130+ Best Skeleton Puns and Jokes

Last Updated: September 22, 2025 by the Homemade Gifts Team

Every morning before school, I pack my kid’s lunches and that’s when I dig up my best skeleton puns. Along with the sandwiches and snacks, I usually tuck in a joke or a doodle, but around Halloween, it turns into something bone-chillingly funny. Last year, I started slipping skeleton puns and jokes in, and to my surprise they were a humerus hit. Of course, I got a few groans and eye rolls at first, but now the kids love to see them when the spooky season comes around.

While creating the internet’s ultimate list of skeleton jokes, I realised I needed to include a good range of bone jokes as well as bone puns. That way you’ll be armed for any occasion that requires a bit of ribbing. Though I do mostly share these at Halloween, sometimes the opportunity for the perfect skeleton pun arises, and then you can be ready. Sure, your friend’s eyes might roll in their sockets but at least when you share a pun or two, they won’t feel bonely!

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The Best Skeleton Puns and Jokes

These skeleton puns and jokes are family-friendly, slightly spooky and guaranteed to tickle your funny bone!

Why do skeletons remain calm under pressure?
Nothing gets under their skin.

What did the skeleton ask his girlfriend?
Will you marrow me?

Did you hear about the movie that's about a broken arm?
It has an amazing cast.

Why did the skeleton move to Hollywood?
It wanted tibia movie star.

What would the last skeleton on Earth be called?
The end-o skeleton.

What do you call a skeleton with a man-bun that drinks coffee?
A hip-ster.

Why didn't the skeleton go to the dance?
It had no body to go with.

Why didn't the skeleton go on the rollercoaster?
It didn't have the guts.

What do you call a lying skeleton?
A fib-ula.

What do you call a skeleton who presses a doorbell?
A dead ringer.

What do skeletons fly in?
A skele-copter.

Why don't skeletons eat spicy curries?
They don't have the stomach for Indian food.

What type of movies do skeletons watch?
Spine-tinglers.

What type of art do skeletons create?
Skull-ptures.

Why don't skeletons like snow?
It sends a chill up their spine.

Why didn't the skeleton want to play a sport?
His heart wasn't in it.

What do you call a cold skeleton?
A numbskull.

How do you know when a skeleton is sick?
It runs a high femur.

What makes skeletons laugh?
Humerus jokes.

What did the skeleton use to mow its garden?
A shoulder blade.

Where does a skeleton's pet parrot live?
In a rib cage.

Why did the skeleton fail its math test?
It was thick-skulled.

What do skeletons eat at a BBQ?
Spare ribs.

What is a skeleton's favorite rock band?
The Grateful Dead.

How do you know when a skeleton is lying?
You can see right through them.

Why can't a skeleton play the piano?
They don't have any organs.

Why do skeletons hate chilly weather?
The cold goes right through them.

Where do skeletons buy makeup?
The Body Shop.

What type of candy do skeletons love to eat?
Jawbreakers.

What do you call a skeleton who looks like someone you know?
A dead ringer.

Who would win a skeleton beauty pageant?
No-body.

Knock knock.
Who's there?
Skeleton.
Skeleton who?
Why do you ask, when there's no-body there?

What happened to the pirates when their ship sank?
They became a skeleton crew.

How do you get into a haunted house?
Turn the skeleton key.

Why was the skeleton lonely?
He had no body.

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I think I have femur.

I don’t have the stomach.

Be cool, stay in skull!

Ain’t got no body.

My favorite tree is a bone-sai tree.

Social skulls.

Joint the dots.

Jaw the short straw.

Just skull-king around.

Taking a skelfie.

A dead ringer.

This is going tibia fun experience.

I'll vertabreak you in two.

Are you spine on me?

A bone-afide skeleton pun.

These skeleton puns are really humerus.

Watch your backbone.

If you can’t beat ‘em, joint ‘em.

Knee-dy.

Absolutely fibula-ous.

Made of sternum stuff.

Luck of the jaw.

Skelecopter.

Femur pitch.

Tibia perfectly honest.

Hip hip hooray!

You’ve got tibia kidding.

Saturday night femur.

Tibia or not tibia that is the question.

I'm heavier than I look: I weigh a skele-ton!

I had to send the skeleton to prison. He was bad to the bone.

This is sacrum ground.

Ah, I'm just ribbing you.

I see you didn't like that joke, you're looking at me all sternum.

Tibia honest, I couldn’t have done it without ya.

Bone Skeleton Puns and Jokes

These bone skeleton puns are sure to crack you up! From skulls to spines, we are digging up the best bone related word play.

What hobby do skeletons with a green thumb enjoy?
Growing bone-sai trees.

Which unit of measurement is used to weigh bones?
Skele-tons.

What is the sassiest of all 206 bones of a skeleton?
A cheek bone.

What's a skeleton's favorite crime TV show?
Bones.

How do skeletons know it is going to rain?
They can feel it in their bones.

What is a skeleton's coolest bone?
The hip.

What type of steak do they serve at a golf club?
A tee bone.

How do you make a skeleton laugh out loud?
Tickle its funny bone.

Who's the most famous French military skeleton?
Napoleon bone-apart.

What do healthy skeletons drink?
Bone-broth.

What do skeleton chefs cook when boiling a funny bone?
A laughing stock.

What has 5,356 bones and catches flies?
A skeleton baseball team.

How do skeletons call other skeletons?
They use a tele-bone.

What do you call a skeleton detective?
Sherlock Bones.

When does a skeleton lawyer work for free?
On pro bone-o cases.

Did you hear about the skeleton who was caught in the rain?
She got soaked to the bone.

What's a skeleton's favorite musical instrument?
The trom-bone.

What do you call a skeleton who likes to sleep in?
Lazy bones.

Why do skeletons drink lots of milk?
It's good for your bones.

What's a skeleton's favorite song?
Bone to be Wild.

Why was the skeleton wanted by the FBI?
It was bad to the bone.

What did the mom skeleton say to her naughty child?
I've got a bone to pick with you.

What do skeletons do on camp?
Sing around the bone-fire.

What do you call a silly skeleton?
Bonehead.

What alternative band do cool skeletons listen to?
Bon-e Iver.

What do skeletons say when they go on holiday?
Bone-voyage.

What kind of plate do skeletons eat from?
Bone china.

Which candy can you find on a skeleton's Christmas tree?
Bone-bones.

What instrument do jazzy skeletons play?
A sax-a-bone.

What do skeleton chefs say before a meal?
Bone appetite.

Why will skeletons laugh at all of our jokes?
They all have a funny bone!

What does a skeleton order at a Vietnamese Restaurant?
Bone-mi.

How do French skeletons say hi?
Bone-jour.

Which rock band do skeletons love?
Bon-e Jovi.

I’m feeling bonely.

Here today, gone to-marrow.

Not all it’s cracked up tibia.

A star is bone.

It’s bonely at the top.

Marrow-minded.

I have a bone to pick with you.

Bone-anza.

Bonely hearts.

Bone this way.

Jungle femur.

Nowhere tibia found.

Bone-jour.

Knuckle on wood.

Cabin femur.

Get off my backbone.

I'm doing this pro-bone-o!

Close to the bone.

Bad to the bone.

Joint at the hip.

On the straight and marrow.

I want tibia a star!

I wasn’t bone yesterday.

One trick bony.

Joint the club.

Stop telling fibulas.

Throw me a bone.

Tell the tooth.

Jaw a line in the sand.

Bone appetit.

Joint forces.

Natural bone leader.

Bone to be wild.

Bone voyage.

Humerus to the Bone: Ways to Use Skeleton Puns at Home or in the Classroom

Looking to add bone-afide fun and clever word play into your day?Here are rib-tickling ways to use skeleton puns and jokes at home or in the classroom that are sure to get kids giggling and creativity rattling!

Skeleton Pun Messages

Our bone-tingling skeleton puns make the perfect captions for greeting cards, social media captions or even a quick text message to a friend or loved one. Choose your favorite and liven up that Halloween greeting card.

Skelton Pun Bulletin Boards

Transform your classroom into a spooky-fun space with a Halloween-themed bulletin board that is bad to the bone! Use skeleton puns and jokes as the centerpiece of the display by printing them or writing them out onto speech bubbles or tombstone cut outs. Have students color skeleton coloring pages and add them onto the board for extra fun!

Skeleton Pun Jar

Chase away the cabin femur with skeleton puns and jokes. Print out a selection of our skeleton puns and jokes. Cut them into strips and place them into a jar or bag. Paint or draw a skeleton onto the jar or bag for extra fun. Each day, everyone picks one to enjoy a little laugh during those chilly October nights.

Skeleton Pun Posters

Create skeleton posters using Q-tips! Cut q-tips in half and glue them onto black construction paper in the shape of a skeleton. It doesn’t even have to be human – could be a dog, spider or any other animal you like. Add your favorite skeleton puns along with crazy hair, googly eyes or other fun additions to have a skele-ton of fun!