 | Use screwdriver and hammer to
put a hole in the center of each can lid. The hole should be large enough to
thread the twine through.
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| Wrap a small piece of tape on
the end of the twine to create a firm tip for threading. Cut a long piece of
twine and put a big knot in end leaving a "tail" of 12 inches in
length.
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| To make the trunk of the body,
thread the twine from the inside of an institutional sized can, through the
hole, and out of the lid of the can. Pull all the way through to the knot to
secure it in place and tie another knot against the can lid.
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| Thread through the next
institutional sized can the same way. When finished you should have 2 large
cans, one on top of the other. Tie to the seat and back of the chair with
another piece of twine.
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| With the original twine piece,
thread through another institutional-sized can and place the can
horizontally on the top can. Pull the Twine through and secure to trunk cans
and chair. This is the head. We braced our up using bamboo stakes along the
back to ensure that it would stay above the trunk.
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| Using smaller cans threaded
together the same way, make 2 arms and 2 legs. Fasten the legs to the body
using the 12 "tail of twine and then secure the legs to the chair legs.
Fasten the arms to the twine between the head and the trunk. They can be
posed however you wish.
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| Tie hat onto head of scarecrow
anyway you can. We used a Styrofoam "boater" style hat and just
punched hole through it and tied twine through the hat and into the head.
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| You can decorate with paint or
markers; we left ours plain with no face. After a few weeks he will rust a
bit and not be so very shiny.
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| Place in your garden. If
wanted, plant morning glories at his feet and on chair legs and have them
climb the scarecrow.
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