The ripened crop on the agricultural plot is often prey to the birds living nearby. Sparrows, crows or rooks - these birds, flying in flocks, are able to fully embrace the fruits of a single cherry tree in a few hours.
Since ancient times, garden dummy comes to protect gardeners from winged gluttons. Of course, this method of protecting rural lands cannot be called 100% effective, because often birds are not afraid of a real scarecrow and get food for themselves without remorse.
Basic requirements for the "defender"
Today, there are reliable electronic bird scarers, but garden amulets are still used in home gardens — mostly with a decorative purpose.
Showing a little imagination, you can create a pretty cute stuffed animal with your own hands for the garden.
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Using the garden "protector" as a talisman or a symbol of beauty, health and fertility, you can give it a wreath of flowers or fruits. A couple of "straw men" can serve as a symbol of love, family well-being and mutual understanding. 
If, however, the scarecrow performs its direct function, it is necessary to use the following mandatory elements to create it:
- The proximity to the protected object. For effective scaring you can put a few stuffed animals and set them in opposite sides of the plot.
- The abundance of blue - the birds consider this color quite aggressive, because in nature it is quite rare.
- The presence of sound and mobile elements - bells, rustling ribbons, pots and other light parts of stuffed animals that make frightening birds sounds when exposed to wind.
- Brilliant things - old CDs, foil, Christmas tinsel scare off winged harvest hunters.
- Big growth straw doll and bright colors in the design.
- Maximum similarity with the person.
Important! The scarecrow, the most appropriate to human form and growth, will not only give realism when scaring birds, but also help get rid of intruders who at night can encroach on someone else's property.
Read about growing such berries, roots, greens, which protects the garden scarecrow, namely, onions, tomatoes, cucumbers, radishes, carrots, eggplants, pumpkin, zucchini, parsley, garlic, watermelon, melons, strawberries.
Required materials and tools
Before you make a stuffed animal in the garden, you need to prepare all the materials you may need:
- two wooden slats for the base (1.5 and 2 meters long);
- clothes and shoes of bright colors;
- sackcloth;
- stuffing material: synthetic winterizer, straw, rags, plastic bags;
- markers, markers, paints, pencils;
- Accessories: buttons, ribbons, beads, bells, and so on;
- nylon rope or wire;
- thread and needle for sewing small parts;
- screws and nails.
Important! For the base fit strips from shtaketnik, cuttings of spades, mops or brushes, wall paneling and the like.Such tools can be useful:
- hammer;
- screwdriver;
- pliers;
- hacksaw or saw;
- scissors;
- stapler
Did you know? Garden stuffed festivals are very popular all over the world. They are regularly held in Chicago, Brussels, in the Tomsk and Novogorodsk regions of Russia. The most famous scarecrow contest is held in the British Yorkshire and is called the Kettlewell's Scarecrow Festival. Often, competitions are timed to the end of the growing season and harvest. In the manufacture "straw man" craftsmen give them similarities with movie characters, musicians, politicians or their neighbors. Crow, they certainly do not scare, but attract tourists.
Master Earthing Disease
So, in order to avoid difficulties, how to make a scarecrow garden to the country with their own hands, we will conduct a master class step by step:
- To begin with we will prepare a basis - a crosspiece from levels. They need to be connected in accordance with the proportions of the human body (horizontal stick at the level of shoulders and arms). When calculating the height of the product, we must not forget that it will be dug into the ground to a depth of about 40 centimeters for stability.
- We make the head out of a small bag or plastic bag covered with simple tights or a pillowcase. We fill it with "brains" from straw or any other stuffing, giving a rounded shape. Tie up the edges should be very tight, so as not to spill the insides.
- Draw a face. To do this, you can use waterproof paints, markers, bright cloth scraps, buttons, embroidery threads.
- Master hair from tow, braid, multi-colored ribbons or thin strips of fabric.
- We put on a headdress - a wide-brimmed hat or a hat with bells sewn along the edges, baby rattles or other "loud" fittings.
- Torso: a large bag, full of entrails, attached or strung on a vertical stick-base.
- We dress a scarecrow in any bright, preferably with blue elements, clothing with long sleeves, stringing them on horizontal slats. For this fit a dress, men's shirt, sweater and so on. The sleeves can also be filled with upholstery, giving them volume. All buttons need to fasten.
- We put the head on the upper end of the strap.
- Hands can be made of stuffed mittens or gloves, round paint brushes attached to the ends of the horizontal rail.
- As the legs, you can use old pants, filled with voluminous material, tightly tied or sewn at the ends of the leg. Make your feet from socks filled with "entrails" or lightweight shoes.
- You can dress a scarecrow by attaching empty tin cans, bells and other bird scaring items to your clothes. You can also add light, moving in the wind accessories - handbag, spinner, umbrella, broom and the like.
- Having collected and installed the finished "straw man", you need to make sure that he stands firmly on his leg. To enhance stability, you can put additional supports at an angle of 45 ° with respect to the vertical bar.
Important! The design should be light, give in to the wind and scare the birds away with the mobility of limbs.When you create a "garden defender" should consider these points:
- paper cannot be used as stuffing and any other elements. The first time it gets wet, it will deteriorate;
- All materials used should be bright and strong enough;
- the creation of the sound effect should not be excessive, otherwise a strong roar will interfere not only with the birds, but also with the owners of the plot;
- the repellent effect will increase if periodically changing stuffed, so you can make a few spare straw dolls;
- it is necessary to fasten the elements of the figure firmly enough so that it does not lose its integrity;
- Do not forget about the weight of the structure when it is created.
Did you know? In Yuzhe, the Russian district center of the Ivanovo region, a unique museum, the Garden Scarecrow, has been opened, in which a large number of unusual exhibits of garden advocates are represented.Having a little imagination and creating a scarecrow for the garden with your own hands, you will see how unusual and unique this creature is, contributing its atmosphere to your domain.
