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#Bird feeder designs for students full#

Enjoy listening and watching the new feathered friends it brings!Īnother fun project during the holidays is decorating an outdoor edible tree for birds and other wildlife.

Choose a place in your backyard where you have seen birds visit before.

Push pieces into the folds of the pinecone for an added bonus.

Roll the nut butter covered pinecones in the nuts and seeds until the entire surface of the pinecones are completely covered.

Let your child dig right in with her hands to get the nut butter in every nook and cranny.

Roll the pinecones in the nut butter until it is completely coated.

This would be the perfect time to reuse a large piece of ribbon, string, or yarn you have lying around the house.

Tie a piece of baker’s twine around the pinecone near the top.

Organic nut butter (or ghee or shortening if your child has nut allergies).

#Bird feeder designs for students full#

Read on for the full directions and enjoy an afternoon making simple, spring organic pinecone bird feeders for your backyard. We grabbed a couple of pinecones from the front yard, a huge scoop of organic nut butter, some baker’s twine, and a bowl full of nuts and seeds and headed outside to make them a little treat. Old fashioned pinecone bird feeders are quick and easy to create, and you probably have ingredients on hand.Īfter a few days of minimal visits from our feathered friends, we decided to entice them to visit our backyard.

Throughout the seasons we feed the birds and make them feel welcome in our yard. Our backyard is a huge nature preserve, and one of my son’s favorite spring time activities is to sit on our patio and watch the birds darting in and out of the trees. And if we want kids to grow up with a desire to protect the environment, we need to encourage an early love of nature in them. Often we look for new ideas to entertain them, when the simplest activities can bring the most joy. Life can get pretty complicated with kids. This DIY organic bird feeder craft only takes a few minutes, but it combines everything children love – getting their hands dirty, having a little snack, making something fun, and nature.