Icebreakers: Skeleton Race

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Icebreakers:
Skeleton Race

Even if you don’t want to be
involved with Halloween, you’ll
want to grab at least one of those
plastic or paper Halloween
skeletons for this object lesson /
game.

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Game Materials
Purchase one or more plastic
skeletons commonly found
during the Halloween holiday
season. You can also use a
paper skeleton that is already
cut into parts or make your
own.
(Optional) “Dem Bones” song to
play in the background



Game Preparation
Separate the plastic skeleton parts
into pieces or cut them out if they
are on paper.



Game Play
Option 1:
1. Obtain one skeleton for each team.
2. Place all the parts for each skeleton
in its own sack and give one sack to
each team.
3. When you say ‘Go’, each team must
take out the skeleton parts and
correctly reconstruct the skeletons.
4. Award prizes for the fastest times.
You can also give additional prizes
for weirdest skeleton, etc.
5. Play some crazy music while the
game is going on like “Dem Bones”



Option 2:
1. Hide the skeleton bones before the lesson
starts.
2. Let the participants search for them and then
reassemble the skeleton.
3. For older youth, you can hide the bones and
then write out clues for them to follow to find
them.
4. You can also get a few skeletons and break
the kids into teams. You can have it as a free
for all (i.e. hide all parts and award the first
team to find one of each part and put the
skeleton together), or you can add a spot of
color or a colored ribbon to identify which
skeletons belong to which team.
5. Team members must first find a complete set
of parts… then they must assemble it
correctly.


Application
One of the scary things about Halloween is
the skeletons. A lot of people are afraid of
death. When they see bones it reminds
them of death and they become afraid. But
they are just bones and there is nothing to
be scared about. They can’t come to life
right? or can they?

The prophet Ezekiel might have had the
first Halloween scare! We don’t know what
day it took place, but it probably wasn’t
October 31st.

Let’s look at Ezekiel 37 to find out more!

Read the key verses from this vision.



God’s question to Ezekiel, “Can these dry
bones live?” (v3) might be a question a lot
of people ask on 31st of October.

But God was talking about more than a
skeleton in a closet. He was giving Ezekiel
a glimpse into the future when Jesus
would conquer death and bring life to us.
Jesus did conquer death on a cross. He
also resurrected Lazarus from the dead.

Yet God was giving Ezekiel a picture of
something more.



The bones represented the house of Israel and
their dryness and loss of hope. (v11) The spirit
of God would enter their bodies and they
would experience restoration and life.

There may be a situation in your own life when
you feel like a pile of dry bones. A new life may
seem impossible. But like Ezekiel’s response to
God when asked “Can these bones live?”, we
can answer “You alone know.” God knows and
with God all things are possible.

God can breath life into any situation you are
in. Not only can he bring you a new life, but he
can also give you a new heart: “I will give you a
new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will
remove from you your heart of stone and give
you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in
you and move you to follow my decrees and be
careful to keep my laws. (Ezekiel 36:26-27).


• We are all dead in our sin, like a pile of dry
bones (Ephesians 2:1)
• But God, because of his great love for us,
makes us alive in Christ (Ephesians 2:4-5)
• We experience new life through faith in
Christ! Doing good things doesn’t get us
eternal life, but we are made alive in Christ
that we might do good things for Him.
(Ephesians 2:8-10)



Lyrics to Dem Bones

E-ze-kiel cried, “Dem dry bones!”
Oh hear the word of the Lord.

(tune descends in half steps)

The foot bone con-nected to the (pause) leg-bone,
The leg bone connected to the (‘) knee bone,
The knee bone connected to the (‘) thigh bone,
The thigh bone connected to the (‘) back bone,
The back bone connected to the (‘) neck bone
The neck bone connected to the (‘) head bone
Oh hear the word of the Lord!



Dem bones, dem bones gon-na walk a-roun’
Dem bones, dem bones gon-na walk a-roun’
Dem bones, dem bones gonna walk aroun’
Oh hear the word of the Lord

(tune descends in half steps and we retrace
the body)

The head-bone connected to the neck-bone,
the neck-bone connected to the back-bone
The backbone connected to the thigh-bone
the thighbone connected to the kee-bone
the kneebone connected to the leg bone
the leg bone connected to the foot bone
Oh hear the word of the Lord



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