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
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.
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2. Letter Patches
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.
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3. Build A Scarecrow
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.
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4. Scarecrow Craft
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!
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5. Felt Box Fun
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.
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6. Scarecrow Puppet
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.
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7. Torn Paper Scarecrow
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!
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8. Scarecrow Poem Booklet
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.
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9. Paper Roll Scarecrow
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.
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10. Craft Stick Scarecrow
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.
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11. Scarecrow Alphabet Cards
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.
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12. Lunch Sack Scarecrows
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.
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13. Paper Doll Scarecrow
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.
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14. Counting Scarecrow Game
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.
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15. Wikki Stix Scarecrow
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.
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16. Handprint Scarecrow
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.
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17. Scarecrow Shapes
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.
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18. Photo Face Scarecrows
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.
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19. Scarecrow Patterns
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.
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20. Pattern Block Scarecrows
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.
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21. Shape Scarecrow
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!
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22. Color By Number Scarecrow
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.
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23. Scarecrow Poem and Drawing
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.
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24. Scarecrow Cookies
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!
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25. Counting Mats
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.
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