Scarecrow In A Cornfield With Autumn Leaves Coloring Page

A scarecrow stands in the middle of a cornfield with tall stalks rising on either side, leaves blowing across the picture, and a fence running along behind. He wears a floppy hat and a shirt with visible patches, and straw shows at his cuffs. The drawing keeps to simple bold lines with large open areas and little fine detail, so children from about five upward will get on with it happily.

The corn is the part that needs a plan or it will turn into a wall of one color. Suggest using two greens and a yellow, alternating them stalk by stalk, with the driest-looking stalks nearest the front done in gold. The blowing leaves can be as bright as your child likes, and the scarecrow's patches are the place to be inventive with pattern.

Cornfields make good scarecrow country for a reason. Corn is one of the crops birds go for hardest, taking the kernels straight off the cob, so fields like this one have been guarded by figures in old clothes for a very long time, in almost every country that grows it.