scarecrow
Join us as we celebrate the fall season with one-of-a-kind scarecrows kids make themselves!
This activity is appropriate for:
1st - 3rd grade / 6 - 8 years
You will need:
- Dot Art Painters
- Collage Buttons
- Hair-Colors Crinkle Strips
- Construction Paper - 9" x 12"
- (Yellow, Blue, Brown, and Red)
- Lakeshore Crayon Packs
- Yarn Laces with Tips
- Best-Buy Scissors
- Scarecrow template
- White bag
- Tacky glue
- Paper bowl
- Newspaper
Directions
- Invite children to paint a paper bowl with Dot Art Painters. Set aside to dry.
- Stuff a paper bag halfway with newspaper. Secure bag closed with yarn.
- Create a scarecrow head out of the stuffed portion of the paper bag.
- Encourage kids to color the head of the scarecrow brown and the body blue.
- Glue buttons on for the eyes and construction paper for the nose. Prompt children to draw on a big smile using a red crayon.
- Add Hair-Colors Crinkle Strips to the top of the bag and glue the paper bowl on top for the hat. Set aside to dry.
- Cut two long yellow strips of construction paper (1" x 9") for the arms and two long blue strips (1" x 12") for the legs.
- Direct children to fold the construction paper accordion-style and attach to the body of the scarecrow.
- Using the template, cut two hands and two feet out of brown construction paper. Attach to the arms and legs.
- Attach yarn at the top to display the scarecrow.
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