Scarecrow Pete and A Scarecrow Craft

This past week Emily asked me if she could make a scare crow magnet similar to one she made last year. I told her that was fine, but I didn't realize she would get out the materials and start working on it herself. She gathered Popsicle sticks and glued them in a row on a piece of square paper she had cut. She glued an extra one at an angle to make a separation between the face and the hat. She painted the hat with poster paint, drew the face on with shapries, and made little braids out of some twine I had in the craft cupboard. She finished it off with a flower from the sticker drawer and a heavy duty magnet for the back.

I was really impressed with her finished magnet and by the fact that she took the initiative for this project. And as I looked at her scarecrow, I realized this craft could just as easily be turned into a snowman which is what I will be doing with the kids in December when I am a guest art teacher during her Independent Studies Day.

So if you have some craft Popsicle sticks lying around, why not make a scarecrow magnet with your kiddos. And it just so happens that this week when I went to change the library display case I found a great scarecrow book to review. It is called Scarecrow Pete and is an imaginative story of a boy who finds out that his garden scarecrow can speak. And what Pete wants is to be read to. This is a beautiful book encouraging a love of reading and the illustrations are pretty whimsical. This book is from 2005, but it is well worth seeing if your library has a copy or buying a used copy.

Well, that about wraps it up for this week. Join me next week for another exciting episode, same crazy time, same crazy channel. Also be sure to drop by and join the Literacy Musing Monday Link Up where you will find other great blogs, or my personal website Fun With Aileen where you will find more on reading, writing, and my very own chapter and picture books. And finally, you can find me on twitter @AileenWStewart if you want an extremely brief glimpse into my days.