Skeleton Count

The Skeleton Count is a fun math activity for the Spooky season of Halloween or Day of the Dead. Students are given cotton swabs to build their own skeletons. The cotton swabs are glued onto a piece of construction paper in the shape of a skeleton then the cotton swabs are counted and recorded on the place value sheet. This helps students use their creativity in building a skeleton and math skills in counting the cotton swabs. You could have a contest of the most and least cotton swabs used for the best skeleton shape.

Materials for One

• 1 Skull

• 1 My Skeleton 1/4 page

• 1 Place Value 1/4 page

• Cotton Swabs or Q-tips

• 1 piece of Constriction Paper or another heavy paper

• Glue

• Scissors

• Pencil, Pen or Pencils

Instructions

To begin, make sure you have all the needed materials. Set a piece of construction paper or heavy paper in front of you. Cut out skull, My Skeleton and Place Value pages. Place cotton swabs or Q-tips into your skeleton shape. Once you have your cotton swabs in the shape that you want glue the cotton swabs and skull on to paper. Next fill out the My Skeleton and Place Value page. Glue the My Skeleton page at the top and the Place Value at the bottom (or the best place for you).

2 downloadable and printable pages. 1 page that has 2 My Skeleton 1/4 pages and 2 Place Value 1/4 pages and 1 Skeleton Skull page with 8 Skeleton Skull.