👒A stuffed paper lunch bag becomes a cheerful scarecrow with a floppy or farmer hat and a face built from shapes. Children practice cutting straw strips, naming shapes, putting steps in order and writing about the scarecrow they made.
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The Free Scarecrow Paper Bag Craft is a 19-page fall resource for Pre-K, kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade that combines a hands-on craft with shapes, scissor skills, sequencing and early writing. Children stuff a paper lunch bag and turn it into a scarecrow with a hat and a face built from shapes.
The craft offers real choices. Children pick a floppy hat or a farmer hat, add a hat band, and choose from several eye, nose, mouth and patch pieces in the shape face kit. A "Hi, I'm ______" name tag gives each scarecrow a personality. If paper bags are not on hand, a printable scarecrow bag template works instead.
Fine motor practice is built in. Level A straw strips have straight lines for beginning cutters, while Level B adds zigzag and wavy lines for children ready for more control. The cut straw becomes the scarecrow's hair and stuffing details.
Follow-up pages keep the learning going. A Scarecrow Shape Hunt and Color by Shape: Fall Farm page reinforce shape recognition, a First, Next, Then, Last cut and paste builds sequencing language, and two differentiated writing pages let children write about their scarecrow at their own level. An answer key is included.
A six-step picture assembly guide, a three-lesson teacher plan and teacher notes with standards make the free download easy to use for fall crafts, shape units, preschool and kindergarten centers, morning work, scarecrow units, bulletin boards, sub plans and homeschool.
📖 Teaching guide · 12 min readScarecrow Craft Lessons That Teach Shapes, Scissor Skills and Sequencing in Pre-K–2ndRead the guide →Children use shapes, scissors and words to build something that is truly theirs, which keeps them engaged. Leveled cutting strips and differentiated writing pages let a mixed Pre-K–2 group make the same scarecrow at a comfortable challenge.
Yes. The full 19-page resource is a free download.
Paper bags work well, but a printable scarecrow bag template is included, so no paper bag is needed.
The straw cutting practice has two levels (straight strips, then zigzag and wavy strips), and there are two differentiated writing pages.
Shapes, cutting, sequencing with First, Next, Then, Last, early writing and fine motor skills.
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