Popsicle Stick Scarecrow Craft

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Today we are making a popsicle stick scarecrow! It’s a cute and fun fall craft for kids that’s they’ll love to make.

Making a scarecrow out of popsicle sticks is a fun and easy Halloween popsicle stick craft for kids to craft.

It’s a good craft to make while teaching kids about the usefulness of scarecrows in farms and gardens and why they might see them there.

This scarecrow craft can be made with just a few supplies, and it’s a great project for kids of all ages.

It’s one our favorite popsicle stick crafts for kids and a good Halloween craft too.

Materials Needed

To make this scarecrow popsicle stick craft, start by gathering the following materials:

Popsicle sticks: The base of the craft. Plain ones are perfect for this craft.

Craft paint: We used orange and red to make a brownish color. It’ll be for the scarecrows hat so any color you like will work.

Yarn or string: We used hemp string, but you can use raffia, yellow yarn or any kind of string you think would work.

Foam sheet: We used an orange foam sheet for the scarecrow’s hat, but orange construction paper or yellow paper would work well too.

Craft paper: We had black paper on hand to make the eyes, but you could use googly eyes or our free printable eyes as well.

You’ll also need some basic craft supplies like:

• Scissors
• Glue (we used a hot glue gun, but Elmer’s glue will work for younger kids too!)
• Black marker
• Paintbrush

How to Make a Popsicle Stick Scarecrow

Once you’ve got all your materials together, we can start making our scarecrow craft.

Step 1: Arrange the popsicle sticks

Place 7 popsicle sticks all together in a straight row together.

Carefully draw a slanted line on the upper part of the scarecrow like shown below.

Step 2: Paint

Next, paint above the slanted line you made orange. Once the paint is dry, glue the them together.

Step 3: Paint an Additional Stick

Next, grab an additional popsicle stick and paint it orange. After it’s dry glue it across the sloped line.

This will be the hat brim for the scarecrow.

Make sure to cover up the paint line, this will create a neater look.

Step 4: Cut out the Eyes

Next, it’s time to make the scarecrow’s eyes.

We used a thick black paper and painted the outer eyes white and the pupils we kept black.

But you could easily create eyes on white paper and cut them out.

Step 5: Attach the eyes

Next, glue the eyes onto your popsicle stick scarecrow.

Step 6: Make a Nose

Next, create a nose by cutting a small triangle from the orange foam sheet. Paper would work fine for this step as well.

Glue it to the face under neath the eyes.

Step 7: Make a Mouth

Next, make a mouth by drawing a line under the nose. We made a big smile.

Step 8: Start the Hair

Next, take your yarn or string and loosely wrap it around your hand several times creating a multistrand loop like shown below.

Step 9: Cut the Edges

Tie it off in the middle to bind them all together and cut the edges.

Step 10: Attach the Hair

Now, turn the scarecrow over (once everything is dry) and attach the hair to the back of the scare crow at the top.

We also reinforced the scarecrow by adding an additional popsicle stick on the back and gluing it to secure the bottom sticks together.

Step 11: Admire your Creation!

That’s it! Turn your popsicle stick scarecrow back over and admire your little creation.

This is a great craft for kids, or to use as some cute fall decor.

He’d look great with our popsicle stick pumpkin craft and or popsicle stick vampire!