DIY Garden pot Scarecrows

 Today Im sharing a fun scarecrow project

Directions : 

 two 4" dia. clay pots

 two 3" dia. clay pots

 acrylic paint (orange, peach, yellow, green, blue, red, brown, white, & black)

 two 3/4“ dia. unfinished wood buttons

 raffia

 orange felt

 small silk sunflower

 bandanna

 12” length of ¹/₄“ dia. wood dowel

 paintbrushes (flat & liner)

 E-6000® craft adhesive

Paint one 4” pot yellow and one blue. Paint one 3" pot peach and one orange. Paint the buttons red. Allow the paint to dry.

Turn the yellow pot upside down and use the liner brush to paint the green plaid shirt design. Use the liner brush to add black detail lines to the blue pot  “jeans”.

Use the liner brush to paint the face (orange nose and black mouth and eyes); add white highlights to the eyes.

Turn the orange pot upside down and use the liner brush to paint hat detail lines. Allow the paint to dry.

For the arms, cut several 13" lengths of raffia; with the dowel in the middle, tie the raffia to the dowel with short raffia lengths. For the hat brim, cut two 5¹/₂“ orange felt circles; glue them together. For the hair, cut several 5” raffia lengths.

Glue the yellow pot to the blue pot; glue the buttons to the yellow pot.

Folding the ends to the inside, glue the raffia hair to the peach pot. Glue the hat brim to the peach pot; glue the orange pot to the hat brim.

With the arms sandwiched between, glue the peach pot to the yellow pot (if the peach pot is wobbly, add some small felt pieces between the pots). Trim the bandanna to 10" square; roll and tie on the scarecrow. Glue the flower to the hat.

Single Pot ....

Paint or paint pens

Terra cot pots

Flowers or accessories 

Modge podge for sealer 

You can buy new pots at any local craft. Hobby or big.box store. I like the small ones.  For decorating.  With paint paint the face and top band for hat. Glue on Flowers  or other decorations.  You can seal with modge podge to seal the paint.  

How to display: 

I like making a collection of the small ones  for decorating on table. But one large painted pot filled with Mums is a perfect Fall touch.