Birds in the Garden
Backyard Bird Feeder
What you need
- Clean 1 litre soda bottle
- Craft knife
- 2 wooden spoons
- Small eye screw
- Length of twine for hanging
How to make it
- Start by drawing a 1/2 inch cross on the side of a clean 1 litre soda bottle, about 4 inches from the bottom. Rotate the bottle 90 degrees and draw another cross 5cm from the bottom. Draw a 2.5cm wide circle opposite each cross, as shown.
- Use a craft knife to slit the asterisk lines and cut out the circles (a parent’s job). Insert a wooden spoon handle first through each hole and then through the opposite asterisk, as shown.
- Remove the bottle cap and twist a small eye screw into the top of it for hanging.
- Finally, fill your feeder with birdseed, recap it, and use a length of twine to hang it from a tree.
Originally sourced from Kellyleigh Creates
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Easy Bird Bath
Make an easy bird bath by reusing old terracotta pots. The base of the bird bath is simply 3 terracotta pots (turned upside down) in reducing sizes with a larger terracotta saucer on top as water container. Containers are glued together.
Sourced from No Time For Flash Cards
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Bird Seed Biscuit
A great way to encourage birds into your garden for a tasty snack.
What you need
- 3/4 cup of birdseed
- 1 tablespoon flour
- Water
- Cookie cutter (use any shape you want)
- Oil
- Cookie sheet
- Foil
- Straw
- Ribbon
How to make it
- Our recipe makes two 3-inch biscuits (one is shown here) or a single 4-inch biscuit. Mix together the birdseed, flour, and 2 tablespoons of water.
- Spray or wipe a cookie cutter with oil and place it on a foil-covered cookie sheet. Pack the mixture into the cutter, inserting half a straw near the top to create a hole for hanging.
Sourced from Kitchen Counter Chronicles
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