For The Birds

Here are a few bird treats for the kiddies to build for their feathered friends over the week-end.  These homemade birdfeeders are fast, creative, eco friendly, and a low cost activity for the entire family to enjoy together!

ICE CUBE TRAY BIRD FEEDERS

Supplies

Birdseed, peanut butter (or honey in case of allergies), silicone ice cube molds, ribbon

How to

Step 1: Mix birdseed and peanut butter (or honey) until texture of play-doh.
Step 2: Spoon enough of the birdseed mixture into the mold to cover the bottom
Step 3: Place the end of a piece of ribbon in the center of each mold
Step 4: Cover completely with birdseed mixture
Step 5: Freeze overnight
Step 6: Pop bird feeders out of molds and hang outside (preferably on a cooler day — if it’s too hot out, the peanut butter may melt!)

MILK CARTON BIRD FEEDER:

Supplies:
-Milk Carton
-Wax Crayons or felts
-Scissors
-String
-Bird Feed

How to:

Decorate an empty milk carton with crayons, glitter, glue-ons, etc. Cut windows for the bird to enter the feeder. String ribbon or string through a hole punched top and hang in a desired spot for the family to enjoy the sight of the little tweety birds!


Here are some quick and easy ways to feed the birds with items in your cupboard:

Place half of an overripe orange or grapefruit on the end of a broken branch. Remove after 2 days.

Sew a string of whole, unshelled peanuts onto a piece of yarn and hang it on a tree.

Sew a garland of popcorn and put it on a tree.

Cut an opening in one side of the jug, large enough for a small bird to enter. Add a handful of bird seed, then hang from a tree. Remember to put the cap back on the jug! This keeps the rain and snow from ruining the bird seed.

String Cheerios on yarn and hang from a tree.

Use cookie cutters to cut shapes out of a slice of bread. Use a straw and place a hole in the bread, near the top, but not too close that it will easily break. Allow the bread to dry out for a couple of days (this is a great way to use up the ends of a loaf!). Smear peanut butter or lard on the bread and coat in peanut butter. Run twine through the hole and hang from the tree

PEANUT BUTTER PINE CONE BIRD FEEDER:

Supplies:

- Pine Cones

-Peanut Butter

-Bird Seed

- String

How to:

With a spatula lather on a layer of peanut butter on a pine cone and roll it in birdseed.  Hang the pine cone from a tree!  Easy peasy!

Enjoy your week-end and hopefully we see some sunshine!

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