{"id":8133,"date":"2024-09-04T11:00:57","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T11:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/free\/?p=8133"},"modified":"2025-11-11T22:26:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T22:26:00","slug":"harvest-festival-printables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rooftoppost.co.uk\/free\/harvest-festival-printables\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvest Festival Printables"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Autumn is upon us (in the northern hemisphere anyway) and so is the time of harvest.\u00a0 In fact, did you know that the Old English word “haerfest” actually means “autumn”?\u00a0 That’s not the only interesting link to history either.\u00a0 In fact, the autumn harvest is a time of year steeped in ancient traditions.<\/p>\n

For example, did you know that scarecrows, one of most iconic symbols of harvest time, have been used for over 3,000 years?\u00a0 Originally, they were as simple as wooden frames dressed in old clothes, but over the centuries they’ve been made in all sorts of different ways across different cultures – whatever has worked to protect ripe crops.<\/p>\n

Anyway, and if you’re on the hunt for harvest festival printables for your children to help celebrate, we’ve assembled ours below, starting with these two harvest-themed pictures to colour in:<\/p>\n