Sean's school held a scarecrow-making contest this week and I asked Sean if he wanted to make a scarecrow and he said Yes! After brainstorming for a few minutes, we decided to make a Purple Minion!!!! The PTA provided a bale of hay, and after "shopping" around our house for supplies and a quick trip to the craft store for what we didn't have, we got busy!
First, we set out our supplies: a purple table cover (leftover from a birthday party), an extra-big purple t-shirt, Mommy's old yoga pants, purple yarn, several colors of felt, scotch tape, rubber bands, hot glue, and scissors.
And don't forget to have an eager little helper at the ready!
First, we prepped the big purple t-shirt and Mommy's old yoga pants for stuffing, and then we got to stuffing. And stuffing. And stuffing. There is A LOT of hay in there!
Next, we got to work on the arms. Mommy cut rectangles from the purple table covers and Sean helped make them into tube shapes by taping them.
Then we stuffed the arms, closed them up, and attached them to the purple t-shirt with a little sewing by Mommy like so...
Alright, so now the "big stuff" was done which meant it was time to work on the details, like the hair! Mommy unrolled a length of yarn and Sean made a cut, then we repeated that many many many times over with both the light purple and dark purple yarn...
Seany gathered up all the strands and Mommy made a knot to keep the hair together. Next, Sean helped to cut shapes to make up the eye and the mouth of the minion. At this point, we took a break for lunch and for a nap (yes, we all took naps!!!) and when we woke up...
...we put all the pieces together to make Dave, our Purple Minion Scarecrow!!!
