Terra Cotta Scarecrow
Supplies:
- 5” clay pot
- 4” styrofoam ball
- 7” straw hat
- 2 Provo Craft simple shape stockings
- Muslin
- Raffia
- Twine or jute
- Fabric glue / hot glue
- Polyester stuffing
- 1½” button
- 18 gauge wire
- Black Delta paint
- Orange Delta paint
- ¾ yard of plaid Halloween fabric
Instructions:
- Glue styrofoam ball to bottom of clay pot with hot glue.
- Find center of muslin and place over styrofoam ball to cover head and make a collar.
- Tie raffia around intersection of ball and pot. Cinch to form neck.
- Cut sleeve 9”x22”. Glue sleeve along length. When glue is dry, stuff with polyester stuffing. Run a 20” piece of wire through sleeve to make posable arms.
- Glue raffia to inside of sleeve and tie off cuff with raffia. Glue arms around backside of scarecrow to clay pot.
- To make legs, cut fabric 9”x45”. Repeat the instructions for the arms, with the addition of the boots tied to cuff of pants at bottom with raffia.
- Bend legs in half and glue pot in place on top of bend.
- Make hair with a bunch of raffia tied in the middle and trimmed to the length you prefer (ours is 10” long). Glue in place. Glue hat in place.
- Paint on face.
- Use jute to make a belt about 24” long by braiding it with 6 strands. Glue in place.
- Glue bottom in place.
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