The Sandwich Generation granny nanny is partial to this cute scarecrow - I love his head

Easy Scarecrow Fun For Busy Grandparents and Grandchildren

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A fun scarecrow clipart and coloring page for all of us in the Sandwich GenerationScarecrows are a favorite part of our harvest season festivities, have you noticed? Whether it’s cute country clipart pictures, fun scarecrow wall hangings, or our beloved stuffed scarecrow I bought decades ago, they are definitely abundant in my home and on my blogs. One of our favorite scarecrow traditions? Making our own, of course. Care to join in the fun?

The Sandwich Generation granny nanny is partial to this cute scarecrow - I love his head

I have to confess. While there are loads of wonderful and very well crafted scarecrow directions online, these are ultra-simple and “minimalist”! What with staying busy with all the Sandwich Generation issues I juggle, and not being extremely gifted in crafting (hence my favorites ALWAYS being fun and EASY crafts for kids AND seniors), if they weren’t simple, we’d never do them. Therefore, you will find these easey peasey. And the nice thing is, with scarecrows. ANYTHING goes. And that’s one of the best things about them – besides the fact they look so very adorable.

My grandkids cute scarecrows sittin in a row

First we gather the vital necessities:

  1. Newspapers – if you don’t have enough, check with your neighbors. My grandson’s neighbor was our life saver for our project this year.
  2. BIG safety pins – LOTS. Usually I make do with the mixed groups and a bit older ones and they were always a bit hard to use with the bulkier material. This time I splurged and bought a big pack of new and big safety pins and it made a lovely improvement.
  3. Shirts, pants, socks, gloves if you want hands (we didn’t this year, but have in past years) – any size and shape. Over the years, we’ve used adult sizes, kid sizes, and in between. Even baby clothes work fine and look very cute, indeed.
  4. Something for the head.* My first time was with papier mache and it does look well when done right. Mine was “not so right” and downright messy. Fun memories but we’ve never done it again. Other options include:
  • White pillow cases – these tend to be pointy but if you put a big floppy hat on it works fine
  • White garbage bags – these alsoย tend to be pointy but if you put a big floppy hat on it works fine
  • Round plastic pumpkins that are used for trick or treat holders – THANK YOU to Googie’s Place, which I found via one of my two favorite grandparent linkys, Family Home and Life,ย for this fun idea (My other favorite grandparents linky – Grandma’s Briefs, of course. ๐Ÿ™‚ )
  • Round material pumpkins that are used for trick or treat holders – my new favorite, courtesy of Dollar Store this year. We stuffed one with newpaper, attached it easily with safety pins, and he looked cute – with AND without the hat.
  • NOTHING – Thanks to the educational virtues of Disney World and Scooby Doo movies, two of my grandkids are very familiar with “the Headless Horseman.” They opted to make their own scarecrows “Headless, Horseless, Horsemen.” ๐Ÿ™‚ The third grandchild started with the cute pumpkin head and eventually took it off and followed suit.ย 

Stuff everything with newspaper. They will be lighter and fluffier and the newspaper will last longer if you crumple individual sheets. But my grandsons will assure you that grabbing a whole section is faster, funner, and easier.

Attach the shirt to the pants, the pants to the socks, etc. – all by safety pins. Finish by adding the head and, if desired, a hat. And voila, a very happy harvest-y scarecrow to greet your Sandwich Generation family and friends as they come to the door. Hopefully no matter how fast our grandkids grow, they’ll always enjoy the fun memories of Scarecrow-making times together. We certainly will! Happy Autumn Blissย AND Happy Pink Saturday where PUMPKINS are the theme for the day and my cute pumpkin head scarecrow is just the ticket for that.

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Comments

  1. Cute! We helped Amara’s class make a scarecrow a couple of years ago but I never thought to make one for us here at home!

  2. Thanks for the instructions. Your scarecrows are winners.

    Happy Pink Saturday, Kaye.

  3. Very nice! I am the featured blog this week, hope you can drop by.

    Pumpkin Fun
    Have an enjoyable pumpkin-licious weekend!

  4. Thanks Sally! Have a blessed week!

  5. Thanks Debra! ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿ™‚

  6. It’s definitely a lot of fun Grandma Kc ๐Ÿ™‚

  7. Hi Kaye, I am so glad you visited me today. I too love to make scarecrows. we have had fun doing this in the past but we haven’t made one recently. Your tutorial is terrific and easy to do. Your photos prove you know how to do this. Smile. Thank you for sharing your instructions. I am sending them to my daughters who have teens. I think they would have fun with this.
    Happy Pink Saturday,
    Hugs, Jeanne

  8. Thanks, Jeanne! It was, indeed, full of giggles and fun! ๐Ÿ™‚ Autumn blessings to you!

  9. You always have such great stuff here to use! ๐Ÿ™‚

  10. Those are too cute!! I have overalls and long johns I’ve kept after my kids were grown. I should pull them out and make scarecrows out of them!!

  11. Grand idea, LoneStarLady ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿ™‚

  12. I thought Iโ€™d make someoneโ€™s Monday a little brighter, so Iโ€™m visiting your Pink Saturday! I love your “visitors”. Thanks for stopping by to visit my dinasaurs! See today just got a little โ€œpinker!โ€

  13. Now THIS is my kind of scarecrow. I never thought to use newspaper to fill out the spooky and silly guys. Great idea! Thank you. (And thanks again for linking to the GRAND Social!)

  14. Thanks for your sweet visits, Lisa. As you can tell, I’m running a bit behind this week, actually this year! I keep thinking things will slow down and they just speed up even more. ๐Ÿ™‚ Yowzer!!! ๐Ÿ™‚

  15. They sound perfect! And if you didn’t make it this year, they’ll be perfect next year as well ๐Ÿ™‚

  16. ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿ™‚ Loved visiting your site and the cute dinosaurs. Praying for you and your family in this season of grief and loss!

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