How to Make a Scarecrow - Step By Step Craft Project

Hi, I'm Virginia from the Fusil Valley Nursery. Have you been noticing chard with holes in it? Or your sunflowers with little pecked holes? I think you need a scarecrow, and I'm going to show you how to make one. To make your scarecrow, you're gonna need some old clothes, preferably a button-down shirt. It makes it easier. Some twine. I used hemp twine. Some netting, though it's not necessary. It makes it a lot easier. Burlap. I sewed this burlap bag. Some straw, very important. I have some accessories here. Makes it a little fun. And bamboo, seven-foot pole and a four-foot pole. First, you can stuff your netting. Or if you're not using netting, rubber band off the arms of your shirt and stuff your shirt. Next, after you stuff your netted arms, stick them on either end of the four-foot pole. And then we're going to lash it to the seven-foot pole about six inches from the top with about five to six feet of twine. First, you're gonna start with a clove hitch. Make two loops in the same direction and put one behind the other and over the top. Tighten it up about six inches down. Then you're going to put it over your four-foot pole. Under, over, under, over. You're gonna do this about three or four times. Then you're going to wrap in between the two poles. Make that nice and tight. Again, about three or four times. Put it under the last piece. And then to really finish it off, make an X over your pole. Put this under. And then slip your loose end under the cross of the X. Next, it's time to dress your scarecrow. This is why the button-up shirt is a lot easier than anything else. The bigger the shirt, the better. Now we're going to get ready to attach the pants. You want to connect your two legs. Or if you're not using the netting, you just wanna tie off the end of your pants so you can stuff them. With some twine, stuff these in the pants. Now attach them to your frame with twine. And again, you're gonna make some twine suspenders. So you wanna cut two pieces of twine, about three to four feet, depending on how tall your scarecrow is. And just attach them to your front, just like suspenders on your front and back belt loops so they can hang off the frame. And now you're going to wanna stand your scarecrow up so you can work with him. I'm just gonna lean him against this apricot tree here. Very nice. Okay, stuff him in here. And then don't worry about the pole, it's just gonna stick out the back. That's how he is. And you can take your straw, beef him up here. Just gonna button him up and puff out his chest so that I'll make him look a little scarier to those critters. After you've sewn your bag, turned it inside out, you can use some waterproof paint markers to dry your face. I just stuff it with straw, cinch it up at the bottom, tie it around with twine, and you're ready to go. Now's the fun part. You're gonna put your head up on top, right up against his shoulders. Now some accessories. The hat, put that on there. A bandana, put that on there. Yeah, it's looking great. Just tie some bird scare tape in anywhere, really. Now you just need to name your scarecrow, put him out in your field, and grow organic for life.