Scarecrow Crafting Delight: Easy DIY with Dollar Store Essentials!
Welcome to a delightful crafting adventure where creativity and simplicity intertwine to bring you an adorable scarecrow craft made using craft sticks and a budget-friendly cutting board from the Dollar Store. In just 30 minutes, you can bring this charming scarecrow to life, adding a touch of autumnal warmth to your home decor or fall-tiered tray display. Gather your crafting enthusiasm, let your imagination run free, and let’s create a scarecrow that will infuse your living space with the cozy spirit of fall.
Crafting isn’t just a hobby; it’s a way to add a personal touch to your living space, making it truly yours. With this easy and quick scarecrow project, you’re not only creating a delightful decoration but also indulging in the joy of crafting. So, let’s grab those craft sticks and a cutting board, and let the scarecrow-making fun begin! 🍂🎃
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Cutting Board Scarecrow Craft Materials:
- Craft Sticks, Jumbo – Dollar Store
- Unfinished Wooden Cutting Board – Dollar Store
- Buttons, Brown – Dollar Store
- Ribbon, Gingham – Dollar Store
- Natural Jute Twine – Dollar Store
- Silk Sunflower – Dollar Tree
- Raffia – Dollar Tree
- Craft Felt, Burnt Orange
- Acrylic Craft Paint – Off White, Light Brown, Medium Brown, Pink
- Glue Gun and Glue Sticks – Dollar Store
- Scissors
- Paintbrush
- Ruler
- Pencil
- Cotton Swab
- Permanent Black Marker
- PRINT THE PATTERN CUTTING BOARD SCARECROW
Cutting Board Scarecrow Craft Instructions:
Step 1
Gather all supplies. Place the jumbo craft stick toward the top of the cutting board and draw a line with a pencil.
Step 2
Basecoat the top half of the cutting board and the jumbo craft stick with light brown acrylic craft paint. Let dry and apply a second coat, if necessary.
Step 3
Basecoat the bottom half of the cutting board with off-white acrylic craft paint. Let dry and apply a second coat, if necessary.
Step 4
Measure and mark the jumbo craft stick to 4.5” long with a pencil. Trim the ends of the craft stick with scissors.
Step 5
Dry brush the medium brown acrylic craft paint in a cross-hatch pattern on the scarecrow hat and brim. This will look like burlap. Let dry.
Attach the craft stick hat brim to the scarecrow with a glue gun and glue sticks.
TIP: You can use liquid craft glue for this project, but you will have to wait for it to dry.
Step 6
Cut an 8-inch section of raffia with scissors, and then cut in half. Tie the top of each bundle of raffia with natural jute twine, securing with a knot.
Step 7
Attach the bundles of raffia to the left and right sides of the scarecrow with a glue gun and glue sticks. Use the hat brim to secure the raffia hair in the back.
Step 8
Download, print, and cut out the scarecrow nose pattern. Trace onto burnt orange craft felt, and cut out with scissors.
Step 9
To create the scarecrow’s face, attach two brown buttons for eyes and the felt nose with a glue gun and glue sticks. Add cheeks by swirling a cotton swab dipped in pink acrylic craft paint.
Step 10
Tie an orange gingham ribbon in a bow attached to the scarecrow’s hat and glue a silk sunflower in the center. To finish, draw a smile from cheek to cheek with a permanent black marker, then create vertical stitches.
Create this adorable Scarecrow for your Autumn home décor or your fall-tiered tray display.
Let the kids use their imagination with their own Scarecrow craft! They might want to change the flower or the bow. Maybe their scarecrow has a blue hat? They can make it their own fall friend. So, this craft transforms humble materials into an autumn delight and wraps it all up in a neat package of entertainment and skill-building for the young crafters in your life.
Print the Tutorial:
Dollar Store Cutting Board Scarecrow Craft
Create this adorable Scarecrow for your Autumn home décor or your fall-tiered tray display.
Materials
- Craft Sticks, Jumbo – Dollar Store
- Unfinished Wooden Cutting Board – Dollar Store
- Buttons, Brown – Dollar Store
- Ribbon, Gingham – Dollar Store
- Natural Jute Twine – Dollar Store
- Silk Sunflower – Dollar Tree
- Raffia – Dollar Tree
- Craft Felt, Burnt Orange
- Acrylic Craft Paint – Off White, Light Brown, Medium Brown, Pink
Tools
- Glue Gun and Glue Sticks – Dollar Store
- Scissors
- Paintbrush
- Ruler
- Pencil
- Cotton Swab
- Permanent Black Marker
Instructions
STEP ONE
Gather all supplies. Place the jumbo craft stick toward the top of the cutting board and draw a line with a pencil.
STEP TWO
Basecoat the top half of the cutting board and the jumbo craft stick with light brown acrylic craft paint. Let dry and apply a second coat, if necessary.
STEP THREE
Basecoat the bottom half of the cutting board with off-white acrylic craft paint. Let dry, and apply a second coat, if necessary.
STEP FOUR
Measure and mark the jumbo craft stick to 4.5” long with a pencil. Trim the ends of the craft stick with scissors.
STEP FIVE
Dry brush the medium brown acrylic craft paint in a cross-hatch pattern on the scarecrow hat and brim. This will look like burlap. Let dry.
Attach the craft stick hat brim to the scarecrow with a glue gun and glue sticks.
TIP: You can use liquid craft glue for this project, but you will have to wait for it to dry.
STEP SIX
Cut an 8-inch section of raffia with scissors, and then cut in half. Tie the top of each bundle of raffia with natural jute twine, securing with a knot.
STEP SEVEN
Attach the bundles of raffia to the left and right sides of the scarecrow with a glue gun and glue sticks. Use the hat brim to secure the raffia hair in the back.
STEP EIGHT
Download, print, and cut out the scarecrow nose pattern. Trace onto burnt orange craft felt and cut out with scissors.
STEP NINE
To create the scarecrow’s face, attach two brown buttons for the eyes and the felt nose with a glue gun and glue sticks. Add cheeks by swirling a cotton swab dipped in pink acrylic craft paint.
STEP TEN
Tie an orange gingham ribbon in a bow attached to the scarecrow’s hat and glue a silk sunflower in the center. D To finish, draw a smile from cheek to cheek with a permanent black marker, then create vertical stitches.
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