My Cute Little Scarecrow

 

My cute little scarecrow in the front flowerbed!!  Let me tell you how I made (or remade) him!!

 

 

I bought this scarecrow which is 3' tall at Michaels.  He was $9.99 but I always have a coupon to use.  He was cute but I wanted one a little bit different.

 

 

So, I literally stripped him of all of his clothes except I left his shoes alone.  I guarantee you, that the price for him is worth the skeletal structure alone.  He is very substantial and stands alone.  Poor unclothed scarecrow!

 

 

Here he is finished.  I took each piece of his clothing and remade it in burlap.  His shirt is an old burlap potatoe sack.  I added more straw everywhere except his feet because I knew I was going to use him in the flowerbed and they would not show.

 

 

Here he is standing by the front door but I liked him much better out in the flower bed with all of the greenery.

 

 

Here's a close up of him with his sunflower on his hat and a black crow on his arm.  Something else I did was add  a dowel across the arms to make them stand straight out sideways.  It was very simple to do after I got all of his clothes removed.

 

Another thing I did was to cover his face with cream colored burlap and then repaint it with a different face.  I just used acrylic paint and black magic marker.

 

 

So, he will be standing out here to welcome everyone who comes by and say "Happy Fall".  I really think he needs a name, any suggestions?

 

Enjoy!

 

Till next time, Judy