About a month ago, my little boy went to a birthday party where all the kids made bird feeders. I was impressed not only by the clever simplicity of the craft, but that my friend was able to wrangle a group of three- and four-year-olds into making them. Yesterday, as I was thinking about what to do with my cub scout den (yep, I'm a den mother. Still makes me laugh.), I decided to have them work on their Naturalist badge and I remembered this simple, easy craft. Even the ten-year-old Webelos enjoyed it. So, without further ado, here's the super-easy, super-cheap bird feeder craft.
What you need:
- an empty toilet paper roll (that's the random reuse, in case you were wondering)
- a piece of colorful ribbon, yarn, or string (the more colorful, the better because it attracts the birds)
- birdseed (I bought a 5 lb. bag of the multi-bird/songbird blend for under three dollars. You can get smaller, cheaper bags of it. I got this because I knew we'd use it - we love getting birds to come to our yard.)
- a single-hole punch
- peanut butter (smooth or chunky - doesn't matter)
The final step is to hang it from a tree branch. Sure, it's not much to look at, but the birds won't care. At least they didn't seem to mind when they devoured the last one.
1 comment:
That's so clever!
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