I Made a Bird Feeder
WOW it’s May 1st already, I had so much fun during the April Ultimate Blog Challenge and now I can’t stop coming up with ideas for my Friday Story Time by Lia! My new challenge is to post at least two blogs in May but I’m hoping for more. GGMama told me when you except a challenge you do your best to complete it. So I’m going with that too. Today I want to show you how I made a bird feeder.
I love watching the birds come down and eat from the different bird feeders in GGpapa and mama’s backyard. We have so many pretty ones and I get excited to watch them eat then fly away.
Here is how I made a bird feeder with the help from mama and papa. I needed to get my supplies ready… a plastic cup, a cord or cable, peanut butter, bird seed and a plastic bag. Papa poked a hole in the top of a plastic cup and made a hanger with a plastic cable so we could hang it up when finished. Next mama put a plastic bag over my hand and let me dig into a jar of peanut butter to cover the cup!
I spread the peanut butter all around the outside of the plastic cup and then covered it with bird seed. The peanut butter made the bird seed stick to the cup.
When my bird feeder was all done, papa held me up while I hung it on the garden windmill. Now all we had to do is wait for the birds! When I woke up the next day, my bird feeder was empty! Mama thinks a squirrel might have got it during the night because there was nothing left!
I added more peanut butter and bird seed but this time we hung it in a different spot so only the birds could get it.
I had so much fun when I made a bird feeder that I made another one and hung it in my great great grandma’s garden. Mama told me she made some last year using a cardboard toilet paper tube but when it rained the cardboard fell apart so she came up with the idea of a plastic cup. If you want a fun and easy project that the birds will love, why not make a bird feeder!
Until next time I hope you find smiles wherever you go. Hugs and smiles to you from Lia Faith, 20 months old.
Love this!!! I too enjoy watching the birds in the back yard. Yes, our squirrels like the birdseed, too. I am going to use your idea to make another bird feeder for our yard.
I bought a shepherd’s hook a few years ago with the idea of putting a birdseed holder I had made on it. I made my holder, placed it on the hook in the back yard…I be darned if those squirrels didn’t climb that hook and get all the birdseed. My hubs came up with the idea, put oil on the hook – – that didn’t work either!!! Only made one heck of a mess.
Now, we have the shepherds hook in the yard where there are NO trees and no squirrels bother it!!!
here’s to happy bird watching!!!
We tried the oil and yes it’s very messy Nancy! Have you tried attaching a slinky to the top of the shepherd’s hook and about half way down the pole? The squirrels start climbing, grab on the slinky and they jump off when it starts to spring back up. It’s hilarious to watch! I love our birds.
I think C and I will make one. Hopefully bringing the Red Head Woodpecker come closer.
I’m sure C will have fun making one Glenda! He can use it as an arts and crafts project for homeschool!
What a great idea to use up all the peanut butter that exists in my pantry!
There you go Roy! If you have chunky peanut butter, the birds can have nuts too!
And my son would make these all the time when he was little.
Lia had so much fun making it Brenda and the birds were happy. Another memory back at you!
Oh don’t stop the story Fridays. They are marvelous. I love my bird friends and they are starting to mob my mulberry tree. I love this easy birdfeeder.
Lia told me she wants to keep her Friday stories going Julie! She has a stack of ideas so I’m sure she will be posting every Friday!
this is a cool idea, and we have some chunky peanut butter that did not see much use:)
We usually have the end of the jar where no one wants it Vidya so it comes to good use making the birds happy!
What a cute and fun project. I have to fed the birds every morning. They love the seeds that I put out.
We love feeding and watching the birds Amanda. I’m so glad Lia loves them too, she could sit outside or in our doorway just watching them.