Crystal Allison: I am Crystal Allison, from Colvin Run Mill Historic Site and today we are making a scarecrow. The first step in making a scarecrow is to use pantyhose for the arms and the head. The legs of pantyhose will become the arms of your scarecrow. I dont need the whole length of the pantyhose, so about three quarters of the way down I will tie a knot in each leg of the pantyhose.

Now I am going to stuff the pantyhose with straw. You may want to wad up the straw, because it gets a little tangled in the pantyhose. But, remember this is going to be an arm, so you do want to fill the leg of pantyhose completely up. I will continue doing this, until I have filled both legs of pantyhose and into the body of pantyhose. Now that I have finished stuffing the pantyhose, I am ready to tie off the top of the pantyhose and I am simply going to make a knot in the way spanx of the pantyhose. Now remember you are going to want to leave enough room, when you are stuffing to make this knot. And now I have the arms and the head of my scarecrow and now I am ready to move on step two of making a scarecrow.