My Crazy Kids

My Crazy Kids

Sunday 29 September 2013

Scarecrow Weekend


Today my wife and I took the kids to a small village near us called Belbroughton.
Why did you take them there? I hear you ask, well I'm about to tell you.

Every year at around this time the village comes alive with visitors flocking to see their scarecrows.
Yes you heard me correctly their scarecrows, some of you may about now be thinking god good what's fun about scarecrows, obviously you haven't been to Belbroughton scarecrow weekend.

For 16 years now they have annually held this weekend of fun for all the family. The villagers make their own scarecrows and display them outside their houses. This year after a competition vote the village chose the theme 'What Made Britain Great'.

Their were all kinds of decorated scarecrows from Winston Churchill to Wayne Rooney from Florence Nightingale to Mary Poppins and from Margaret Thatcher to Mo Farah.


As well as having all the wonderful scarecrows to see the boys got to make their own animal feeds at the RSPB stand, stroke a skunk at the animal stand and have their picture taken with a pumpkin man.


All in all it was a fun afternoon out for everyone.

  
Country Kids from Coombe Mill Family Farm Holidays Cornwall

8 comments:

  1. it was playing spot the scarecrow with the kids was fab

    ReplyDelete
  2. What a great idea, I'm sure you all had a fun day looking at all the scarecrows - did they have a winner? Thanks for linking up and sharing with Country Kids.

    ReplyDelete
  3. What a fab day out! I miss village life sometimes!

    ReplyDelete
  4. That sounds like a great fun day. At my parents village fete in the summer they have a scarecrow competition and the children loved walking round the village spotting them.
    I love the mary poppins one :)
    Thanks for linking #LetKidsBeKids

    ReplyDelete
  5. there were some fab scarecrows not sure which i liked best tbh

    ReplyDelete
  6. Scarecrow trails are so much fun. I love all the ideas that they come up with. #LetKidsBeKids

    ReplyDelete