Build A Scarecrow

Welcome back to Playful Preschool. This week’s preschool lesson plan will be about Scarecrows. Just in case you are new to my blog, Playful Preschool is a group of preschool bloggers coming together to create fun and hands on activities for your preschoolers in the different subject areas. Let’s walk.

I was particularly excited about this theme for a few reasons.
1) I am Jamaican and have NEVER seen a scarecrow in real life.
2) Because I am Jamaican I have never BUILT a scarecrow.
3) Last week’s activity was a failure and so I figured this week has to be better.

For this week’s activity I decided that it would be fun (especially for me) to build a scarecrow. I knew that for this preschool lesson plan I will have to find an alternative to hay because my husband is allergic and I would like to keep the scarecrow in the house for a few days.

Now what is a girl to do? I went straight for J’s (my preschooler) drawer and grabbed some of her old clothes to replace the hay. Next I grabbed a snowsuit from C’s drawer (J wanted a dress but with my VERY limited knowledge of scarecrow building, I figured it was safer to play it safe).  For the head, we used a pumpkin that J had painted all on her own for Canadian Thanksgiving. I then grabbed the permanent marker and drew a face.

In order to attempt to create fingers, I added a pair of gloves to the scarecrow.

We then got to work trying to build our scarecrow. I will admit that I was a bit worried while doing this,I probably should have Google’d or Youtube’d “How To Build A Scarecrow” but in my mind it made sense and I was willing to go with that.

Well after our trial and error, we came up with this:

I think this was a pretty fun and hands on way to teach body parts and to make memories with my kids.

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Build A Scarecrow by Learning 2 Walk

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The Benefits of Creative Collage for Kids by Still Playing School

Exploring Scarecrows with Technology by Rainy Day Mum

Stick Puppet Scarecrows by Tiny Tots Adventures