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7 Fun Facts About the Skeletal System
Skeletons might seem spooky to your children but they can be super fascinating. Here are 7 Fun Skeleton Facts for Kids:
- Your skeleton has more than 200 bones.
- Our body has two types of bone.
- The Bones are filled with spongy tissue.
- Can you believe, babies are born with 300 bones.
- Our smallest bone is in the ear.
- The longest bone is in our leg.
- Bones are designed to take a beating.
Did you know that your body has over 200 bones? To be exact 206. Each bone plays an important role. They make all the mechanics of your body function properly.
There are two types of bones. There are bones that are out of hard, dense material. They are called cortical bones and help our structure. The second type of bones is called trabecular bones and they are soft and spongy. They are often found inside large bones and in the pelvis, ribs, and skull.
The spongy tissue in bones is bone marrow. It is found inside large bones like your hips, pelvis, and femur.
Bone marrow houses stem cells, which are responsible for producing many important cells, including blood, brain, heart, and bone cells.
While we learned that adults have 206 bones, babies are born with almost 100 more. It is not that bones disappear when we grow older, but they fuse together and form larger bones instead.
Did you know that the smallest of all your bones is in your inner ear and the largest bone runs from your hip to your knee? Fascinating isn’t it?
As you know bones can break, but they are designed to stand daily wear and tear. Some bones even must be able to absorb your body and weight in force, so they must be resilient.
Did you enjoy these facts about the skeletal system and like to read more? You can find these and more information about skeletons here.
Skeleton Books for Kids
We love to round up our arts and crafts activities with matching fun facts and stories to read. Here are some skeleton books I found for you:
Sing along with a colorful skeleton band in this exuberant rendition of a traditional most-loved African-American spiritual, passed down by word of mouth for generations.
Skeleton Halloween Crafts
I hope you enjoyed these fun facts about skeletons and related books. But let’s have a look at our fun preschool skeleton crafts and activities.
25 Easy Halloween Skeleton Crafts
Popsicle Stick Skeleton Craft for Kids
Time to get these popsicle sticks out and turn them into easy skeletons. You can use them for Halloween or for your day of the dead celebrations.
Stitch a Floppy Felt Skeleton
If you like to work on your children's fine motor skills this stitch skeleton project is perfect for your kids.
The difficulty level for this skeleton activity is a little more advanced so I recommend this skeleton craft for kindergartners and older children.
Paper Plate Skeleton Halloween Craft
Turn paper plates into a life-size skeleton with help of this free printable and decorate your house for Halloween with it. It seems super fun!
Free Printable Skeleton Template
This skeleton template on the other hand is a little bit smaller but just as fun. Go print it out in the link below, then cut and glue it on black paper.
It is the perfect skeleton preschool craft. What do you think?
Skeleton Sensory Activity
If you have toddlers, they might enjoy this skeleton sensory bin and get ready for some spooky Halloween adventures. With colored sand and skeleton bones it is the perfect sensory activity for Halloween.
Toilet Tube Skeleton Crafts For Kids
Go collect some toilet tubes and make this adorable kids' skeleton craft together with your family, students, or friends.
First, you color the paper roll black or glue black paper over it, then add the skull printable on it after cutting it out. Easy enough isn't it?
Life-Size Printable Human Craft Skeleton for Kids
This printable skeleton actually comes in life-size. You can print it for your children and let them cut it out. It can be used to study our skeletons or just to decorate for Halloween.
Simple Halloween Skeleton Craft for Toddlers
This is a simple toddler skeleton craft. The skeletons are easy enough for young children to cut them out, paint, draw some bones and add google eyes on them. Time to try this skeleton craft for preschoolers next.
How to Make Halloween Skeleton Art for Kids with Tape Resist
With help of tape, this skeleton tutorial shows you how to make the perfect skeleton art project for Halloween. What do you think, will you give it a try?
Pipe Cleaner Skeletons
Pipe cleaners can be molded into any shape, so why not turn them into skeletons. This step-by-step tutorial will show you how to turn pipe cleaners into skeletons and use them as DIY Halloween decore.
Pasta Skeleton Project
Do you have pasta at home? So why not use them to turn them into fun skeleton crafts. With help of popsicle sticks, you can lay them out as skeletons and create fun shapes.
Paper Loop Skeleton Craft
Don't these skeleton crafts look adorable? They are super easy to do too. All you need is black and white paper and markers. Together with paper loops, you are good to go.
DIY Skeleton Craft Bottles
Time to decorate the house for Halloween. Let's start with these fun DIY skeleton bottles. Find out how they are made here.
DIY Sugar Skull Halloween Wreath
Isn't this wreath bright and colorful? Not everything around Halloween and the day of the dead has to be dark and spooky. Find out how they are made here.
Skeleton Hands Halloween Wreath
This skeleton hand Halloween on the other hand is spooky for sure and brings your Halloween decoration to the next level.
Cardboard Roll Dancing Skeleton
These dancing skeleton puppets are made out of cardboard rolls on the other hand. In the tutorial below you will find an exact instruction and a full list of materials that is required.
Easy Skeleton Craft for Preschoolers
I love handprint crafts, especially with little kids. I kept them as keepsakes and can see every year how much my children are grown.
This blog post will show you how to make handprint skeletons and zombie's hands.
By the way, you can also use them as Halloween cards.
Here are matching Skeleton Quotes and Halloween Sayings for you!
Paper Plate Skull
Plain paper plates are the best craft supplies, you can turn them nearly into everything. Here you can see how easy it is to turn white paper plates into an easy skull craft for preschoolers.
Craft Skeleton Project
This skeleton project is rather spooky for my kids but doesn't have to be. You can easily adjust it and make your skeletons look more friendly. Give it a try!
Skeleton Bones Ripped Paper Craft for Preschoolers
Time to rip some white paper and make skeleton bones out of them. Your preschool students and toddlers will enjoy this fun Halloween project for kids.
DIY Halloween Balloons with "Floating Heads"
Time to make these balloons flow. Print out this easy skeleton printable and see how the rest works here.
Thumbprint Skeleton Craft
Did you know that q-tips and thumbprints make such fun Halloween skeletons? Give it a try your kids will love it!
Paper Straw Skeleton Project
Instead of -tips you can also use colorful and fun drinking straws as skeleton bones. Maybe you like these better.
How to Make Q-Tip Skeletons
If the thumbprint skeleton were too easy for you, try these instead.
Your kids will love learning about the human skeletal system by building it with Q-tips. This Q-tip skeleton craft also doubles as a Halloween craft!
Skeleton Puppet
Last but not least you can make adorable skeleton puppets with these free Halloween printables. Let me know how they turn out!