I just saw this great idea for a Homemade Bird Feeder in the September issue of Family Fun Magazine (I love this magazine!!). This Bottle Bird Feeder is easy to make and fun for the kids to watch as birds come to dine!
First find an empty plastic bottle, yarn, razor blade, funnel, wooden spoons, and bird seed. Optional: add some paint or stickers to your bottle for a more fancy look.
With your razor blade, carefully carve a hole on one side of the bottle and on the other side to match. I only carved it into a dome shape and let the flap hang out. You can add another set of holes for more birds to perch.
Next, add your wooden spoons to each hole. Set the spoons in all the way so that the spoon end can catch some seed.
Now take the funnel and place it up top and pour in your bird seed. Some may come sprinkling out the spoon holes, but not too much.
Add a yarn tie at the top so you can attach it to a tree, or a place of your choosing. Now replace the cap and you are set to go.
Have fun feeding the birds. What other birdy ideas do you have?
Written by Marie LeBaron
Marie LeBaron is the founder and managing editor of Make and Takes. Always having a love of crafts, she enjoys getting messy with glue and glitter. There’s always some sort of project going on, her kitchen counter is often cluttered with crafts. When she’s not crafting and creating with her kids, she loves to run, read, and blog! Read other posts by Marie
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hey marie I love your site. i love this idea too keep them coming. when are going to write a book? “it’s all about the make n’ takes” guide to being a great mom should be the title.
This is the cutest bird feeder I have ever seen!
Hello!
It’s 2010, and we’re having the coldest winter in ages – I’m looking for easy DIY bird feeders to help the birds through this cold, snowy weather!
I really fell for your idea, and I was just thinking of how I could make a pretty macrame net to hang it in and to cover up the bottle a bit. I think it will look even prettier as the wooden spoons weather and turn grey!
Wait – I just realized something – how will the birds get to the seeds in the lower half of the bottle?!? A third spoon further down maybe?
Anyway – great idea!
- Cipollina
I loved the idea! I posted a link to it in my personal blog. Hugs from Brazil.
I love this idea. I’ve been looking for a nice bird feeder at Canadian Tire, but i couldn’t find one i liked. I really like this one! I’m super excited to make it! Thanks!
Wow…sitting right in our kitchen drawer. We have used mason jars with nails for perches, but this is a wonderful idea…and safer for birds’ feet in freezing temperatures. Thank you for these terrific ideas. Now…off to the workshop.
That is brilliant!