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Scarecrow Paper Plate Craft

Craft a friendly paper plate scarecrow with this creative DIY project, perfect for adding a touch of autumn whimsy to your fall decorations.
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
Course: Kids Crafts
Author: Alli Ward

Equipment

  • Scissor

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Start by printing out the scarecrow craft template from the bottom of the page. Print right onto your brown paper, otherwise print out on typical white paper, cut out the template, then trace onto the brown paper. Cut out your scarecrow hat from brown paper.
    scarecrow hat traced on brown paper
  • Cut out approximately 10-20 strips of yellow yarn. The strips should be approximately an inch and half to two inches long.
    cut yellow yarn for scarecrow hair
  • Glue the yarn strips to the bottom of the scarecrow hat with the longer strips towards the outside of the scarecrow's face.
    glue yarn to under scarecrow hat
  • Glue the hat to the top of the paper plate.
    glue scarecrow hair and hat to paper plate
  • Next, glue the googly eyes to the paper plate right below the hair.
    glue on googly eyes to paper plate scarecrow
  • Next, cut out a small triangle for the scarecrow's nose.
    cut small triangle from orange paper plate scarecrow nose
  • Attach the scarecrow nose to the face right between the eyes.
    glue nose to scarecrow face
  • The last step is to use a black marker and draw on a big smile. The key is to add small marks along the smile to resemble stiches. Add a small curved line to the top of the scarecrow's silly hat along with stitches. Viola, you have a cute scarecrow craft!
    using black marker make smile with stiches and stiches on hat

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