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    Scarecrow of The BFG at Norland Scarecrow Festival, West Yorkshire, England Urchfont Scarecrow Festival, Ali Baba. In England, the Urchfont Scarecrow Festival was established in the 1990s and has become a major local event, attracting up to 10,000 people annually for the May Day Bank Holiday.

  2. scarecrow: [noun] an object usually suggesting a human figure that is set up to frighten birds away from crops. something frightening but harmless.

  3. Aug 31, 2020 · 1. Set Up the Scarecrow Frame. Start by buttoning all but the top four buttons of the scarecrow's shirt, and then inserting a 6-foot stake through both of the shirt sleeves, making sure it's centered evenly through the garment (Image 1). This stake will act as your horizontal support. Lay the horizontal stake at a 90-degree angle over the ...

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  4. Mar 28, 2021 · We asked the National Allotment Society to talk us through how to make a scarecrow: 1. Start with the framework: Your scarecrow will need support to keep it upright. You can use old broom handles, branches and fence posts but watch out for rusty nails that could cause harm or splinters. 2.

    • Step 1: Put on the Shirt. The first thing you want to do is thread the smaller piece of wood through the arms of your shirt. Trust me, you don’t want to get your wood all assembled and then discover that you can’t get the shirt on.
    • Step 2: Assemble the Body. Form the two stakes into a cross and lash them together where they join. You want the smaller wood with the shirt on it to sit about 1/3 down from the top of the longer piece.
    • Step 3: Dress it Up. Now you can button the shirt and secure it to the wood at the waist and arm cuffs using nails, twine or wire. Place gloves on the ends if you want.
    • Step 5: Stuff It. Stuff the shirt and pants with hay, newspaper or straw. You can be creative here by making your scarecrow fat or thin, you can have hay sticking out of the sleeves for that retro look, or you could have it all tucked tidily into the shirt.
  5. Sep 3, 2020 · Drill a hole through center of cross (for a larger scarecrow, drill two holes about two inches apart). Place vertical piece inside shirt, and put horizontal piece through sleeves; join the two pieces with a wood screw ( $2.50 for 20, homedepot.com) or two screws for a larger scarecrow. Lay out clothes and heads for scarecrows: For a larger ...

  6. Dec 3, 2022 · The most famous scarecrow is the fictional character in The Wizard of Oz who is in search of a brain. Another notable scarecrow is in the short story written by Nathaniel Hawthorne called “ Feathertop” about a scarecrow brought to life by a witch. The framework for Feathertop later was used for a play written in 1908 by Percy MacKaye which ...

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