Scarecrows Have . . . Scarecrows Are... Writing Prompt Craft

1-2-3 Come Do Another Scarecrow Writing Prompt Craft With Me

I love doing some scarecrow activities in the fall. Displays of my students’ work can go up in September & stay up through November, which is a huge time saver.

With that in mind I designed this quick, easy & super-fun “Scarecrows Have / Are…” writing prompt craftivity.

This is what I call a “bite size” bit of writing. The topic is specific enough so that students aren’t overwhelmed, while providing nice practice using descriptive adjectives.

Whenever I toss a bit of craftiness in with our writing, my students get extremely excited and WANT to get down to the business of writing and making their own scarecrow.

There are 4 scarecrows to choose from, as well as two writing prompts.

Students can choose the “Scarecrows ARE” writing prompt worksheet, or the "Scarecrows HAVE” one.

For more writing practice, have students do both.

One can be done in class, and the other as homework, or take two days to complete the project.

If you do both writing prompts, have students glue one to the back of their scarecrow.

Punch a hole in the top, tie on a yarn loop and suspend from the ceiling.

The assembly is easy-peasy.

Students choose a scarecrow, then color and cut out the top & bottom halves.

After editing their final draft, they write it on the worksheet, which is the rectangular mid-section of their scarecrow's body.

Cutting around the "hair" and "fingers" of the scarecrows can be a bit tricky, so I've also included patterns with an "easy trim" edging.

Students simply cut on the dashed line.

For more creativity, the scarecrow head patterns also come with and without a face.

To help get your students creative juices flowing, I’ve also included 28 photographs of “real” scarecrows.

There are 7 photo-posters, with 4 pictures on each page.

You can laminate them, then pass them around to give your students some ideas of what to write.

You could also cut each photograph out, and have students choose one to describe.

If you decide to make an autumn bulletin board with your students completed scarecrows, add these photographs for some extra pizzazz & interest.

For more writing practice, extend the lesson by doing the Venn diagram activity that’s also included in the packet.

Venn diagrams are an interesting & simple way to practice comparison and contrast writing.

This activity can be done as a whole group, or children can choose a partner with a different scarecrow than theirs, then create a Venn diagram together.

These make a nice addition to your display.

I've also included two, Scarecrow "Are-Have" posters as well.

Today's featured FREEBIE is another fun, fall writing prompt.

This one is "How to Make a Pumpkin Pie".

How to do something, is a writing standard for many schools.

These completed projects also make a "sweet" display.

That's it. Thanks for stopping by.

The wicked wind has snatched the rest of our autumn leaves from the oak and maple tree branches, so there's quite a thick "blanket" of autumn colors festooning our lawn.