Collect jeans and shirts(children’s and small sizes use less stuffing)
Sew muslin bag for heads
A work night a few days before the event to get the supplies ready
Sorting through the jeans and shirts leftover from the club’s Yard Sale
Cutting out bandannas or neckerchiefs
Laying out and cutting yarn for the hair
Gluing the hair on the heads
Or sew yarn into the seam while making the heads
Cutting patches out of fabric to decorate the scarecrows
The day of your event
• Have markers to draw faces and cardboard so the ink doesn’t bleed through
• A chair to display a sample scarecrow
• Puff up the plastic bags, ready for stuffing
Scarecrow Booth open for business
Choose a muslin head
Draw a face on the muslin head
Choose a shirt and jeans, then tie off the shirt arms and pant legs with twine
Stuff with dry, clean plastic grocery bags
Glue on fabric patches
Each scarecrow builder receives a certificate that includes the name of the builder, the scarecrow’s name, the date and name of the event and the name of the Pilot Club.
Spooky
Jane DoePatty
Pilot
Each child or adult who makes a scarecrow receives information about the brain and how to put on a helmet correctly.
Our club registers an event during Brain Awareness Week in March which allows us to order free materials from the Dana Brain Alliance.
Scarecrow Workshop at Virginia District Convention
Projects?
Or Fundraising?
Glinda explained that both scarecrows were right, it’s both a fundraiser and a project!