-6)

White copy paper
Straws (one per student)
Note:  For chicken bones, ask at your local grocer for leftover bones.

1. Draw a skeleton bone (one per child) on plain white copy paper. Cut them out.

2. Give a bone and a straw to each child.

3. The children take turns walking from one side of the room to the other while sucking in on the straw to create a vacuum that holds the paper bone in place.

4. You can make this a team game if you'd like.

Jumbled Shivering Bones (1-6)

Paper
Pencil

1. This is a word jumble game. Give each child a copy of the bone word list below. Tell them that the column on the right represents bones that got all shook up and that they need to help put them back in order.

2. If you feel you need to make the game easier, give the answers to the jumbles on the bottom of the page. The kids can cross the correct names of as they decode the words.

Grades (3-6)

1. Femur (thigh bone)
2. Tibia (shin bone)
3. Fibula (calf bone)
4. Coccyx (tail bone)
5. Cranium (skull)
6. Zygoma (cheek bones)
7. Phalanges (toe bones)
8. Calcaneus (heel bone)
9. Patella (knee cap)
10. Metacarpal (hand bone)
11. Humerus (upper arm bone)
12. Clavicle (collar bone)

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1. Leg
2. Hip
3. Tail
4. Funny
5. Ankle
6. Shin
7. Heel
8. Rib
9. Foot
10. Back
11. Skull
12. Collar

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Musical Bones (K-4)

White poster board
Music

1. This game is played liked musical chairs.

2. Draw several bone shapes on white poster board and cut them out.

3. Place the bones on around table. There should be one less bone then there are children.

4. The children walk around the table while music plays.

5. When the music stops the children all try to grab a bone.

6. The child who doesn't retrieve a bone is eliminated from the game.

7. Take away another bone and play another round.

8. There always needs to be one less bone than the number of players.

9. Have each child who is eliminated take a turn starting and stopping the music.

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