Scarecrows

One of my favorite fall books is The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by, Linda Williams.  This classic tale is a great read-aloud where students love to "clap, stomp, nod" along as they listen.  The story focuses on a scarecrow who is unable to spook the old lady but she cleverly suggests he stay in the garden and scare off the crows for her.  Since the story repeats all of the scarecrows essentials we then recreate it for our art project.

Day one is for laying down the background.  I have the students make a corn field for their scarecrow to live in.

Adding the stalks to their corn field.

Next step is adding the leaves.

Then add some corn between the leaves.

Day two begins with tracing a template for the scarecrow clothes and then collaging all the details to the scarecrows body.  Straw, patches, face, are just a few!