Things You'll Need:
- For pinecone ornaments:
- 1 suet cake
- 1/2 cup natural peanut butter
- Two 2-cup glass mixing bowls
- Spatula
- 1 pinecone (per ornament)
- 1 1/2 cups bird seed
- 8-inch length of string (per ornament)
- Wax paper
- For orange ornaments:
- Orange (1 per 2 ornaments)
- Knife
- Grapefruit spoon or spoon
- 2 8-inch lengths of string or ribbon (per 2 ornaments)
- Bird seed or suet
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Step 1
Place the suet cake into a glass bowl and microwave on high for 30 seconds to 1 minute, stirring after every 20 seconds.
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Step 2
Stir 1/2 cup natural peanut butter into the melted suet.
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Step 3
Mix 1/2 cup bird seed with the melted peanut butter and suet.
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Step 4
Tie a 6-inch length of string around the top 1 inch of each pinecone used. Tie a 3-inch loop at the end of the string.
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Step 5
Pour the remaining 1 cup of bird seed into a second glass bowl.
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Step 6
Dip each pine cone into the suet/peanut butter mixture.
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Step 7
Roll the dipped pine cone in the dry bird seed to completely cover it. Be careful not to bury the string in the bird seed.
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Step 8
Lay the ornaments onto a sheet of wax paper to cool and harden.
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Step 9
Hang several ornaments from low tree branches in your yard.
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Step 1
Cut an orange in half.
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Step 2
Scoop out the fruit from both halves with a grapefruit spoon or spoon. Leave the orange peel intact.
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Step 3
Make two small holes across from each other by poking through the peel with the knife 1/2 inch from the cut portion of the orange half. Repeat on the other orange half.
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Step 4
Tie each end of the string or ribbon into the holes to create a handle to hang your orange ornament from a tree. Repeat with the other orange half and other string.
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Step 5
Fill the two orange halves with bird seed to the rim and hang from a tree.
