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Take & Make a scarecrow craft. Check out fun books, videos, and activities on our website calendar page too!
Stop by the library after 9:15am on Saturday (11/7) to pick up a scarecrow craft kit. Available at the Youth Services Reference Desk, while supplies last.
Why do people put these straw men in our yards every fall? The answer goes back thousands of years. Learn about the history of the scarecrow and how your family can build a scarecrow for your yard.
You can also learn about scarecrows by reading books from our library. Browse our collection when you pick up your craft or reserve some online for curbside pickup with your EGVPL card.
Scarecrows. They perch high above gardens and fields, with borrowed coats and button eyes and pie-pan hands that glint in the sun. What else is there to know about them? Watch the video read aloud of the book, "Scarecrow", written by Cynthia Rylant and illustrated by Lauren Stringercome.
Chicken really admires Scarecrow’s hat. Scarecrow would gladly trade his hat for a walking stick to rest his tired arms. Chicken doesn’t have a walking stick to trade―but she knows someone who does. This begins her quest to find items to trade among her farm friends, all to obtain a walking stick to swap for Scarecrow’s hat. But why does Chicken want an old straw hat? Find out when you watch the video read aloud of the book, "Scarecrow's Hat", written and illustrated by Ken Brown.
A lonely scarecrow takes a risk, opens his heart, and finds a most unexpected friend -- a baby crow. But when the bird grows up and flies away, Scarecrow's loneliness grows deeper than ever. Will scarecrow and crow every see each other again? Find out when you watch the video read aloud of the book, "Scarecrow", written by Beth Ferry and illustrated by the Fan Brothers.
Lovebirds Betty O'Barley and Harry O'Hay plan to tie the knot. But things do not quite go according to plan. Will they manage to pull off the Scarecrows' Wedding, the best wedding ever, the wedding that no one will ever forget? Find out when you watch the video read aloud of the book, "The Scarecrow's Wedding", written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler.
Little scarecrow boy longs to go out in the cornfield and make faces at the crows like his father. But every day his father tells him he need to grow before he will be fierce enough to scare the crows. Father scarecrow teaches many faces to little scarecrow boy but his father says he is still not ready. What will happen when little scarecrow boy decides to test his knowledge for himself? Find out when you watch the video read aloud of "Little Scarecrow Boy", written by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by David Diaz.
When all the farm animals are sleeping and the sun has gone to bed, Mr. Scarecrow loves to dance! Shake you hands, stomp your feet, and jump up and dance to this fun song for children!
Follow along to learn how to draw an easy cartoon Scarecrow step by step.
Click on the scarecrow image below for a variety of scarecrows that you can print out and color at home.
AGE GROUP: | Elementary |
EVENT TYPE: | Arts & Crafts |
