Scarecrow Challenge Anyone?

[Heldi]

Thanks Carol it'll be a nice trip out for the bairns...and me!

Ordered the book from Amazon,couldn't resist.

BL,I was thinking, couldn't you do an ickle scarecrow for a plant pot or something like that?

[Heldi]

[busy_lizzie]

I am still going to do one Heldi.  I have already drawn a pic of it (made OH titter because I am not a very good artist), I think it could look quite good.  Have been rooting around the garage today for some wood.  :D busy_lizzie

[Heldi]

Brilliant BL. I'll be looking forward to seeing a pic.  Half term next week so will do one then.

[Jesse]

We made our scarecrow lady today. We used an old thermal vest stuffed with straw and tied off at the top and bottom to make her head. Some old clothes, shirt stuffed with straw to give her shape, an old beach sarong as a skirt, gloves for hands and tied at the wrists with raffia to keep the gloves in place. The raffia blows nicely in the wind to add pigeon scare factor. The hat is one of my good ones which I've used for the photo as the cheap one (a large orange mexican straw hat) I found on ebay hasn't arrived yet, she'll be going to the allotment as soon as the hat arrives. Here's some photos:

[busy_lizzie]

Aw!! How cute Jesse, and very well put together too. I haven't even started my construction yet, only drawn a plan and started collecting wood.  :) busy_lizzie

[Jesse]

Thanks BL :)

You have a plan!? You're more organised than me then ;D

[Heldi]

Aaaw she is fab Jesse!

My son said he wants his scarecrow to have a beak like a chicken lol! How on earth we'll do that I don't know!  I am forming ideas as I type.

[Jesse]

Thanks Heldi :)

You could sew two triangular pieces of fabric together to form a cone shape and stuff it with whatever you have on hand...newspaper, straw, wood shavings, then attach a string to it and tie around it's head.

[Heldi]

Uh-oh Jesse you are just encouraging him with your good ideas,he'll be wanting a full blown scarecrow cockerel next !  ;D

[Ceratonia]

One of our scarecrows has a beak - made the way Jesse suggested. It was supposed to be a parsnip (so it looked like Spud off Bob the Builder), but the whole thing ended up looking like we'd decapitated a large blackbird and put its head on a stick as a medieval-style warning to the others.

Not that the pigeons take any notice  >:(

[Jesse]

It may not keep the pigeons away but our one is keeping the cats away, they're terrified of the thing! ;D

[Heldi]

Ceratonia, you did make me laugh!  Aaah Spud.My favourite Bob character. I warmed to him when he bent over and patted his backside at the others!


Ooooh the creative juices have been flowing this morning. I need to write things down though because I'll have forgotten by next week.

[John_H]

I snapped this photo yesterday. Sad to say its not my creative work, but the winning entry in the allotment society competition last year (made by a 13 yr old!).

[Jesse]

hehe, very good...and scary too :D

[Roy Bham UK]

 ;D looks like Wacko Jacko dancing to "Thriller" ;D

[John_H]

I thought it was Alice Cooper myself

http://www.punk77.co.uk/punkhistory/alicecooper.htm

[Heldi]

Thats a great scarecrow John.  I'll go with Alice Cooper too...it's the black stuff on the eyes and mouth. It looks pretty scary.


Jesse our scarecrow has a body,some arms and some rubber gloves!  Still on with the rest of it,trying to find a top/shirt big enough and we need to fix it's face up.

[Jitterbug]

Bisterne, in Hampshire just outside Ringwood also has a Scarecrow Festival sometime in August.  It was quite funny riding down their main street with all these scarecrows all over the place.  There were even ones waiting at the bus stop and ones pushing baby prams.  I will definitely take another ride through this year and maybe stop and take some pictures.  They were very good indeed.

[Jesse]

I might go and see that Jitterbug, we're not too far from Hampshire :)

Have you decided how to do the face now Heldi?

[Vony]

JUST A THOUGHT
Vony.