Halloween Skeleton Craft

Posted by Nicole Carney on Oct 27, 2016 in Activities for Halloween, Halloween | 0 comments

My bugs really enjoyed making these life-sized skeletons, using their own bodies as the outlines. Not only do the skeletons look ghoulishly fantastic hanging on the door and in the windows, but it is was also a great way for them to learn about some of the different bones in their body!

Materials:

roll of easel paper
tempera paint (Halloween colours: black, purple, orange…)
paint brushes/ rollers
scissors
marker
skeleton bones template

Halloween Skeleton Craft

I started off by tracing an outline of each kid onto easel paper. I used a marker, instead of pencil, so the outline would be visible on the back of the paper, making it easy to cut out later.

Next, I had my bugs paint their silhouettes using black and/or purple tempera paint. They didn’t have to worry about staying inside the lines being that we were just going to be cutting them out. I had a little roller for them to use to help speed things along.

While they were busy painting, I printed off the skeleton bones template and cut out the bones. Of course, the older kids could cut them out on their own. I found the skeleton bones were a good size for my 2 year-old and 5 year-old, but I had to enlarge the pelvis, arm bones and leg bones for my 7 year-old; I did this by tracing around the regular templates and expanding them to fit his silhouette.

I gave my boys the bone cut-outs and tried to see if they could assemble them on their own. We discussed the names of each of the bones, and I had my boys feel where each one was on their own body. Once the bones were in their correct positions, my bugs glued them in place.