Let's Make Up-Cycled Bird Feeders!
Jocelyn, Visual Arts Director • June 11, 2020
Let's Make an Up-Cycled Bird Feeder!
INCLUDED IN THIS WEEK'S KIT:
- Almond Butter
- Bird Seed
- String
- Paper Plate
- DIY Field guide (bonus activity)
THINGS YOU'LL NEED FROM HOME:
- an empty cardboard tube
- a place outside to hang your bird feeder
(preferably where you can see it from a window!)
Submit photos of your bird feeders & field guides to wbgc.virtual@gmail.com
for a chance to have your work featured later in our blog!
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Set up your work space by pouring some of the bird seed onto your paper plate
- Spread the almond butter over the outer surface of your cardboard tube. Be sure the cover the outside of the tube to give the seed a surface to stick to.
- Roll the tube covered in almond butter across the plate until the tube is covered in seed. If you have extra seed, you can save it to make another bird feeder.
- Guide the string through the opening of the tube and tie the ends together in a knot to create a large loop.
- Hang your upcycled bird feeder somewhere outside where you will be able to observe it!
BONUS ACTIVITY:
- Try to drawing (or photographing) some of the birds & other critters who might visit your upcycled feeder & see if you can identify the different species you see to create your own backyard field guide!
- Checkout this cool resource from Mass Audubon to help you identify some of the birds in your own backyard!
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