MAKING A SUPERHERO SCARECROW.
Included in this year’s Show is a competition to make a scarecrow.
You’ll find details about it on page19 of the Brochure. It is Section M, Class 85.
You can enter one on your own or, if you like, get together with family, a group of friends or business colleagues.
Choose the character for your scarecrow on a theme of SUPERHERO.
Here are some suggestions to help you get started.
If you’re making a humanoid type figure (but it doesn’t have to be) you will need two long sticks or bamboo canes, cut to size and fastened in a T-shape, plenty of strong tape, string or garden twine and stuffing for the body and head. For this you could use straw, old cut up fabric, crumpled up paper or soft plastic from your recycling collection.
Choose or make the clothes for dressing your Superhero. The stuffing needs to be pushed inside them, maybe tying up the cuffs and ankles to stop it falling out. Tights or trousers can be hung from the cross stick using string or tape.
Use a cloth or paper bag for the head and face, stuffed and fastened to the top of the upright stick. Then add any accessories that are needed for the character like a cape, hat or mask.
Decide on a way to fasten your scarecrow to the pole when on display at the marquee.
Entering the Competition
The Entry Form from the middle of the Brochure needs to be completed with your details..
Put the form with the £1 entry fee in an envelope and post it through the door of 56 The Common, Evington before 8pm on Wednesday 6th August.
On Saturday 9th August bring along your scarecrow to the marquee on the Village Green and sign in at the registration table between 8.30 and 9.45 am.
Then you can put your creation up where it will be on display outside the marquee for the judges in the morning and then visitors to see during the afternoon.
Evington Village Fete and Show 