The idea for Loughton’s
Scarecrow Festival came from a visit David and I paid to a lovely old house
called Trelowarren, on the Helford River in Cornwall, back in 2010. Looking
back over the photographs we took to remind us of our lovely holiday to
celebrate my retirement from University College London, I came across this
unusual ‘Frederick the Frog’ scarecrow. Hopefully, he may provide inspiration
for some animal-themed scarecrows.
Fred’s ‘face’ is made from
an upside-down jumper stuffed with paper enclosed in plastic bags. His head is embellished with spots of light grey fabric appliqué. Fred’s eyes are made from
two shiny CDs, and his hands are a pair of old frogman’s flippers attached to his
arms with green duct tape. His body is a pair of old green tights stuffed with a
discarded ‘space hopper’. The tights are embellished with dark grey fabric
appliqué spots and, to complete his costume, Fred sports a pair of green Wellington
boot feet that finish him off in great style.
Fred was placed at the edge
of a garden pond. Is he about to go for a swim, or was he put there to scare
away the fish?
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