By now, you have probably already realized that I am in love with all things fall. Fall trees and their leaves are my absolute favorite, but coming in a very close second are scarecrows. They are just so cute with their hair made out of hay, their floppy hats and their overalls. These black glue scarecrow puppets are fun to design and paint and will make for a fun fall themed puppet show for the kids when they are done.
While cleaning out our kitchen the other day, I stumbled across a full package of brown paper lunch bags. We do not use them for lunches anymore… but oh! the crafting possibilities. When you have about 50 paper bags and a lazy weekend, what else is there to do but make a bunch of fall crafts.
We began a little fall decorating this weekend. We bought a bale of hay to use both for a fun sensory bin for my daughter & to pretty up our front yard for the season.
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We placed our hay in our front yard in anticipation of going to a local farm over the weekend for scarecrow making & pumpkin and gourd picking. I told my daughter that we were going to place scarecrows on our bale of hay. She told me that she wanted to make a girl scarecrow and a mama scarecrow. All of the scarecrow talk had me inspired to start making some scarecrows right now.
Cardboard Tube Scarecrows
What you will need:
Cardboard Tube
Acrylic Paint
Egg Carton Sections
Yarn
Buttons
Markers
Low Temp Glue Gun (Use caution when operating any glue gun.)
Directions:
Poke a slit on either end of your cardboard roll about 1/3 of the way down. Make it large enough so that the craft stick can slide through.
Take the stick back out & paint the stick in whatever color you will want your scarecrow’s shirt to be. Paint about a 1/4 of the tube in a flesh tone. Then paint half of the remainder in the shirt color & then the other half in the pant color. Let the paint dry.
Paint an egg carton section in whatever color that you want the hat to be & then cut out a wavy circle. Let the paint dry.
Glue the egg carton piece to the center of the foam shape.
Crumple up the foam a little so that it has a more natural hat feel.
Glue strands of yarn to the ends of the craft stick.
Glue a few strands of yarn over the top of the flesh toned area on the tube & then glue the hat on.
Glue more strands under the head & then glue on buttons. Draw a face on the scarecrow with magic markers.
The tubes fit perfectly over a couple of fingers to make fun puppets.
We made a mama scarecrow & a little girl one just as my daughter wanted. She had a ton of fun playing with these. These made a wonderful addition to her already amazing imagination for pretend play.
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It is happening. Fall is coming & you can see and feel it already. The weather has gotten cooler, the leaves are starting their seasonal change & everywhere you look, the stores are filled with fall colors. I am giddy with excitement because I love all things autumn and can hardly wait for all that the season has to bring.
Here is an adorable & fun fall craft to kick the season off early.
Like many toddlers, my daughter loves to play dress up. She has a fantastic imagination & she likes to use it. She will put herself into character & really commit to it. We love to make crafts to encourage her love for role play. We make paper plate masks often & another paper plate favorite of ours is hats. With the fall around the corner, we did a fall-themed scarecrow hat.
Paper Plate Straw Scarecrow Hat
What you will need:
Paper plate
Paper bowl
Paint
Scrap paper
School glue
Hot glue gun (as always use caution when operating a glue gun. It is recommended that adults operate the gun)
Directions:
Cut out the center of a paper plate.
Use the hot glue gun to glue the bowl into the middle of the plate.
Paint the body of your hat & let it dry.
Cut skinny strips of construction paper for your straw. Glue them around your hat on the paper plate.
Rip off a couple of pieces of construction paper to make patches for your hat. Draw in simple designs like checks or polka dots.
Glue the patches onto the bowl. Let the glue dry.
When it is dry, it is ready for your head or even your stuffed Teddy’s head.
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Last night I took the dog for a walk around our yard. While we were walking, I could not help but notice how many acorns were on the ground. There were so many perfect little acorns. I began to pick them up & before I knew it I had an armful. I thought my daughter & I could make some fun fall crafts with them. I wanted to make scarecrows out of them & crafts sticks. My daughter had a different idea in mind & decided to make acorn soup instead.
