"Scarecrow" is a song on Pink Floyd's debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967), though it first appeared as the B-side of their second single "See Emily Play" (as "Scarecrow") two months before. It was written by original frontman Syd Barrett and recorded in March 1967.

The Scarecrow is a play by Percy Mac Kaye, written in 1908, but first presented on Broadway in 1911. It is based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story, Feathertop, but greatly expands the tale. Although it had what we would now consider an extremely short run in New York, it was filmed as Puritan Passions during the silent era, has been revived twice in New York (most recently in 2005), has been made into an opera, and has become a favorite of universities and local theatres.

The Scarecrow was a 1982 New Zealand film directed by Sam Pillsbury based on the 1963 novel by New Zealand author Ronald Hugh Morrieson about a killer in a small town.

The Scarecrow is a 1920 short comedy film starring comedian Buster Keaton. It was written and directed by Keaton and Edward F. Cline.

The Scarecrow is an opera commissioned by a consortium of twelve universities. It had its world premiere at the University of Texas at Austin in February-March 2006. The music was written by Joseph Turrin and libretto by Bernard Stambler.

The Scarecrow is a short story by horror writer R.L. Stine, part of the Goosebumps book series and included in the collection of stories Even More Tales to Give You Goosebumps. It is about three teenagers who, in the run up to Halloween, come across a scarecrow on the way to school.