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
   

• Directions
   

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  • 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.