Yesterday we made a scarecrow.
This, in itself, was a rather bizarre, unexpected and very entertaining activity. A last minute addition to what was already a particularly busy day!
We had a lot of fun. My husband (with a little help from the kids…!) made a great scarecrow – the one in the stripy top :) We met neighbours we knew, and a couple we didn’t. We ate chilli and drank hot apple cider and chatted. We may have acquired a play kitchen for the wee girl?! As you do…
The boys love their scarecrow, and it is now sitting on our porch, looking very a little bit scary.
It may seem odd to attach significance to the making of a scarecrow, but for us it was about more than simply heading over to a neighbours on a sunny autumn morning and making scarecrows.
It was the first time we had been invited to an impromptu gathering of neighbours.
We know our neighbours: we know their names, the names of their children, what Grade their kids are in. We say hello. We chat. We walk to school together.
We have been made to feel very welcome.
But yesterday, we felt included too.
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What a brilliant idea – a Scarecrow-making party! I bet your kids had oodles of fun :) Loving the expression on that big Scarecrow’s face!
They really did! Not something I expected to find us doing this weekend, but a lovely activity, it was a lot of fun! The big scarecrow was the hosts :)
Great scarecrows and glad you’ve been included in things. I know how much that means for Mum and Dad to feel part of the community too :)
Thank you. It was lovely! And great fun :)
What a lovely thing to get involved in, and it must be great to fell included like this.
It was really nice. The boys had great fun, and hubby and I got to chat with our neighbours – it’s nice to get to know them a bit better.
I want to make a scarecrow now! Sounds like it was lots of fun and how lovely to be included x
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It was great fun – not something I would have thought to do, but brilliant. Our scarecrow is now very happy on our porch :)
fantastic. It’s nice to finally start feeling properly part of a community. I’m sure with festive events coming up you’ll feel even more included.
I hope so. Our immediate neighbourhood has lots of families with young children, so it’s nice to start to get to know them all a bit better.
We love scarecrow making and will be doing one for Fireworks night here. Yours look fantastic #what’sthestory + #magicmoments
Thanks Fiona – we’d never made them before! It was great fun :)
What a lovely idea….and for scarecrows they don’t actually look that scary!
No, they ended up looking a bit goofy, or a bit drunk really! Good fun though :)
It’s those little things that really make you feel settled and like you finally belong isn’t it, so glad you had such a lovely afternoon :-)
It really is. Thank you :)
Wow, that sounds like fun! Obviously, in Dubai, we don’t see any scarecrows (in fact, I thought people don’t make them anymore), so this was an interesting read! #MagicMoments
We were a little surprised when the invitation arrived, but it was such good fun, and the finished scarecrows were brilliant!
Sounds like you live in a lovely community :)
We do, we’re very lucky. I have made friends through all sorts of groups, everyone has been really welcoming. It was nice to do something with our immediate neighbours though.
Such cool scarecrows….that one with his tongue out looks slightly tipsy! :)
He does, doesn’t he?! Our host made that one :)
I’m so glad for you, we left behind wonderful neighbours in holland, I hope we find more again here in Dubai
It’s hard isn’t it? Good neighbours make such a difference. I hope you find the same again x
awww honey this is lovely i am so glad you finally feel included xxx
thanks for linking up with #MagicMoments
Thanks Jaime x And, thanks for hosting :)
Great idea, we’ve never thought of making a scarecrow before
It was such good fun, and really easy!
It is lovely you are feeling part of the community and what a fab scarecrow!
Thank you, and yes, it’s really good x
What a lovely experience and so pleased that you were included in this. So happy it’s working out for you :) #magicmoments
Thank you x
Look at you guys, kings and queen of craft!!!! I’m still trying to get past Halloween and the leaves. How amazing to be involved in something like this, must have been great fun. I can just picture the scarecrow sitting proudly in your porch. What a wonderful post, thank you so much for sharing with #whatsthestory
Thanks Charly! It was a lot of fun, completely unexpected, but such a great idea. The kids all had a great time, and our scarecrow is very happy on the porch. Another new experience for us :)
Brilliant scarecrows! What a lovely thing to do together :-)
Great fun!
What a very different idea, but a great way of getting you all together. It must have felt so nice to have been included in this activity, a great way to make new friends x
It was really good fun! It was lovely to chat to people over a fun activity :)
I do like your scarecrows. It’s lovely that there’s a nice story behind making them too.
Thank you – it was a lot of fun making them. X
lovely post, the scarecrows look brilliant xx
Thank you xx
Great story! I love your scarecrows, the photo is fab. :) xx
Thank you very much!
A scarecrow making party. Now there’s a fun idea! I do like the look of the big one in the centre #MagicMoments
It really was fun! Such a surprising idea, but it was great :)
Amazing scarecrows!!! xx
Thanks!
What a great moment Sara, I love the scarecrows, but I love the fact that you are now an official Yank with a Scottish accent :) It must be a really good feeling xx
Ha! I definitely still have my accent :) It was a lovely morning, a lot of fun x
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Great scarecrow and wonderful that you’ve become to feel an accepted member of your new community! xx
Thank you xx It was a lovely day.