Peaceful Scarecrows

No Scary Scarecrows here!  The book we read about a scarecrow that loved nature and watching the seasons change inspired these peaceful scarecrows.  Even though the scarecrow has a smile on it's face, it kept the garden safe.  Instead of scaring the crows away, it invited them to stay and chat on it's arms all day.  One of my classes realized..."if the birds are on his arms all day, they won't bother the food in the garden!"  What great thinkers!

We made sure that there was a horizon line in the background so we knew where the ground and sky came together.  I'm so proud of our first graders filling the entire paper with color and adding the fun patchwork borders to finish the pieces.