Line up your sticks one as seen in the picture. It's totally up to how tall you want your puzzle to be, but 6-8 sticks is a pretty good number. You can add painters tape to the ends if you like to help keep the craft sticks from slipping around while you work.

Remove the bottom stick and cover it with glue, press down a piece of fabric, make sure that your glue is holding it down all over. Trim off excess fabric, your glue will stop the fabric from fraying. Add a button to the center with glue.

Find a small cup or bowl to trace the scarecrow head, be sure that it fits into the space of your remaining sticks. Trace and cut out a circle from burlap.Cover one side in glue and press down onto the sticks, you don’t need to leave any space between the sticks.

Put a generous amount of glue and press your hay/straw or bits of yellow paper down to make hair.

Allow your puzzle to dry completely.

Take a straight edge blade and cut each of your sticks apart.

Glue on two eyes where they should be on one stick.

Use a sharpie to add a nose on the next stick and a sewn on mouth on the next to spread your details out.

For a little older kid, they might have fun painting a few sticks with different elements, and you can make a few of "options" with different eyes, nose, mouth shapes and from different items.  When it's all dry, let your child mix and match the puzzle pieces.