HALLOWEEN SKELETON BUYING GUIDE

Previously, to add a realistic skeleton to your Halloween festivities you'd have to buy one from a medical supply company, and it would cost you well over five-hundred dollars. Because of the high cost, most people have had to resort to cheap plastic skeletons. Halloween enthusiasts tend to buy their Halloween decorations and props in one of two ways. They either spend their  Halloween budget on a larger amount of lower quality products, or buy a smaller amount of higher quality products. Personally, we would rather have a smaller haunt filled with high quality, realistic looking props and decorations, than the other way around. Below is our #1 recommended skeleton for Halloween.

The Anatomical Chart Company is the primary manufacturer of anatomically correct charts, bones, skulls and skeletons for use in universities, hospitals, medical schools, and the government. As they manufacture the bones and assemble the skeletons some become damaged, marked or discolored to some degree. In the manufacturing industry these are commonly called "seconds, thirds or fourths". For those who love Halloween, they now offer a positively ghoulish selection of these imperfect, but very useable skeletons, skulls and bones, and best of all they sell them at cut-rate prices.

If you want to add some realism to your Halloween festivities with a life-like skeleton, then the Anatomical Chart Company is the place to go, and it won't cost you an arm and a leg! For around one-hundred and sixty dollars, the Budget Bucky Skeleton (4th quality) is a fantastic deal. It is life-size skeleton standing a full five foot, six inches tall, and weighs in at seventeen pounds. This adult skeleton features a hanging hook at the top of the skull, jointed arms and legs, and a movable jaw.

They also sell a large variety of life-size skulls in a wide range of prices to fit just about anyone's Halloween budget. They range from around seven dollars to thirty dollars in price depending on the quality your looking for or your need. The Budget Life-Size Skull is an adult size skull featuring a movable jaw and removable calvarium (top part of the skull), and retails for around thirteen dollars, making it an ideal addition to your Halloween prop collection. Skulls can be used in your graveyard, set next to pumpkins, as part of a larger display, even as a dining room table center-piece with the calvarium removed and Halloween treats placed inside the skull.

You can even buy bags of bulk bones by the pound! The Anatomical Chart Company's "Bone #1" package contains approximately ten pounds of assorted 4th quality bones including a life-size skull, humerus, hand, hip bone, sacrum, foot, lower jaw, clavicle, ribs, vertebrae, arm and leg bones in various sizes from life-size to mini. We like to fill a large plastic cauldron with a bag of these and set it on the porch for a very spooky decoration. Remember, these are seconds and some may need touching up. You can buy the Bucky Halloween Skeleton and other great Halloween props at the Halloween Connection!

We're always on the look-out for new and unusual Halloween skeleton related products and came across this one at the Halloween Effects website. This Skull Mirror Ball will be a great lighting effect addition for our next Halloween party. The skull shaped disco ball slowly spins from its own battery powered motor, so you don't have to worry about running a power cord from the ceiling to an electrical outlet. Small mirrored mosaic glass tiles cover the eight inch skull. It even has glowing red LED eyes for an added special effect. All you need is one or two light sources, such as a pin spot and its time to party, Halloween style.

For those on a budget or want multiple skeletons, Halloween Effects carries a plastic five foot tall, glow-in-the-dark skeleton that glows brightly when under a black light. The Halloween prop also has battery powered flashing red eyes in the skull for an added effect. This year we're going to attach three of these halloween skeleton's on one of our exterior walls facing the front yard, positioned as though they are dancing and illuminate them with a black light. Should look pretty cool! The GID skeleton retails for only $9.99