How to make a home made bird feeder

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A pinecone is a free material you can use to make a homemade bird feeder.

You may not have realized how many different types of birds you have in your area. You can make a homemade bird feeder to inexpensively attract birds to your backyard so you can admire their different colors and attitudes. A birdfeeder can be made with materials you have in your home, such as a milk jug or a pinecone. Add a little birdseed to your creation and watch the birds flock to your yard.

Things You'll Need

  • 1 gallon milk jug
  • Scissors
  • Large aluminum pie plate
  • Strong glue
  • 2 feet of string
  • Rock
  • Bird seed
  • Cornmeal
  • Shortening
  • Pinecone
  • Cake pan
  • Yarn
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Instructions

  1. Milk Jug Bird Feeder

    • 1

      Rinse the milk residue from a 1 gallon milk jug.

    • 2

      Measure three inches from the bottom of the milk jug. Use scissors to cut a hole three inches in diameter on one side of the milk jug. Cut a hole three inches in diameter on the opposite side as well.

    • 3

      Glue the pie plate to the bottom of the milk jug. The pie plate will act as a perch for the birds.

    • 4

      Use the scissors to poke a hole near the top of the milk jug. Poke another directly opposite the hole you just made. Run the string through the holes and double-knot the string so you can hang your bird feeder.

    • 5

      Place the rock in the bottom of the milk jug, pour bird seed into the jug and hang the bird feeder on a tree branch.

    Pinecone Bird Feeder

    • 6

      Mix cornmeal and shortening and thickly spread the mixture all over the pinecone.

    • 7

      Pour bird seed onto a cake pan and roll the pinecone in the birdseed. Get the bird seed into every crevice of the pinecone. Let the pinecone harden overnight.

    • 8

      Tie a piece of yarn to the top of the pinecone by looping it under the topmost leaves of the pinecone. Double-knot the yarn and hang the bird feeder outside.

Tips & Warnings

  • The best bird seed to attract a variety of birds is a black-oil sunflower seed because the seeds are easy for small birds to crack.

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