Build the Skeleton

• Buy paper skeletons of draw them on cardboard. Cut out the skeleton figures and punch holes in the pieces so that brads or other fasteners can be used to connect the bones. Put the disassembled sets in bags for each player or team of players. Players then race to assemble the skeletons, with prizes awarded for the fastest times.
  
  

Scavenger Hunt

• Purchase one or more plastic skeletons and disassemble them. Hide the bones in various places and have players or teams search for the bones. Whoever finds a complete set and assembles the skeleton first wins.
  
  

Skeleton Hoop Toss

• This game requires a plastic-molded skeleton, positioned upright, and three plastic hula-type hoops. Mark a place where players must stand. Each player attempts to toss the three hoops over the skeleton. The player who tosses the most hoops over the skeleton wins.
  
  

Adapted and Online Games

• Old favorites such as Hangman, connect-the-dots games and coloring activities can be adapted for Halloween use simply by changing the relevant figure to a skeleton. Online games such as Rag Doll, in which players control a falling doll figure with a mouse, have also been adapted with skeleton figures for Halloween play.