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6 October 2026

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Fall writing activity for Kindergarten and Grades 1–2 combining scarecrow crafts, story prompts, cutting, weaving, gluing, and early sentence writing for autumn literacy centers.

Bring a little autumn creativity to writing time with a hands-on Scarecrow Stories activity!

Children build their own scarecrow, then use a simple story prompt to imagine what their scarecrow might say, think, wish, or discover. The craft gives young writers a fun starting point before they put their ideas into words.

This activity combines early writing with cutting, weaving, and gluing, making it a lovely choice for fall literacy centers, morning work, small groups, homeschool, or a quiet autumn afternoon.

EASY TO PREPARE — CHOOSE THE VERSION THAT WORKS FOR YOUR STUDENTS

Choose the crafting option that best fits your students’ cutting skills, then print and start creating. The set gives you different ways to prepare the activity, so you can keep it simple and comfortable for everyone.

CONFIDENT WITH SCISSORS?
Give each child their own set of scarecrow pieces to cut, assemble, and glue. There are 4 different versions to choose from.

NOT READY FOR SCISSORS YET?
Choose the pages with pre-grouped pieces. Simply print, cut the pieces yourself, sort them into groups, and let children build their own scarecrows.

BUILD IT YOUR WAY

The scarecrow’s body, head, and hat are interchangeable. Like a building kit, the pieces can be mixed and matched to create many different scarecrow designs.

Every crafting version is available in both color and black-and-white.

WRITING PAGES

The set includes 16 writing pages:
• 15 pages with story prompts
• 1 clean, lined writing page

Choose the crafting version that suits your students, print what you need, and you’re ready to go. Simple preparation, flexible options, and a fun hands-on writing activity for fall.

A4 and US Letter printing formats

HOW IT WORKS

Cut out the scarecrow pieces.
Cut colored paper strips.
Fold the scarecrow body and cut the slits.
Weave the strips over and under to create a checkerboard pattern.
Add the head, hat, pumpkins, and leaves.
Glue the finished scarecrow onto the writing page.
Read the prompt and write the rest of the story.

EARLY WRITING + FINE-MOTOR PRACTICE

While children are creating, they practice:

• Cutting
• Weaving
• Gluing
• Following steps
• Fine-motor skills
• Early sentence writing
• Storytelling
• Autumn vocabulary

BEST FOR

• Kindergarten
• Grades 1–2
• Ages 5–7
• Fall writing centers
• Autumn literacy centers
• Fine-motor activities
• Writing practice
• Small groups
• Morning work
• Homeschool
• ESL / ELL learners

Print, prepare, and let the scarecrows tell their autumn stories!

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Halloween Activities Bundle | Crafts, Puzzles, Coloring, Writing & Templates

Happy Halloween The crew from the pumpkin patch has work for brave hands. The week the calendar stops behaving. Costumes wait on chairs, pumpkins take the windows, and anything with a worksheet in its name sounds like a mistake. It is not a week for ordinary lessons. It is a week for ghosts, candy, and stories that start after dark. So count the ghosts. Turn a spiderweb into a puzzle. Sit with a scarecrow and ask him what he saw in the field. The holiday stays in the room. Quiet work sneaks in beside it, dressed as a game. **Scarecrow Craft & Writing Activity** The field was loud not long ago. Carts, voices, crows arguing over the last of the corn. Now it is quiet, and he is the only one left on duty. His head is not empty. It is full of what he saw, and of things that never happened but could have. He is waiting for someone to stop and listen. And what does he look like, this one who stayed? Build him from a template, or trade the pieces and make a scarecrow no template imagined. Grab pencils and scissors, and make his story. Print and play · Color or black and white · Kindergarten–grade 2 **Spider Web Sudoku Puzzles** A spider spun a web and scattered numbers through it. This is his favorite sudoku, and he cannot quite finish it alone. The threads already know where each figure belongs. Someone has to help him see it. Circular sudoku, 6×6 to 9×9, three of each. Black and white pages to color. 4 еmpty templates for a puzzle of your own. Ages 6–9 **Halloween I Spy Worksheets** The ghosts arrived. Then the pumpkins, the gnomes, and the cats. Nobody kept to their own corner, and now the page is a happy crowd with no idea who is standing where. Time to put them in order. Find each one. Count. Tick the box. For the ten quiet minutes you actually need. Bright color pages, ready to print. Pre-K–grade 1 **Writing Prompts & Templates** Night has left drawings on the paper, unfinished on purpose. A ghost. A pumpkin. A web at the edge. Trace the outline, color what you woke up, then tell what happened. Take a page that begins the sentence for you, or a page that leaves every line yours. Trace and color. 12 Prompts, or a story of their own. Black and white pages. Kindergarten–grade 2 **Candy Sudoku** A whole hill of sweets, and not one of them knows where to sit. The rule is old and strict: one of every candy in the row, one of every candy in the column. The hill disappears only when that is true. 20 puzzles, 4×4. Four levels, set by how many squares start empty. A blank grid and 60 candies, for a sudoku of your own. Cut, sort, paste. Use it again after the season: the candy does not expire. Ages 4–7 **Happy Halloween Coloring Pages** The witch is grinning, not glaring. The gnome has claimed the pumpkin, the cat has claimed the gnome, and the ghosts showed up because nobody told them it was a serious night. Scary the way a costume is scary: enough for a squeak, then a laugh. Fifty pages on a dark ground. Color past the line and the night hides it. The picture still reads. The brights burn brighter for it. Ages 4–8 Halloween is already in the house: a costume, a bowl, a date on the wall. The program only needs a few more lights. The pages are those lights. Take the whole series, and the evening knows what to do with its hands.

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