Celebrating Terrific Scarecrows

2023 Downtown Scarecrow Festival

We were blown away by the amazing scarecrows from this year's 2023 Downtown Manchester Scarecrow Festival. 

Fans had two opportunities to vote this year- on Facebook as well as in select in-person locations. As announced during registration, we will be awarding gift-card prizes to the individuals and families that participated. The top businesses and organizations will enjoy bragging rights as well as our huge thanks and some online support and promotion this year!

Facebook Favorites

1st Place with 176 Votes:  Lady & The Scarecrow by Filomena's Pizzeria

2nd Place with 141 Votes: Scarecrow by Kids' Arts & Crafts Club of Manchester

3rd Place with 110 Votes: Our SJS Student by Saint James School

Honorable Mention:  What a Wonderful World by Beller's Music / DuBaldo Music (92 votes) and Up, Up, & Away! by Farmer's Insurance - Ken O'Hara Agency (89 votes)

Fan Favorites (In-Person Voting)

1st Place: Pete the Cat by Manchester CT Public Library

2nd Place: Board Meeting by WORK_SPACE: Coworking, Meeting & Gallery Space

3rd Place:  Women in Action! by Manchester CT Women's Club

Honorable Mentions (receiving several votes each): 

Chuckles 2043 by Lutz Children's Museum

Roars Toward the Future by The Cornerstone Christian School

Double the Fun! 

These scarecrows not only placed in the top level of Facebook Favorites but also received in-person votes as well!

Saint James School, Kids Arts & Crafts Club of Manchester, and Beller's Music / DuBaldo Music!

Individuals & Families

We love to see local individuals and families join the creative fun!  We are thankful that these families put in the effort to bring their ideas to Main Street! 

This year's scarecrows created by individuals are:

Bob the Bear by Fun with Friends 

Recycle Robots by Frye Miller Family

Thank You to All Scarecrow Creators

Thank you to everyone that helped to make this event a success!

#1 Chuckles 2043 created by Lutz Children's Museum

#2 Pete the Cat created by the Staff of the Manchester Public Library

#3 Big Dreamer by  Bowers Elementary PTA

#4 Scarecrow created by Kids Arts & Crafts Club of Manchester

#5 Women in Action! by  Manchester Women's Club

#6 Plas Monster by CSL Plasma

#7 Generations of Manchester created by Always Best Care Senior Services of Central CT

#8 Kipper the Keeney Cub created by Keeney Street School PTA

#9 Professor Mint and her dog Tagalong by Manchester Girl Scout Troop #10624

#10 Shanna Shiny created by Manchester Girl Scout Troop #10643

#11 Paula Painter created by Manchester Girl Scout Troop #10622

#12 Brownies Look to the Future by Manchester Girl Scout Troop #10599

#13 Recycle Robots by Frye Miller Family

#14 Hawktavo created by MHS Tri-M Music Honor Society

#15 Always Doing Our Best As We Swim Through the Sea of Success created by Adelbrook Academy, Manchester

#17 Soña Dora created by Hecho by Helena

#18 Beatrice by  BeaHive Salon

#20 Our SJS Student created by Saint James School

#21 Swifty by All Ways There Home-Care

#22 Rise and Shine created by Barry, Barall, Taylor & Levesque, LLC

#23 Marc the Scarecrow created by McCauley Flooring Installations,LLC

#24 The Gardener created by The Firestone | Art Studio & Cafe

#25 Gnome Place Like Manchester created by  The Angry Egg

#26 Stitch in Space created by Labworks (MELC)

#27 Proven Leadership created by Manchester Democratic Town Committee

#28 Aetos McDios created by  Aetos Dios, FIRST Robotics Team 7153

#29 Ghost of Urban Lodge Past created by Urban Lodge Brewing

#30 Weird Barbie created by  Nevermore Designs

#31 Bob the Bear created by Fun with Friends

#32 Up, Up and Away! created by Farmers Insurance - Ken O’Hara Agency

#33 Scarecrow created by Key Bank

#34 BOARD Meeting created by WORK_SPACE: Coworking, Meeting & Gallery Space

#35 Mrs. Frankenstein created by Iris Carde of UR Community Cares

#36 What a Wonderful World created by Beller's Music / DuBaldo Music Staff & Friends

#38 Fall Fence created by Manchester Knit Crochet and Crafts

#39 PATRICK GLAYZE created by Little Bird Clay Company Pottery and Art Studio

#40 Lady and the Scarecrow created by Filomena's Pizzeria

#41 LION-el's Paws for the Future created by The Cornerstone Christian School

#42 Scarecrow created by Arbors of Hop Brook, Independent Retirement Community and Assisted Living, Artist Laurie Robinson

#45 Beyonce created by MA&CE

See You Next Fall!

We can't wait to welcome scarecrows back to Main Street next October!

For now, visit our Facebook page and view old scarecrow photos!