DIY Scary Skeleton Halloween Props

These DIY Scary Halloween Skeletons are also known as Halloween Corpses, I don’t know the difference except that some of them have skin and look like blood and grossness and others don’t. I can barely look at these Halloween Skeletons, I am basically typing with my eyes closed. Okay, so I am not quite that bad but definitely squeamish.

So what is the deal? Well if you are a Halloween fan, fanatic or addict then you will know that this store bought Skeleton hack is ALL the rage right now. I mean who doesn’t want to make bloody life like corpses to scare the neighbors for Halloween right?

Okay so what are you going to need? Well you are going to need a plastic Skeleton. Lot’s of discount stores have these, Walmart and even good ole Amazon.

We even found a DIY video to go with this Halloween Prop tutorial

I joined a Halloween Prop page and found these amazing DIY versions. All images have been used with permission.

This gross looking dude is by Robert-McLeod-

This one is exceptionally bloody – by Jordan-Martin

This guy has the Buggy eyes to bug his neighbors by Jenn-Bergerso

This guy looks like he is new to the world of DEAD. He even looks a little slimey Bluhh. by Rian-S.-Schlosser-Sr

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I guess moss and lichen are more things that you see in the spring than in the summer, but there are some deep shady parts of our yard that stay mossy all year, and summer is a fine time to look for plants that like to live in shady, wet areas.

Raising Up Wild Things has a really pretty set of printables to use for a moss and lichen unit study.

And just in case you’re like me and don’t really know the difference, moss is a plant that grows in damp wooded areas, while lichen is a combination of fungus and algae that live together. Lichen can live in different environments but are often found in places where you would find moss, too.

The printable includes drawings of some common moss such as sphagnum moss and wood moss, as well as common lichen shapes (crusty, leafy and shrubby). There are good sized images you can print out and laminate to use to compare to specimens you find when you are exploring nature.

There’s also a forest floor coloring page and a printable journaling page where kids can write or draw their observations and there are a few questions older kids can answer.

You can use these when you go on a walk in the woods (or the back yard) to talk about what you are seeing, or combine them with other resources to talk about things that live in the forest. Check them out at Raising Up Wild Things.

This PDF from the Morton Arboretum has a bunch of pictures of different kinds of moss and where to find them, which could also be helpful in your studies. Learn more about lichen, including what they are and what they are not, in this article from the US Forest Service.

[Photo: Raising Up Wild Things]

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