- Get craft pompoms, muffin cups, toothpicks and wiggly eyes to make this craft that you can hang in a window. Glue two large pompoms together in whatever colors you want your hummingbird. Cut a toothpick in half, and color it black with a marker for the hummingbird's tiny, needle-like beak. Glue the eyes and toothpick on one of the pompoms to make the head. Then, cut the muffin cup into quarters, and use two as the wings and one as the tail, glued on the rear pompom. You can thread a string through one of the pompoms to make this little fuzzy hummingbird hang from a window, doorway or mantle.
- With online templates, print out a hummingbird pattern onto colored paper, or onto white paper you can color. Cut the assorted pieces out, and add glitter, beads, black marker accents and more colors. Wrap the paper around a cardboard toilet paper roll for the body of the bird, then glue on the head, feet, wings, tail and beak in the right places. See Resources section for printable templates.
- This craft project starts with either a small milk carton or a small bottle cleaned well. If you are using a milk carton, make a hole in the upper part of the carton, big enough for a long matchstick to pass through. The hole is where the hummingbirds will drink. Decorate the carton with lots of red; red attracts hummingbirds and will tell them to look here for food. Try using paper or silk red flowers, red ribbons, red paper chains or red yarn. Paint flowers or hummingbirds on the sides for more fun. You can punch holes in the top of the carton and run yarn or pipe cleaners through this to hang it from a tree or porch. If you are using a small bottle to make a hummingbird feeder, look for one with a small mouth, such as an old medicine bottle or a vanilla extract bottle. Decorated it with red ribbons and paper, and hang it using yarn or pipe cleaners secured around its mouth and fastened to the tree. Both of these feeders can be filled with hummingbird nectar, which you can buy in stores or make yourself. At home, you can make it with water and sugar. Boil one part sugar to four parts water and let cool before adding to your feeder. You can add red food coloring, but it's not needed.
