
Pasta skeleton
Lay out dried pasta shapes to build a human skeleton and name the bones as you go.
A body needs a frame. Pasta makes a surprisingly good one.
What you need
- Dried pasta of several shapes
- Dark paper
- Glue or nothing at all
How to do it
- 1
Lie down on the floor and feel for your own skull, ribs, spine and hip bones.
- 2
Choose which pasta shape suits each bone.
- 3
Lay the skeleton out on dark paper, starting with the spine.
- 4
Add the ribs, arms and legs, counting as you go.
- 5
Name five bones out loud, then stick them down if you want to keep it.
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