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Halloween Costume

Scarecrow 

Submitted By: Grace 
Age: any but you will need a parent if younger 
Time Required: 2 hours 
Difficulty: easy to medium 
Materials Required: MATERIALS

straw

old shoes

a fake bird

jeans

a plaid felt shirt

red makeup

string

a little hat 
Directions: Dress up in old clothes.

Paint rosy circles on cheeks with red make up.

Glue or tie bits of straw around wrists and ankles. You can make easy to remove bracelets by tying bunches of straw around an appropriate length piece of string and then just tying that around your wrists and securing with a bow. You can also glue a bit of the straw onto the bucket hat.

You can make a hat from an old ice cream pail or plastic milk container (just paint it a straw color) or you can buy an inexpensive straw hat 
Comments: It was a lot of fun to make this and it was even more fun because i won the contest, and everyone liked it!