Paper Bag Scarecrow

Protect your garden and decorate for fall with a mini scarecrow! He's only made out of paper, so make sure he doesn't melt away in the rain!
Materials
- Natural Braiding Cord
- Rainbow Fuzzy Sticks
- Watercolor Paint Palette
- Rainbow Poms Assorted Sizes, 100 pieces
- Wiggly Eyes 10mm
- Round Dowels Assorted Sizes
- Paper Lunch Bag
- Cardboard Tube
- Scissors
- Blue & Yellow Construction Paper
- Masking Tape
- Stapler
- Craft Glue or Hot Glue ***May Require Adult Assistance
Instructions
Step 1. Gather your supplies. | |
Step 2. Cut open a paper lunch bag and remove the bottom. | |
Step 3. Fold the flattened paper bag in half and draw the outline of a body. | |
Step 4. Keep folded and cut out the body, to make two identical bodies. | |
Step 5. Staple the two bodies together around the edges, but be sure to leave an open space so you can stuff the scarecrow with poms! | |
Step 6. Stuff the scarecrow full of poms, then staple him closed. | |
Step 7. Cut a shirt out for the scarecrow. Use the completed puppet body to make sure it’s the right size. | |
Step 8. Glue the shirt onto the scarecrow. Glue (2) wiggly eyes to his face. | |
Step 9. Cut out a pair of overalls. Cut a zig zag pattern across the bottom of the pant legs so they appear to be worn. Use the scarecrows body to make sure it’s the right size. | |
Step 10. Glue the overalls to the scarecrows body. | |
![]() | Step 11. Cut a cardboard tube in half and then cut up the sides of the tubes, so they are open as shown. |
Step 12. Cut 1/4″ slits into the bottom of each tube. | |
Step 13. Staple both pieces of cardboard together. | |
Step 14. Fit the hat around the head of the scarecrow and staple. Cut off any excess cardboard. | |
Step 15. Paint the hat with brown watercolor. | |
Step 16. Create a flower out of (1) yellow fuzzy stick. | |
Step 17. Glue the flower to the hat and add a mini orange pony bead as the flowers center. | |
Step 18. Glue the finished hat to the scarecrow. | |
Step 19. Wrap a piece of cording in half, over and over again. | |
Step 20. Cut the loops on each end of the wrapped cording. | |
Step 21. Cut the group of cording in half. | |
Step 22. Glue the pieces of cording under the hat and under the scarecrow’s sleeves, to replicate hay. | |
Step 23. Tape your scarecrow to a wooden dowel to stick in a potted plant or just have on display! |