Nursery Rhyme / Fairy Tale / Story Scarecrow Ideas

This scarecrow seems to represent the nursery rhyme Little Bo Peep with her lamb and her crook.

(Kurrajong Scarecrow Festival)

The following nursery rhymes have colourful and interesting characters and would make good themes for a scarecrow display. Click on the links to read the words of the nursery rhymes:

• Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
  
• Farmer in the Dell
  
• Hey Diddle Diddle
  
• Humpty Dumpty
  
• Jack and Jill
  
• Little Bo Peep
  
• Little Boy Blue
  
• Little Miss Muffet
  
• Mary Had a Little Lamb
  
• Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
  
• Old King Cole
  
• Rock a Bye Baby
  
• Rub-a-Dub-Dub
  
• There was a Crooked Man

Here are some fairy tales that also have colourful and interesting characters and would make good themes for a scarecrow display:

• Cinderella
  
• Goldilocks and the Three Bears
  
• Hansel and Gretel
  
• Little Red Riding Hood
  
• Princess and the Pea
  
• Rapunzel
  
• Sleeping Beauty
  
• Snow White

Finally, here are some favourite children's stories that would also make good themes for a scarecrow display:

• Adventures of Pinocchio
  
• Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
  
• Mary Poppins
  
• Peter Pan
  
• Peter Rabbit
  
• Robin Hood
  
• Thomas the Tank Engine
  
• Wind in the Willows
  
• Winnie the Pooh
  
• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Baa Baa Black Sheep

Baa, baa, black sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes, Sir yes, Sir,
Three bags full;
One for the master,
And one for the dame,
And one for the little boy
Who lives down the lane.

Farmer in the Dell

The farmer in the dell,
The farmer in the dell,
Hi ho the derrio,
The farmer in the dell.
The farmer takes a wife...
The wife takes a child...
The child takes a nurse...
The nurse takes a dog...
The dog takes a cat...
The cat takes a rat...
The rat takes a cheese...
The cheese stands alone...


Hey Diddle Diddle

Hey Diddle Diddle,
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon;
The little dog laughed to see such fun,
And the dish ran away with the spoon.


Humpty Dumpty

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall;
All the King’s horses and all the King’s men
Couldn’t put Humpty together again.


Jack and Jill

Jack and Jill went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water;
Jack fell down and broke his crown,
And Jill came tumbling after.

Little Bo Peep

Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep
And doesn’t know where to find them;
Leave them alone and they’ll come home;
Wagging their tails behind them.

Little Boy Blue

Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn,
The sheep’s in the meadow, the cow’s in the corn;
But where is the boy who looks after the sheep?
He’s under a haystack fast asleep.


Little Miss Muffet

Little Miss Muffet
Sat on a tuffet,
Eating her curds and whey;
Along came a spider,
That sat down beside her,
And frightened Miss Muffet away.


Mary Had a Little Lamb

Mary had a little lamb,
Its fleece was white as snow;
And everywhere that Mary went,
The lamb was sure to go.
It followed her to school one day,
That was against the rule;
It made the children laugh and play,
To see a lamb at school.


Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary

Mary, Mary, quite contrary,
How does your garden grow?
With silver bells and cockle shells,
And pretty maids all in a row.


Old King Cole

Old King Cole was a merry old soul,
And a merry old soul was he;
He called for his pipe,
And he called for his bowl,
And he called for his fiddlers three.

Rock a Bye Baby

Rock a Bye Baby, on the tree top,
When the wind blows the cradle will rock.
When the bough breaks the cradle will fall,
And down will come baby, cradle and all.


Rub-a-Dub-Dub

Rub-a-Dub-Dub,
Three men in a tub,
And who do you think they be?
The butcher, the baker,
The candlestick maker,
So turn out the knaves, all three.

There was a Crooked Man

There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile,
He found a crooked sixpence upon a crooked stile;
He bought a crooked cat and it caught a crooked mouse,
And they all lived together in a little crooked house.