Is your town having a Scarecrow Festival? If so, have you let people know that outfits for their scarecrows can be had for the gleanings of their fields (for those still close enough to farms to understand it) or for the straw in a scarecrow’s head…
Think of all the battered hats, tired gloves, bandannas, overalls and worn flannel shirts you can get rid of! My goodness, if not for your shop, those poor scarecrows would have to join a nudist colony. Now, that’s marketing: filling a need in your community! (And this is a great project to organize for your neighboring merchants in 2009: Scarecrows outside the businesses that reflect the shops, scarecrows in display windows made by the shop’s customers, scarecrows auctioned off for charity…)
Inspiration: Take a look at some great scarecrows at these festivals:
- Scarecrow Fest, St. Charles IL
- Scarecrow Festival, Marshall MI
- Scarecrow Festival in Bayfield WI
Need to keep the kids busy while you construct your scarecrow out of consignment class, resale raiment or thrifty threads? Get a free download courtesy of HowToConsign.
Auntie Kate The Resale Expert 