A recent issue of Woodcarving Illustrated magazine had a one-page article showing this miniature scarecrow ornament. It’s about 3.5 inches tall, carved from wood about 3/4 inch thick. I didn’t have any basswood of appropriate thickness, so I grabbed a board from an old pallet that I’d torn apart for scrap lumber. I have way too much of that scrap lumber (guess I don’t spend enough time in the garage knocking things together), but now I have a use for it.
The pine carved reasonably well. It’s brittle in a few places, but overall is fun to carve.
I goofed a bit on the first ornament, getting the legs too thin and breaking one that I had to glue back on. But the second turned out pretty good. I have one more blank cut out, and lots of wood to cut out more if I want. Although I’ll fix the bandsaw before I cut out any more. Doing these with the coping saw is tedious.
Picture quality is pretty poor. I was in a hurry this morning. I took the ornaments outside, figuring it’d be nice to get pictures of them hanging from a tree in the back yard. I obviously have a bit to learn about taking pictures, especially in the early morning light.
The pattern and short description are on Page 86 of Woodcarving Illustrated Issue #52. I think you should be able to navigate to the article from that Scribd link.