Scarecrow from The Wizard of Oz – If he only had a brain.
Have you ever thought about making a scarecrow? Well, your time has arrived! We are having a scarecrow contest for the Good Cheer Harvest Festival on September 11th.
This is a change of pace from Harvest Festival Garden Quilt Raffle and Garden Shed/Greenhouse Raffle.
The Scarecrow Contest is a chance to show your creativity and to win a $50 gift certificate at the Good Cheer Thrift Stores and bragging rights on South Whidbey Island. You can click here to print out an entry form.
A scarecrow is a device, traditionally a human figure or mannequin dressed in old clothes (think thrift store), placed in fields by farmers to discourage birds such as crows or sparrows from disturbing and feeding on recently cast seed and growing crops.
Below you’ll find four scarecrows made by the staff at Good Cheer. You may have seen Chef Carly at the Good Cheer Garden and she will be used to promote the Chef Cook Off at the Harvest Festival. We will talk to that in a later post; she is not part of the voting contest!
You’ll find contributions from the Clinton Good Cheer Two Thrift Store, the Langley Thrift Store, the Good Cheer Garden and the Good Cheer Distribution Center.
The winning group will have a pizza party prepared by the other three groups!
Jim and Larry
Our names are Jim and Larry, we are the cutest scarecrows as we were modeled after two of Good Cheer’s cutest most faithful volunteers Jim and Larry. We wanted to be just like Jim and Larry because they bring GOOD CHEER to wherever they volunteer. They work at Good Cheer Two in Clinton, the Food Bank and the Distribution Center. They are best buddies so you can NOT vote for them separately as they are a team. When you vote for Jim & Larry you are showing your support for ALL of the Good Cheer volunteers which is the heart of the Good Cheer organization.
The real Jim and Larry!
Hi! I’m Lucky Louey. I used to be scattered in bits and pieces all over the Langley Good Cheer Thrift Store. When one day the good folks there decided to put me all together. They worked very hard and put in many hours to make me just right and made me the Scarecrow I am today!!! I get to meet and greet everyone as they come through the door of the store!!! I can really be a part of Good Cheer now!!! That’s why I feel like I am a VERY Lucky Louey!!!
Hi my name is Bunny, and you can visit me at the entrance way at Good Cheer Food Bank. I work in the Good Cheer garden keeping their food bank cooler and shelves full of fresh vegetable. Inch by inch, row by row, I help make the garden grow. All it takes is a rake, a hoe and piece of fertile ground. I was created in two afternoons by families of the staff and volunteers. So a vote for me is voting for family fun. I’ll see you at the Good Cheer Harvest Party and Music Fest on September 11th.
My name is Donation Dave ~ I came from all over the island I am completely made of donated items from Good Cheer’s distribution center; right down to the safety pins that hold me together. I feel like a clown most of the time showing my sad face because we all wish we could do more for the people using the food bank. Wanting to make Good Cheer the best food bank we can, NO money was spent in putting me together. Please vote for the “Best Scarecrow” ~ Donation Dave!!! Those who contributed to my creation were; Dave, Sean, R.J., Reva (the shoe lady), Gail (the linen lady) and Terri to name a few oops John too.
To vote for a particular Scarecrow all you need to do is click on response in the top right hand corner of the post. This will take you to a comment page; just indicate the name of the Scarecrow that you most appreciated. You can leave a comment if you’d like; just be kind. If the comments section says No Responses it means that yours is the first!
Thanks for participating!
Good Cheer!
Somebody had to be first and I’m casting my vote for Bunny from the Good Cheer Green Garden!
Not too scary but very colorful.
Mark
Bunny!
I am voting for Lucky Louey I like the belt with plastic veggies, the red shirt and the cute hat.
this girl has personality, yet is also a very traditional scarecrow.
I vote for Bunny!
I vote for Lucky Louey. A traditional scarecrow with great clothes. Love the boots!
Karen Carbone says:
August 24, 2010 at 5:04 pm (Edit)
I vote for Lucky Louey.
Bunny!
Jim and Larry because I appreciate their volunteer spirit
very funny!
It’s a tough call because they are all so awesome but I have to vote for Jim and Larry, one because I love them and two because I’m pretty sure those green overalls used to be ours! ROFL!!! Tell Bunny she was a close second!
Jim and Larry in honor of all the volunteers
I vote for Lucky Louey. I like his colorful, festive look!
Jim and Larry
Would enjoy clearer “voting” instructions: like “CLICK HERE” then “To add a comment/vote, “CLICK HERE”…took awhile to find where to do this.
Actually I think the real Jim and Larry are the coolest !
So hard to choose! Each is special. But i finally settled on Bunny.
They are such cuties, difficult to decide but….I am taking a shining to Matt and Jeff oh I mean Jim and Larry.
The comments section doesn’t work in that fashion; it’s just the way the program is set up:)
Bunny is cute…I vote for Bunny…they are all cute…good job Good Cheer guys.
Lucky Louey all the way!!!
IIt’s a tie between Bunny and Jim & Larry…..Yes Bunny is cute but what Jim & Larry stand for means so much….do I have to choose..???
I vote for lcky louey. I think it looks great.
Yes, I’m afraid that you have to make a choice:)
All the scarecrows look great. But I like Bunny best. She grows the best vegtables I ever tasted .
Lucky Louey
They are all great, but I vote for Jim and Larry (or Larry and Jim)
I vote for Donation Dave.
Jim and Larry are great!
I vote for ‘Donation Dave’!!!
Lucky Louey
Bunny all the way
Bill is voting for Bunny
My vote goes to Bunny for sure!
bunny is cute and sweet
I vote for Bunny!
Bunny is the Best scarecrow ive ever seen!!!
My vote goes to Bunny. Like her hair!! and heart
Bunny! she is cute and sweet
Bunny1!!!! I LOVE BUNNY WITH THE PINK HAIR!!!
BUNNY
Bunny
Bunny
I vote for bunny !!!
My vote is for bunny .
I vote for bunny!!!
Bunny gets my vote.
It looks like Rita advocated for Bunny ~ good job my friend.
bunny
Lucky Louey
I love them all but my vote goes to Jim & Larry for their special dedication in volunteering!
My vote is for Donation Dave
I’m voting for Bunny because she is helping the garden grow, and not nibbling too much along the way.