"Harvey Harvest Scarecrow" by Web Site: www.thepicketfence.net Copyright © Peggy Rinehuls
(ELIZ) 2000 Special thanks to Peggy who has donated this design to share with you! Isn't Harvey cute? He would look so great hanging on your door this coming fall. Be sure to e-mail Peggy and thank her for donating this design to all of us out here in cyberspace. per@penn.com Thank you, thank you, thank you! |
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Paints: DecoArt Americana Acrylic Paint:
Cashmere Beige * Honey Brown * Antique Green * Georgia Clay
* Black Plum * Asphaltum * Plantation Pine * Red Iron oxide * Lamp Black * Dove Grey *
Prussian Blue * Blue Green *
Brushes: Loew-Cornell "American Painter" Taklon
3/4 4550 Wash 1 4050 Script
6 4300 Shader 3 4000 Round
1/2 4400 Angular
Supplies:
1" Pine * 1/4" luan * Raffia * hot glue and gun * artificial pine
* berry pics * homespun scraps * craft glue * 18 Gauge Black wire * Delta Home Decor
Liquid Wood Stain Antique Oak * black permanent markers *
Cutting Instructions:
Cut Harvey, his arms and legs from 1" pine. Cut hat piece 1/4"
luan. Sand smooth, wipe with a damp cloth.
Painting Instructions:
Face, hands and knee are Cashmere Beige. Hat and hat piece
are Honey Brown. Shirt and sleeves are Black Plum. Pants are Blue Green. The patch is
Antique Green , striped with Honey Brown and Dove Grey. The fraying around the knee is
Dove Grey and Prussian Blue. Boots are Lamp Black. The corn is Honey brown, the husks are
Plantation Pine. The Pumpkin is Red Iron Oxide. The stem is Asphaltum.
Painting Details:
Dry brush cheeks Black Plum. Dot eyes Lamp Black. Nose is
Red Iron Oxide. Line mouth and dash eyebrows with black permanent marker. Shade face,
hands, knee and hat Asphaltum. Shade shirt and sleeves Lamp Black. Shade pants Prussian
Blue. Shade corn husks Plantation Pine. Shade pumpkin Red Iron Oxide. Dot boots Dove Grey.
Letter and dot pumpkin Lamp Black. Stain backs of all pieces. Spray with matte finish.
Assembly:
Drill all holes as indicated on pattern. Cut snips of
raffia and hot glue under hat piece, attach hat piece. Wire on arms and legs. Form a swag
from pumpkin and ears of corn, wire to hands. Hot glue pine and berries behind swag.
Finish with a homespun bow tied around neck.
GOD BLESS Peggyann E. Rinehuls (ELIZ)
Kindness in words creates confidence
Kindness in thinking creates profoundness
Kindness in giving creates love. Lao-tzu
The line drawings will not print out actual size. Enlarge or shrink as so desired. But the true measurements are written on each section.
