Caring for a dacha, garden or vegetable garden is an activity that requires considerable effort and trouble. Having spent a lot of time to achieve the desired result, no gardener wants to say goodbye to a precious harvest due to uncontrolled bird raids. To protect the fruits of their labor from hungry feathered pests, owners often install on their plots colorful dolls the height of a man - scarecrows (or stuffed animals), designed to once and for all discourage birds from approaching incredibly tasty beds. Of course, such “watchmen” will not completely protect the garden, and especially bold winged thieves will be able to feed in the garden without hindrance, but the scarecrows nevertheless bring a certain benefit, scaring off most of the voracious birds.
To make the scarecrow scary for the birds and useful for the owners, it is best to make it:
- Noisy. Bells, empty cans, bottles, metal parts and other trinkets - all this, ringing in every possible way in windy weather, scares the birds, not allowing them to even get close to the garden.
- Big. The bulky and impressive figure sometimes looks intimidating even for people, not to mention birds.
- Human-like. Birds, no matter how impudent and bold they sometimes seem, have retained the makings of the instinct of self-preservation and will not meddle in the garden where the owner is walking. Birds may well mistake the humanoid stuffed animal for its owner.
- Mobile. Pieces of clothing fluttering in the wind will create the impression of a moving figure, even more similar to the owner or mistress of the garden.
- Cute for the owners themselves. Indeed, in addition to protection, the scarecrow also serves as decoration, and sometimes such “crafts” fit very organically into the country landscape.
So, in the name of preserving the harvest, a responsible summer resident decided to make a scary scarecrow from scrap materials, but doesn’t know how to do it? Not that difficult, actually.
There are many options for making stuffed animals, but most of them consist of the same simple details, such as: frame, head, torso, limbs and clothing.
Frame
More often the frame is made of two thick and even sticks of different lengths, securing them with a long nail crosswise. Instead of sticks, you can also use shovel cuttings- they are perfect both in shape and length, and in strength.
You can also tie the frame parts with ordinary rope- such fastening, despite its apparent simplicity, is no less reliable and durable.
You can also use boards: such a frame will be much easier to manufacture, but much more difficult to install - this point is also important to consider.
And finally you can make a metal frame, by welding several parts of suitable size and shape. This method is perhaps the most reliable and durable, but at the same time the most difficult to manufacture. The authors of the “Garden and Vegetable Garden” channel liked this method.
Head
You can also use completely different materials to make the head.
The most common variant is the rag head. To make it you will need a piece of fabric, a needle, thread, several hours of patience and a little imagination.To make a rag scarecrow head, you need to cut two pieces of fabric of the appropriate shape, having previously outlined the shape of the face, the position of the eyes, nose and mouth.
Then you need to sew two pieces of fabric together, fill the resulting bag with straw(pillows are stuffed in the same way and Stuffed Toys), embroider a mouth, sew on eyes-buttons and hair from thick woolen thread. The nose and ears are best made from material of the same color as the face, for greater verisimilitude..
If you don’t want to bother with making a head, you can take the simplest route, using an ordinary bag or a plastic bag, again stuffed with straw, as a head. You can put old tights or a pillowcase on top of it, and also sew on eyes, a mouth, and generally anything else your heart desires.
You can also use a large empty bottle as the head.
The pot is also great for making a head.
Some gardeners suggest not to worry about creating a face for a stuffed animal, using an ordinary photograph - a magazine clipping.
If you want to create something special. bright and unusual, you can give free rein to your imagination and use, for example, a pumpkin as a head. Such a scarecrow will not only be a garden watchman, but also an excellent decoration, designed in the style of Halloween horror films.
You can show your imagination and turn an ordinary craft into a work of art.
Torso
The body of a scarecrow is most often made not so much to scare away birds, but to make it resemble a person and turn the scarecrow into a nice decoration.
It can be made in the same way as the head - from a bag stuffed with straw.Another popular option is to sheathe wooden frame padding polyester. The scarecrow turns out to be “three-dimensional” and even more human-like.
An interesting point: when creating a stuffed animal consisting entirely of only plastic bottles, you don’t have to use a frame at all.
It is enough to make holes in the bottles and tie them together with an elastic band or wire. Such a stuffed animal will not be the most durable, but it will be quite loud and very original.
Arms and legs
The simplest way to create hands is to put gloves stuffed with straw or padding polyester on the ends of a short pole. You can do the same with the legs by attaching socks or shoes to the stuffed animal's trousers or skirt. The most plausible arms and legs for the stuffed animal were suggested by the authors of the Garden and Vegetable Garden channel. In their video instructions, they advise using small plastic bottles to create the legs and shoulders, and for the arms and feet. a large number of
polyethylene. We recommend watching a video that explains how to make a scarecrow with your own hands for the garden.
Clothes and accessories Perhaps, it is at this stage, when dressing and decorating the stuffed animal, that you can show the greatest creativity
To summarize, we can say with confidence that the scarecrow is an integral part of any garden, vegetable garden or summer cottage.
At the very least, even today the garden scarecrow remains one of the effective, albeit short-term, means of protection against annoying birds that pose a threat to the harvest. To be honest, for a scarecrow to actually “work”, it also needs to rumble and move in the wind. However, the decorative effect is also worth something. If you don’t want to be considered incompetent, create a crop protector yourself. In this article you will find a description of the main details and step-by-step instructions for creating a scarecrow for your dacha, as well as many ideas and photos of how you can make an unusual garden scarecrow with your own hands.
Usually, garden scarecrow performs 2 functions or roles at once:
- scaring away birds;
- decoration for garden plot.
Indeed, if you want to have a well-groomed garden, not spoiled by feathered pests, let your garden scarecrow instill fear only in the birds, and not in your neighbors. Therefore, in any case, it should complement, “revive” and decorate the area, or rather be terribly unpleasant, scary for birds and unusual for people. Although a garden scarecrow most often looks rather untidy, rags are not at all a necessary attribute in the fight against very cunning garden pests.
In short, a garden scarecrow should really become a real decoration for your dacha, and it doesn’t matter whether you have a need to protect your crops. And in fact, why not do it just like that - for beauty and to give more aesthetics to your garden plot.
One way or another, for a garden scarecrow to really scare away birds, it should look a certain way:
- its dimensions must correspond to human ones;
- appearance must be bright and noticeable;
- it should stand near the protected volume.
How to make a garden scarecrow with your own hands
Typically, any garden scarecrow is made based on the following components:
- frame (or torso);
- head;
- arms and legs;
- clothing and other accessories.
Frame
You can make it either metal or wood.
A wooden frame, as a rule, is made from two fairly thick boards of different lengths (or take 2 shovel handles). They are secured crosswise, driving a nail in the middle (or better yet, two, so that the scarecrow’s arms do not bend or wobble).
Boards (or cuttings) can also be secured using ordinary rope and a special knot. This fastening is no less reliable than a driven nail. 
The future body of the garden monster can be made using the same 1 shovel handle, attaching a hanger to it instead of arms.
For more information on how to make a monster in the garden on such a frame, see the following step-by-step master class.
Video: how to make a scarecrow on a wooden frame hanger
For the manufacture of metal frame You will naturally need more time and also welding skills, or you will have to ask a neighbor for a favor or find a professional welder.
Video: how to make a country scarecrow with your own hands on a metal frame
Head
You can make the head of a garden scarecrow from various materials in a variety of ways.
For example, you can sew a head from two pieces of fabric, stuffing it with straw or some other sealant. Or take a regular fabric bag and stuff it with something to give it the desired shape.
And then embroider eyes, nose, mouth on the face and sew on ears.
Although you can also draw with paint or put on mask.
The most ordinary one will do 5 liter bottle.
It’s not a sin to make the head of a garden monster from garden pot, securely attaching it to the frame.
Often the effigy is made completely from hay, including his head.
You can use an old one as a head doll head or the head of someone who has spent his time mannequin.
Or you can not make a scarecrow face, but simply use tall hat, but to give it some form, in other words, to stuff it, no matter what you have to do.
Or just throw it on the frame straw hat
It is enough to make holes in the bottles and tie them together with an elastic band or wire. Such a stuffed animal will not be the most durable, but it will be quite loud and very original.
If you want the garden scarecrow to be as human-like as possible, then you need to give it clear outlines of legs and arms.
It's very easy to create the arms of a garden scarecrow: you just need to put them on the ends of the frame gloves and stuff them with something, for example, the same straw.
The scarecrow's legs are made in a similar way: trousers, a bright dress or a skirt that can be seen from afar are put on the frame, and a clearly visible one is attached below shoes(For example, rubber boots or galoshes).
Clothing and other accessories
How elegantly you dress your garden scarecrow will determine its aesthetic appearance and, possibly, its fate.
Headdress
The most typical headdress for a scarecrow is hat.
However, the style and material of the hat can also be different.
It could even be hat with ear flaps.
You can put on your scarecrow granny headscarf.
It is not necessary to completely cover your head with a hat, this may be enough symbolic and decorative headdress.
Accessories
It won’t be trivial to put a garden scarecrow in the hands badminton racket.
And you can also create a whole composition: as if the girl is carrying on the rockerbucket with water, which I just collected from the well. 
It wouldn’t be a bad idea to give a stuffed flowerbed stroller into the hands of a stuffed animal.
Step-by-step instructions for creating a garden scarecrow
To make the simplest garden scarecrow, you will need the following materials:
- 3 cuttings from shovels (or strong and thick boards) of different lengths (one for the body - long, for the arms - a little shorter, for the legs - even shorter);
- 2 (or 4) nails and a hammer;
- head (bag filled with straw);
- clothing and other accessories.
Step-by-step instructions for creating a garden scarecrow with your own hands:
- Make a frame.
- Securely secure it in the ground.
- Attach the previously made head and put on the hat.
- Wear a shirt and pants or a dress (skirt) on the body, depending on gender.
- To make the appearance of the scarecrow more human-like, attach gloves instead of hands, and boots instead of feet.
Video: master class on creating a garden scarecrow with your own hands
What kind of garden scarecrow to make at the dacha: photo ideas for beautiful garden scarecrows
Frankly speaking, the most interesting sight is presented by various original garden scarecrows, pleasant in appearance.
Farmer
It is most popular to dress a garden scarecrow as a farmer or peasant, in other words, as a villager.
The figure of a stuffed animal dressed in a plaid shirt and jeans will not be critical.
2 scarecrows
An interesting idea for decorating a garden would be to form a family of several scarecrows.
Two stuffed adults.
Two scarecrow children.
Using several stuffed animals and other garden items, you can form entire country compositions.
A fun ride in a wheelbarrow.
Husband and wife on a bench.
From pots
If you liked the idea of creating a head for a stuffed animal from a garden pot, then you can do everything Scarecrow made entirely from pots.
Another version of the battle scarecrow (knight) made from pots.
From plastic bottles
Used plastic bottles in catchy colors can be a lifesaver for developing a beautiful and creative image of a stuffed animal.
Another idea for creating a dark-skinned native scarecrow from plastic bottles.
Note! Still, scarecrows made from plastic bottles really turn out to be quite scary, so it’s better to make them
Fisherman
Such a stuffed animal stimulates interest not only in amateur gardening, but also in fishing. It’s as if it wants to say: “Everything will be cool here!”
Soldier
A scarecrow dressed in military uniform and a gas mask will look very intimidating.
Bandit or cowboy
There would be no shame in dressing the scarecrow in a cowboy or, perhaps, a bandit outfit.
Athlete
Whatever you say, a monster athlete is cool!
Bird
It will be quite funny and original if you make a scarecrow with a bird's head. As they say: they knock out a wedge with a wedge.
And here is a simpler, but also not boring in all respects, option.
Pumpkin
This pumpkin man is undoubtedly worthy of the flattering attention of gardening fans.
And it’s hard to take your eyes off this foppish figure of a pumpkin farmer. He's still handsome!
While waiting for the harvest, after planting, the owners personal plots it is worth taking care of its safety. Quite often, in the absence of the legal owners, vegetable gardens and orchards are visited by feathered “pests”, who immediately arrange a feast. Therefore, many resort to the help of a “garden protector” - a garden scarecrow.
Why do they put a scarecrow in the garden?
There are many methods of dealing with feathered guests, but the most non-hazardous and environmentally friendly- is to install a scarecrow in the garden.
Now it is difficult to say who was the first to put a frame in the garden and then put unnecessary clothes on it. It is believed that this tradition has a connection with paganism, when people needed to scare away or appease evil spirits.
Over time, the appearance of the scarecrow has undergone significant changes. Currently, the garden “guardian” serves not only to scare away feathered guests and animals, but is also a decorative item for a personal plot.
Creating the perfect garden scarecrow
Making a garden “guard” yourself will not be difficult; even a child can do it. You just need to show a little ingenuity and imagination to create a “defender”.
How to make a scary garden scarecrow with your own hands:
Before you start making a stuffed animal, you need to know what birds are afraid of:
- Of blue color. In nature, this color is quite rare; birds do not have time to get used to it and avoid the places where it is present;
- Noise, cod, loud sounds;
- Shiny and moving objects.
Scarecrow Kuzya made of fabric
Required:
- Unnecessary shirt and trousers (preferably blue);
- Headdress;
- Gloves or mittens;
- A fabric bag to create the head;
- Straw for stuffing;
- Needle and thread;
- Markers;
- Leg-split;
REFERENCE: If you place a bird on the shoulder or head of a stuffed animal, this will provide additional protection from a flock of birds.
- Two CDs;
- Stuffed bird or balloon.
Procedure:
- Creating a frame. Nail the crossbar across the pole at 1.7 meters. It will become the basis for the shoulders and arms;
- Making the head. Fill a fabric bag with straw to shape the head;
- Place your head on the pole and tighten the edges of the bag;
- Face design. Using a marker, draw eyes, nose and mouth;
- Form a head of hair from straw and secure it on the top of the head with pins;
- Put the shirt on the crossbar and pin it;
- Stuff the sleeves and the rest of the space with straw;
- Sew the edges of the sleeves and shirt so that the stuffing does not come out;
- Sew the padded gloves to the sleeves;
- Thread a rope through the discs and tie it to the gloves so that they scare away feathered guests with their shine;
- Stuff your trousers with straw;
- Tighten the edges of the trousers with twine, sew the top to the shirt;
- You should not fasten the bottom of your trousers; they should easily move in the wind and give the impression of movement;
- Attach a hat with a stuffed bird or a balloon to your head.
The perfect DIY garden scarecrow:
Stuffed Dusya made from plastic bags
Required:
- Flesh-colored tights or stockings;
- Polyethylene bags;
- Beverage cans;
- Twine, pins, thread with a needle;
- Nitron;
- Black tow;
- Colored markers;
- Scotch;
- Two-meter pole and one-meter crossbar;
REFERENCE: To create a costume, you need to choose bulk bags so that they make a lot of noise.
Procedure:
- Creating a frame. Nail the crossbar across the pole at the 1.7 meter mark. It will become the basis for the shoulders and arms;
- Making the head. Stuff a nylon stocking with threads, nitron, and fabric rags. You should not use straw as padding, as it can break through the nylon;
- Place the head on the pole and secure the bottom with twine;
- Face design. Draw eyes, nose, mouth with colored markers. Make eyebrows from black tow;
- Make a head of hair from tow and secure it on the top of the head with threads or pins;
- Make a bow from a blue bag and secure it on the top of your head;
- Making sleeves. Place polyethylene bags on the crossbar with the open edge towards the sides, glued together towards the middle. Wrap the edge with tape to secure the package to the frame. The second edge should develop and repel feathered “pests”;
- Wear Dusya a T-shirt or blouse with short sleeves;
- Fill a T-shirt with nitron;
- Use multi-colored polyethylene bags as a skirt. First, tape the long petticoat to the pole. Fix the short second skirt on top of the first;
- Attach to Dusi's hand cans, tying them with twine.
Video master class on how to sew a scarecrow:
Scarecrow "Karkusha"
Required:
- Black polyester fabric;
- Children's black shorts/breeches;
- Socks black and yellow;
- Black nylon stocking;
- Styrofoam;
- Black tow or linen;
- Black Nitron;
- Glue, twine, thread, pins;
- Black market;
- Branches;
- Pole - 1.5 m and crossbar - 0.5 m.
A creative flying scarecrow screams:
Procedure:
- Cut a square of fabric with sides 50 centimeters;
- Cut a hole in the center to make it easy to put on the pole;
- Cut the edges of the fabric into ribbons five centimeters long;
- Place the fabric on the crossbar to create triangles at the front and back;
- To give the silhouette volume, fill it with nitron, and sew the edges (up to the cut ribbons) with threads or secure with pins;
- Tie tow or flax to the edges of the crossbar; they will serve as an imitation of bird wings.;
- The head will be a nylon stocking stuffed with black nitron;
REFERENCE: Long tow develops better.
- Place your head on the pole and secure with twine;
- Cut out eyes for Karkusha from foam plastic, glue them;
- Cut out a nose from polystyrene foam and glue it with quick-setting glue;
- Use a black marker to draw the pupils;
- Make a forelock from tow and glue it to the top of the head;
- At the meter mark, fasten a bunch of branches to a pole, the Karkusha will be located on them;
- Stuff shorts and socks with nitron, sew socks to the shorts;
- Sew shorts to the body and branches so that the bird sits;
- Cut out the paws from foam plastic and glue them to the socks;
- Tie tin cans to the branches with long threads.
Making a garden scarecrow is not only useful, but also quite an entertaining pastime, which will allow you to discover creative possibilities in yourself. Even if the goal pursued is to save the harvest from winged guests, the created scarecrow can become a real decoration of the garden plot. In every home there are necessary materials, which will be required for the production of the protector of gardens and vegetable gardens.
DIY garden scarecrow:
Birds often annoy gardeners by running across the roof and leaving stains on it, eating berries in the garden beds, etc. The author of the video made a simple scarecrow for the garden from tin. Having contours bird of prey and making oscillatory movements under the wind, this repeller imitates the active actions of a predator. You can make this “bird” at a quick fix with a minimum of material and tools.
Making a tin scarecrow is simple. A metal rod or a piece of pipe with a closed and flat, even upper end is stuck into the ground. A bird is cut out along the contour and bent so that the beak protrudes, and when installed on a rod, it creates a balanced state of the entire structure.
The design turned out to be quite elegant and can even serve as a garden decoration.
Unfortunately, the video doesn't show it very clearly.
Modern birds have little fear of technology and people, much less ordinary scarecrows and moving sparkling objects. But they are afraid of their wild relatives. The device was invented to effectively scare away birds in garden plots and imitates a full-fledged bird of prey. It is in motion continuously in any weather, even in calm weather. Can be equipped with flickering LED eyes triggered by vibration. It is capable of scaring away not only birds, but also animals due to movement, vibration, glare of the eyes, rustling of the covering material, and the illusion of the flight of a bird of prey. Can be assembled in 15 minutes at home. You can give the wings any shape by bending the wire of the frame; for the eyes you can use candy foil. Polyethylene for the wings can be of any colors and patterns; it does not stretch too much over the frame of the scarecrow. The more colorful the scarecrow, the more alive it looks. It can scare away not only birds, but also any living creatures.
Not only serves as a watchman, but also decorates the garden. Does not require material costs.
Scarecrow scarecrow in the form of a bird predator Sapsan 3
Usually online they talk about bird scarers in theory, but I decided to show how the device works in practice. Moreover, I wanted to show how the repeller works on crows and starlings, since these are the birds that cause the most damage by destroying fruits and berries.
The model is fixed on the 4th floor on the loggia.