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| jennyven |
Posted - Aug 13 2008 : 2:48:24 PM
Hello Farmgirls!
I would like to make a scarecrow with my kids this fall but am not sure how to go about it. The supplies I assume would be old clothing, straw, rope or string, a couple of poles for supports. Can anyone help me out?
Thanks!
Jenny |
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| Back Home Again |
Posted - Sep 06 2008 : 11:58:36 PM
I use burlap for the head and place a floppy hat on it..secured with a couple of big hidden safety pins!
Until Later,
Audrey
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| jennyven |
Posted - Aug 29 2008 : 1:05:35 PM
I found a source for straw the other day - an import in these parts. I think it is going to cost me $20 for a small bale. Oh well, it will be a fun, wholesome, outdoorsy activity for us all! Now, to get my husband to rip me some lumber of the right size. I can manage the chainsaw, but the chainsaw mill is a little too much machine for me. :)
Thanks for all the brilliant suggestions and stories! I'll be sure to post a picture once we've created our scarecrow(s).
"It is not a slight thing when they, who are so fresh from God, love us." ~ Mary Engelbreit |
| Jami |
Posted - Aug 28 2008 : 2:01:53 PM
Too funny...I did the exact same thing years ago and everyone who drove by thought it was the gentleman that sold us the house! I have to admit..."Jack" the scarecrow did resemble the gentleman quite a bit! Round head...what can I say? 
Jami in WA
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| BarefootGoatGirl |
Posted - Aug 28 2008 : 1:28:37 PM
A few years ago I made a strawless scarecrow (spur of the moment project). I hot glued a pair of outgrown childrens overalls to a pair of high top canvas sneakers. Then I stuffed the feet and legs with newspapers before tucking a little flannel shirt into the overalls and stuffing it tight to hold it in place. A stuffed pillowcase in an over sized hat made the head and an old pair of gloves the hands. I set it on the front steps and countless people mistook it for the child's who's closet I had just cleaned out!
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| La Patite Ferme |
Posted - Aug 28 2008 : 10:39:20 AM
DD loves making scarecrows for the yard. We use 2 1x2's nailed or screwed into a cross. Then we dress it with old clothes. Sometimes we go to the thrift and look over the super sale bins. We've found some really fun stuff. One year we had a lady scarecrow with gloves, hat and a dress - very cute. Somethings you can staple gun to the wood. Things like pants can be tied with rope to look like suspenders.
If I remember right the upright piece was 5 or 6 feet and the cross piece (which makes the arms) was about 3 feet.
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| nampafarmgirl |
Posted - Aug 22 2008 : 3:28:54 PM
I made three a couple of years ago, still have them too. For each, 1 board, 2x2 for the body, then a shorter one for the arms. Made a small t shape and screwed them together at an angle. I bought a strofoam pumpkin head at Big Lots, thy're the chepest I found, carved out faces for all, dressed them in clothes I bought from the goodwill. My lady waers a straw hat and a dress, that I need to replace this year, I have a man and a kid wearing overalls. BTW, my heads still look great even after letting them cook in the garden in the sun and I leave them out most of the winter in the rain and snow.
Kim
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| willowtreecreek |
Posted - Aug 13 2008 : 7:39:58 PM
I used and old broom handle and ran it through the shirt and one pants leg. I really stuffed the rest of it so it was sturdy enough to stand. I stuck a pumpkin through the top of the broom handle for the head. Other times they just didn't have heads - i just tird a hat at the top.
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| Bear5 |
Posted - Aug 13 2008 : 6:58:52 PM
Don't forget big buttons for the eyes!
Marly |
| ruralfarmgirl |
Posted - Aug 13 2008 : 3:42:21 PM
Jennifer,
This is sort of a sophisticated pattern, but you can simplify it... like I did!
http://www.ehow.com/how_3981_make-scarecrow.html
Rene~Prosser Farmgirl #185
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| acairnsmom |
Posted - Aug 13 2008 : 3:21:00 PM
Welcome Jennifer! I've never made one either but I think you take a broom and lash another pole crosswise on the handle. Then just dress it with an old flannel shirt and overalls stuffed with straw. Add a floppy hat on top and you've got yourself a scarecrow!
Hopefully someone who has experience will fill us both in if I'm wrong!
Audrey
"Let us greet with a song of hope each day" |
