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Play skeleton games at a Halloween party or use them to supplement lessons about the human body. Children of preschool age or older can play skeleton games in either small groups or large groups. Children can name the bones as they play to give the games a little more educational value.

Scattered Bones
- Track down missing bones in a game of "Scattered Skeleton," adapted from Disney FamilyFun. Take apart a cardboard skeleton, similar to those used for door decorations. Hide the bones in different locations around the yard. Write a clue to the next location on the back of each bone. Players search for bones and use them to reassemble the skeleton.
Who Has It?
- Players attempt to fool the "skeleton" about the location of his bone in "Who Has the Bone?" This game is adapted from the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Choose one child to be the "skeleton." The skeleton must stand in the middle of the circle and close his eyes, while the other children pass around a cardboard bone. When an adult calls out, "Stop!" the child holding the bone hides it in her hands. The "skeleton" opens his eyes and tries to guess which player has the bone. The round ends if the "skeleton" finds the bone or if he cannot find it after three guesses. The child holding the bone then becomes the next "skeleton."
Dice Game
- Players build skeletons one bone at a time in the "Skeleton Dice Game," as described by the Activity Village website. For each player, print out a skeleton and cut out the pieces. Pile the bones in the middle of the table. Players take turns rolling a die to collect the pieces of a skeleton. A player earns a skull piece by rolling a 6, and gets a body by rolling a 5. Players must land on a 3 or a 4 to earn legs, and on a 1 or 2 to get arms. If a player rolls a number and already has the corresponding bone, he must skip a turn. The first player to complete a skeleton wins the game.
Pin the Tail Variation
- Build an unusual-looking skeleton and put a twist on a traditional party game in "Pin the Bones on the Skeleton." Cut apart a large cardboard or paper skeleton and hang the rib cage on the wall. Blindfold a child and spin her around three times. Give the child one of the bones to tape to the rib cage without looking. If the player is a young child, tell her which bone she is holding. Continue to give each player a different bone until the skeleton is complete. Children will enjoy the unusual placement of some of the bones.

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