OCTOBER ONLY! The Scarecrow Festival & Pumpkin Patch Houston kick off in October, when the ranch is open 7 days a week for the entire month. Check our or call. Entrance to the festival costs the same as our regular; group rates available for parties of 20+ with reservations. For more than 20 years, our Scarecrow Festival & Pumpkin Patch Houston has been an annual tradition for families from all over the surrounding areas. All ages enjoy the fall festivities: hay rides, scarecrow scenes featuring more than 85 scarecrows, and thousands of pumpkins piled high for photo ops!

Plus, all the are open during the festival and included at no extra charge. Kids under the age of 2 are free. The Oil Ranch is the #1 destination in Houston for good ol’ family fun, field trips and church groups, corporate events, and since 1976 More than 85 decorated scarecrows bring the ranch to life! Your family will not want to miss it! The Oil Ranch scarecrows are stuffed and dressed every year so even the annual favorites like the pirate and train engineer scarecrows are different every year.

We are open 7 days a week in October for the Scarecrow Festival. Check our or call. All ages enjoy the fall festivities: hay rides, hay-bale maze, and pumpkins piled high for family photos! All the are open during the festival. The Oil Ranch is the #1 destination in Houston for good ol’ family fun, field trips and church groups, corporate events, and since 1976.

Elaine Mitchell is a textile artist who loves scarecrows. She first began to create these quirky characters nearly ten years ago as props for a theatrical performance. After the play Elaine displayed the scarecrows around her home. When people started to drive by for a look, she knew she was onto a winner. Over the years Elaine has custom made scarecrows for every situation and has sent them across Australia.

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As well as the traditional, straw stuffed field scarecrow, she has made feminine scarecrows for cottage gardens, seated scarecrows, stage scarecrows and miniature scarecrows. While Elaine specialises in complicated designs, scarecrows are easy to make and fun for children. They are a great example of recycled art. With a little imagination, wonderful personalities emerge from the odds and ends lying around the house – old sticks, clothes, raw fleece, ribbon, paper bows and sheoak cuttings.

How to make a scarecrow You will need: • strong sticks, one as high as yourself and the other half as high • old pair of overalls • old hat, pair of gloves, scarf • old pantyhose for tying • old pillow case or piece of old sheet to cover the head • newspaper • masking tape and glue • paint for the face or buttons for a sewn on face • bright coloured wool • straw, extra newspaper or plastic bags for stuffing Method: • Tie the sticks firmly together with old pantyhose. The shorter stick is for the arms and is tied at right angles to the taller stick, a little way down from the top. • Wind newspaper around the top end of the taller stick to make the head.

Use the masking tape to keep it together. • Cover the newspaper with a piece of old sheet or a pillow case. Paint or sew a face onto it. Glue or sew on some wool for hair. • Place the long stick down one leg of the overalls and put each end of the shorter stick through the overall arms. • Stuff the overalls with straw until they make a firm body. Newspaper or plastic bags are good alternatives to straw.