Thursday, 4 October 2018

Halloween Scarecrow Jars

HALLOWEEN SCARECROW JARS


What you need:
  • mason jar
  • tan, cream, black and orange acrylic craft paint
  • faux hay
  • burlap ribbon
  • large googly eyes
  • fake sunflower
  • black permanent marker
  • paint brushes
  • glue gun (low temp glue gun if you are crafting with younger kids)
  • scissors

METHOD:
  1. Lay down a piece of newspaper or scrap paper before you get started. Paint the outside of your Mason jar tan with your large flat tipped paintbrush and let dry.
  2. se your smaller paint brush to paint on a triangle shaped nose on the front center of your Mason jar with your orange paint.
  3. Use a sharpie or your black paint to draw/paint of a wavy smile under the nose with several dashes through the smile, as well as around the nose.
  4. Then paint on two small cream circles for the cheeks at each side of the smile.
  5. Now carefully glue two googly eyes above the nose with your hot glue gun.
  6. Cut two sets of 10 strands of straw about 3-4″ in length and tie the strands together with another piece of straw for the hair and carefully glue to each top side of the Mason jar
  7. Measure and cut a piece of burlap ribbon to fit around the top of the Mason jar and secure with glue.
  8. Glue a sunflower onto the top left side of the burlap and your scarecrow is complete!




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