Participate in the Festival
Some tips:
- Scarecrow 1 - It can be as simple as stuffing a long sleeved shirt and trousers with hay or straw and then a hat on the top!
- Scarecrow 2 - Actually another version if you have no hay!! Use newspaper to fill out your scarecrow but……… Remember it might rain so ensure the ‘stuffing’ goes into plastic bags and then the plastic bags into the shirt etc., that way it cannot get wet and sodden and fall apart! Make a head by stuffing the plastic bag then covering with material, drawing a face and perhaps adding a wig or hat.
- Scarecrow 3 - Using light lattice wire you can mould shapes. You might still need to stuff as above to hold shape though it’s surprisingly strong. The wire is readily available from any hardware shop and is relatively inexpensive.
- Scarecrow 4 - Any ‘blow-up’ article can be re-invented.
- Scarecrow 5 - The swimming pool ‘noodles’ can be effectively remoulded with wire through them to get your shape.
To make them stand up!!! If there’s a fence, lamppost, or tree it can be a great help to making him/her ‘stand up’! Try the traditional cross-sticks (looks like the letter ‘t’) and again tie it against a post or hammer your ‘t’ into the ground.
Don’t Forget – scarecrows can stand, sit, fly, or recline!
Start Saving - your old clothes, wheel barrow, straw hat or that great piece from the Council collection!
Above all – have fun!! Some scarecrow ideas:
Scarecrow Ideas
Making and Mending Scarecrows
Registration - This year's theme is "I'd rather be ..."
There is no cost to enter. Scarecrows should be up no later than Saturday 20th March. Pick up a registration form at either Wollombi or Millfield General Stores, or the Trading Post at Laguna, or download one here. (Registration forms available from the General Stores from the middle of February).
Let your imagination run wild, but if you need a little help, use this year's theme and think about what you would rather be ... the possibilities are endless ... an astronaut, a fireman, a rock star, a mechanic, or even the Prime Minister!
Scarecrows MUST BE be located on your own property or fenceline, along the main road between Murrays Run and Millfield. Please do not locate them too close to the road.
If you don't live on the main road, you can put your scarecrow along the fenceline of the Endeavour Museum, on the corner block of land next to the Real Estate in the Wollombi village, or out the front of the Laguna Store.
Judging
To be included in the judging and therefore eligible to win a prize, scarecrows must be on display by Saturday 20th March, and you must attach your name and a description of the scarecrow to the scarecrow in something waterproof. (You can use the second part of the registration form to provide your details). Scarecrows MUST BE be located on your own property or fenceline, along the main road between Murrays Run and Millfield.
The winners will be announced on Saturday the 17th April, at a yet to be announced event! There will be great prizes on offer for the winners in each category, so start thinking about your scarecrows today!! The categories are:
- Funniest Scarecrow
- Best Interpretation of the Theme
- Most Innovative Location
- People’s Choice Award
Voting - People’s Choice Award
Conditions of Entry
- All scarecrows must be down by the end of April – or the Scarecrow Police will be out in force to jail them forever!
- All scarecrows remain the responsibility of their owners / creators. The Wollombi Valley Chamber of Commerce takes no responsibility for lost, damaged or stolen entries.
- Scarecrows MUST BE located on your own property or fenceline. Please do not locate them too close to the road.
- The judges decision is final, no correspondence will be entered into. All winners will be announced on the 17th April 2010.
- All scarecrows must be clearly marked with entrants name in order to participate in the judging.
- Prizes for each category winner will be given out at the discretion of the Wollombi Valley Chamber of Commerce, who hold the right to change any details without prior notice.