Paper Bag Scarecrows

These cute fall creatures are so easy to make.

What you need:

-          Paper bags

-          Newpaper

-          Markers

-          Egg carton

-          Raffia or ribbon

-          Twist tie

-          Glue

-          Scissors

-          Buttons

-          An adult assistant to help you with this craft

What you do:

1.       Draw a scarecrow face on the bottom 1/3 of your paper bag. Just add dots for the eyes as you will be adding button eyes at the end.

2.       Stuff crinkled up newspaper into the bottom 1/3 of your paper bag.

3.       Squeeze your bag shut just about the newspaper and close with twist tie.

4.       Using scissors, cut the top of the paper bag in strips down to just above the twist tie. Fan out strips to make scarecrow’s hair.

5.       Cut up egg carton into individual cups to from ‘hats’.

6.       Wrap a piece of ribbon or raffia around the base of a hat and glue hat on top of your scarecrow’s head.

7.       Glue button eyes onto your scarecrow’s face.

You can hang up these funny scarecrow heads or sit them on a windowsill to watch over the trick or treating fun!

8 Responses to Paper Bag Scarecrows

  1. mommo66 says:

    I like the pudding cup hat – it makes me think of lots of hat options from the recycling bin – tomato can, yogurt cup, even a juice box might be cute

  2. gjfjdgdfghfjg says:

    Hat doesn’t look like an egg carton. It looks more like a pudding cup.

  3. Candy_Girl says:

    I Made Some of those and they turned out to look so cool! :D So Now I Am Makeing Some For My Friends.
    ~Candy+Girl

    • sarahandlacey says:

      Neat idea! I love crafts! :mrgreen:

      • krystalkat says:

        I could make this for my Halloween party. :D

        ♥♥♥~krystalkat~♥♥♥

        • lillyluvie says:

          I could make these for my Halloween party too. All of my middle school friends are coming. And my friends from my old school too. See, I just started a new school this year, so to meet new people, I invited them to my party. Hope they have fun! ( And yes, we are going Trick or Treating. Who says 12 is too old? ;) )

          *Luv from LillyLuvie*

          • April says:

            Yes I also trick or treat and play Webkinz! I’m gonna trick or trick for the rest of my life, youre never too old!

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