The Bone Cleaner (and Collector)

Ever curious about how bones and skulls are cleaned for display? Grab your gloves—we’re uncovering the world of taxidermy to learn how to safely clean and bleach animal bones at home!

Whitening and cleaning animal bones is a simpler process than you may think!

My strange and wonderful daughter has an obsession with bones since she was three years old. She even asked me if she could have my bones when I die.  I said yes, but since we aren’t at that point yet, right now we are gathering all sorts of animal bones and cleaning them.