Scarecrow Crafts for Kids

Scarecrow crafts, fun activity for all the family.

If you have a garden or planning to have one, building a scarecrow with your kids can be so much fun.

It is a great exercise for your kid, they can use their imagination to create the scarecrow, plus building it from recycled materials will teach them the meaning and importance of recycling.

You can use any materials you have at home and build a wonderful scarecrow. For the one in the picture we used:

For the head - we took an empty baby food container and coated it with gesso (base coating substance). Then my daughter painted his face (eyes, lips, cheeks).

The hair - my daughter wanted it to be a she scarecrow so we made her long hair out of a colorful plastic bag. We cut the bag into stripes and pined them on top of the container.

The arms – are made from soda bottles. We painted them with some acrylic paint mixed with water based glue (we used glue so that the paint will stick to the bottles).

The hands – I drew my daughter’s hands on a cardboard, we cut them and glue them each to a skewer, then we made a small hole in the bottle’s cap and inserted the skewer.

The body – we used an old shoe box. We flatten the box by opening it’s sides and cut it in the shape of a skirt. Then we decorated it with colorful stickers and crayons. To finish it we wrapped the body with plastic bag so that it won’t get wet in the rain.

Did you and your kid build a cool scarecrow from recycled materials?

With all that energy your child invested into the building the scarecrow , now it's time to tell us all about it. To share with others his / her creative idea which in turn will come back right at you when you're in need of some ideas.

Enjoy the ideas on this site, find inspiration in these excellent suggestions and share with us your own creations.

Scarecrow Crafts Submission Guidelines

• Include a picture of your scarecrow and full instructions on how to make it. (Explain how you made the scarecrow, tips that'll help to create it, or provide any other information you'd like to share) Your instructions are really important.
• Your scarecrow picture must be of a scarecrow that you or a family member made (not purchased).
• Your picture and instructions must be original and not copied from another source.

Share your scarecrow’s pictures and instructions on how you built it.

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