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25 Creative Scarecrow Activities for Preschoolers

scarecrow preschool activities

June 3, 2022 //  by Brittney Hallmark

Autumn time is a great time for a scarecrow unit with your preschoolers! Pair your favorite scarecrow crafts with scarecrow books to create a fun learning unit full of information and cross-curricular activities. Check out this list of 25 fun and crafty list of scarecrow activities that can be used with preschool learners.

1. Scarecrow Sensory Fun

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Create an autumn-themed, scarecrow sensory bin where students can find certain things. Tiny hands can use kid tweezers or grippers to pick up small items like corn kernels or candy corn scarecrows. This activity can also be used to find letters for letter recognition or even numbers for number recognition.

Learn more: Teaching Heart

2. Letter Patches

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Fun scarecrow crafts can be used for many reasons. This adorable scarecrow is perfect for literacy skills. Use these small patchwork squares to practice letter or sound recognition. You could even turn this cute little scarecrow craft into a literacy game.

Learn more: Growing Book by Book

3. Build A Scarecrow 

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Plastic buttons, playdoh, pipe cleaners, and other basic craft supplies are perfect for creating your own scarecrow. Let students craft their own miniature scarecrows and decorate them as they wish. This fun scarecrow activity will be a big hit with little learners.

Learn more: Fun Learning for Kids

4. Scarecrow Craft

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This paper plate scarecrow craft is adorable and easy! Cut our felt shapes for the nose and cheeks and add plastic buttons for eyes, but draw a cute scarecrow smile for the finish. Students can add straw hair and a paper hat to top off this cute little scarecrow!

Learn more: I Heart Crafty Things

5. Felt Box Fun 

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Busy boxes are always great fun for preschool children. Basic colors and felt shapes make this fun and educational for kids. It is a cute resource to use when introducing your scarecrow unit. This is fun practice for fine motor skills as students built their felt scarecrows.

Learn more: Teach Me Mommy

6.  Scarecrow Puppet

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Let learning skills expand beyond the basic literacy skills and math skills with this scarecrow puppet activity. Pair your favorite scarecrow book with this adorable puppet craft. Allow students time in learning centers to role play and put on a kid-designed scarecrow puppet show.

Learn more: Kids' Craft Room

7. Torn Paper Scarecrow 

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Choose your favorite color of construction paper and create an adorable torn paper scarecrow craft. Let kids color the face of the scarecrow but glue torn construction paper bits to form the shirt of the scarecrow. This will become one of your favorite scarecrows crafts!

Learn more: Crafty Morning

8. Scarecrow Poem Booklet 

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Let preschoolers practice scissor skills to create this foldable booklet, complete with an adorable scarecrow poem. It is an easily printable activity that could be used with a preschool farm theme or a simple scarecrow unit.

Learn more: Teaching Heart

9. Paper Roll Scarecrow

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Creating this paper roll scarecrow craft will be a fun activity for preschool students. This simple cardboard scarecrow craft allows students the opportunity to paint, glue, cut, fold, and construct. Students can use these scarecrows later in a literacy center to retell their favorite scarecrow story.

Learn more: Still Playing School

10. Craft Stick Scarecrow 

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Creating this popsicle scarecrow craft is fun and super simple! Simply help students glue their craft sticks together and let them dry. Later students can add eyes, a nose, and a hat and draw their own mouths.

Learn more: Somewhat Simple

11. Scarecrow Alphabet Cards 

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Alphabet activities for preschool are great for literacy practices. Lesson plan ideas may include using these during center time, whole group lessons, or for letter matching activities using these scarecrow themes alphabet cards.

Learn more: Kid Sparkz

12. Lunch Sack Scarecrows

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Quick and easy, this paper bag scarecrow craft is simple and can be done as a whole group or even individually. All you need is a brown paper bag, some buttons, paper, and straw to create this adorable scarecrow art activity.

Learn more: Pint-Sized Treasures

13. Paper Doll Scarecrow

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Paper doll scarecrow is easy to print and fun to play with for preschoolers. Printing the pieces of the scarecrow and cutting them for students to use to dress the scarecrows and use them in dramatic play is a great way to encourage social skills among students.

Learn more: Free Kids Craft

14. Counting Scarecrow Game

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Bring some math skills into your scarecrow unit with this scarecrow counting game. Use felt or paper to make this printable scarecrow and his patches. Students can count the scarecrow patches and glue them onto the paper scarecrow.

Learn more: Pre-K Pages

15. Wikki Stix Scarecrow 

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Paper plates plus wikki stix make for some cute little scarecrows! Students can embrace their creativity and artistic abilities with these sweet little scarecrow crafts. You can cut the template and students can build the scarecrows.

Learn more: Wikki Stix

16. Handprint Scarecrow 

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These precious handprint scarecrow crafts will be a big hit for preschool kiddos and their families. These cute and creative scarecrows are adorable and are a great addition to the scarecrow unit.

Learn more: Crafty Morning

17. Scarecrow Shapes

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Bring shapes into your scarecrow unit. This fun scarecrow craft also serves as a way to practice shape recognition. Students can color the shapes and practice identifying the different types of shapes.

Learn more: Classroom Freebies

18. Photo Face Scarecrows

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Add your students' faces and let them look like little scarecrows. Let them make these paper plate scarecrow faces and add their own photos and little scarecrow noses.

Learn more: Abby Kail

19. Scarecrow Patterns 

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Let students create their own scarecrow patterns or show them patterns and allow them the chance to recreate the patterns they see. The students can color in the patterns they make.

Learn more: The Kinder Polka Dot Patch

20. Pattern Block Scarecrows

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Pattern block scarecrows are great shape practice, pattern practice, and good for hand-eye coordination. Let students build their own scarecrows or use patterns to build using a guide in the form of the template.

Learn more: The Virtual Vine

21. Shape Scarecrow

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This shape scarecrow can be used in different ways. First, build the scarecrow and let students count and graph the shapes they find. Then, let students use shapes to construct their very own scarecrows!

Learn more: Golden Gang Kindergarten

22. Color By Number Scarecrow 

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Color by number activities are always good practice for students. They allow a chance for students to practice numbers, colors, and fine motor skills. Then students end up with adorable little scarecrow pictures to share with their families.

Learn more: Activity Village

23. Scarecrow Poem and Drawing

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This cute little scarecrow poem is a great addition to your scarecrow unit because students get to make it their own! They can build or draw their own scarecrow to go with the poem. It is easy to memorize and students can learn to recite and chant the poem as well.

Learn more: The Very Busy Kindergarten

24. Scarecrow Cookies

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Yummy snacks add to any learning unit! Providing the tasty ingredients for students to use to build these cute little scarecrows will provide a fun task for keeping little hands busy!

Learn more: Teaching Heart

25. Counting Mats 

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Counting mats can add tons of fun to the scarecrow unit. This counting mat comes with some small printable black crows that can be printed and used along with the counting mats.

Learn more: Kid Sparkz

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