Thinking about how to instill in children a love for our smaller brothers? Make bird feeders together . It’s very easy to make such crafts with your own hands , and how much joy a child will experience when he sees how the birds eat from his creation daily! Look for ideas for such useful and simple crafts below.
Bottle and glass feeder
Yes, this topic is not very childish. But then the feeder looks spectacular. If you have a private house, then you can hang such an article in the garden. But to hang such a decor in the city is not worth it. How to make such a bird feeder with your own hands? You will need an empty bottle and a glass. We will fasten all this with the help of a thick wire. You can clean the bottle from the label, or you can not bother with it. Let's get started. You should take a thick wire and wrap it with a bottle. Now you need to fill the vessel with seeds or special food for birds. We fill the glass. We lower the neck of the bottle inside the glass and fix them in this position. How to do this, you can see in the picture above. Now on the wire from the opposite side of the glass should make a hook. It is for him that the design will be attached to the tree. As you can see, making an original bird feeder with your own hands is not so difficult. It remains to find her a suitable place.
Color feeder
But with the manufacture of this craft, a child can help you. How to make a bird feeder with your own hands? A suitable plastic bottle should be found. It is advisable to use a container of 1.5 or 2 liters. Half a liter bottle produces too small feeders. In them, the birds will be uncomfortable to be. Let's start manufacturing. The bottle must be cut into three parts. We will need the top and bottom. They need to be decorated. Since the feeder will hang on the street, you need to paint it with acrylic. However, do not paint the feeder inside. Chemical paint is toxic, and not only humans, but also birds can eat it. You can make the bottom part monophonic, and draw flowers or a geometric ornament on the top. Now the door should be cut through the feeder. Cut a rectangular hole at the bottom. It remains to glue the top and bottom. Glue the parts to each other. To make the product easy to hang on a branch, you should attach a loop to it. We remove the cover, make two holes in it, pass a rope through them. Tie it on a knot and twist the lid.
Milk bottle feeder
Such a product looks nontrivial. To make the feeder look interesting, you have to work hard and go shopping. Standard milk cans are dull. Try to find something similar to the image above. How to make a bird feeder with your own hands? We rinse a suitable jar and mark it. The lower part should be at least 6-7 cm. We retreat this distance and cut out three rectangular holes 13-15 cm high. Between the rectangles you need to leave three 3 cm thick strips. If you want, you can cut some more decorative holes just below the cover. We attach a thread to the feeder. Using an awl, we make two holes in the lid and thread them with a thread. Tighten the loop into a knot and screw the cap onto the bottle.
Wooden base feeder
This craft can be done by dad and son. Moreover, the boy must be older than 8-9 years. It is at this age that you can give your child the first lessons of carpentry. How to make a bird feeder with your own hands? From a bottle and wooden ribs you need to assemble a house with a core. Let's start by making the basics. We collect two small drawers: one short, the other long. We fasten them at a right angle. Now we make a roof from two square blanks. We find a suitable bottle. You can use a plastic container, but a glass one will look prettier. We drill two holes in the wall of the feeder, thread a thread through them and attach a bottle to this loop, which must first be filled with seeds. We tie the rope on the back of the feeder. Such a bird house can be placed on a horizontal surface or hung on a thick tree branch.
Bottle and spoons
This feeder is simply brilliant. You can collect it in just 15 minutes, and it looks impressive and, most importantly, performs its intended purpose well. To make such a bird feeder from a bottle with your own hands is very simple. On different sides of the tank we outline two or three points. They should be located at equal distance from each other vertically. We cut or drill through the bottle. Insert ordinary, fairly flat wooden spoons into the holes. Now fill the bottle with feed. It can be millet, seeds, pearl barley or any other cereal. We twist the lid and tie it two or three times with a tight rope. The feeder is ready. We hang it on a tree and rejoice that the birds will be fed thanks to you.
Box feeder
Everyone should have done such a craft, if not in kindergarten, then at school. And the way is far from a new idea, but even a child can build a bird feeder with his own hands according to this scheme. You need to take a cardboard box of milk, kefir or yogurt and cut a hole in it. But there are a few nuances. A hole should be cut with an indent from the edge of at least 6 cm, otherwise it will be difficult to pour food inside. The hole should be placed on one side. This is to ensure that the bird does not spill food when eating.
In addition, when it comes to raising a child, one should not forget about aesthetics. Do you think the feeder just cut out of the box is very good? With your own hands for birds, meanwhile, you can make a real house - bright and original. You can break small sticks and decorate the roof with them. And decorate the walls with different colors. You also need to pierce one of the branches of the feeder from below. This should be done so that the birds are comfortable sitting on your feeder. You should also stick some cargo to the bottom of the craft. If it is too light, the seeds will spill all the time, because the box sways too much in the wind.
Simple feeder
This craft is made from a five-liter bottle. But you can take smaller containers. How to make a feeder? We cut the bottle into two parts. In the middle we insert an iron grid. It should be small enough so that the seeds do not spill out, but not so much that the bird can not take out the feed. Now it is necessary to cut square “windows” on both sides of the bottle. One should be located on the top of the packaging and the second on the bottom. Now glue the bottle and fill it with seeds. Hang the feeder by a rope or wire with which you can pierce the neck of the product.
Original feeder
Another pretty original idea of a bird feeder. You can make it with your own hands in just half an hour, and even a child can cope with the work. To make you need three identical bottles. Two of them cut off the upper parts. Further, spatulas or scoops should be formed from these blanks. Now take the base bottle. In its lower part we cut two holes on both sides. Their diameter should be equal to the neck of the bottle. Now we insert the spatula into the base and fix them. This can be done both with adhesive tape and with superglue. We fill the feeder with seeds and place on any horizontal surface. Suspending the product is not worth it, as it holds the balance rather poorly.
The easiest bottle feeder
This method of making crafts is the simplest. Do-it-yourself bird feeder from improvised means is done in just 10 minutes. A 1.5 liter bottle is placed on the table and laid out. Draw a rectangle that does not reach the top and bottom of the container by 6 cm. The geometric shape divides the bottle exactly in half horizontally. Cut a hole. In principle, the upper part can be cut off altogether. But then the feeder will fluctuate greatly in the wind due to the absence of stiffeners. Therefore, we tie the rope to the lid and hang the product on a branch. You can decorate the craft by painting it on the outside with acrylic paints.
We do with children
Such a product looks very elegant. How to make a bird feeder with your own hands? The plastic bottle is cut into three parts. We need only the top one. We take the pallet from the plastic pot. These will be the two main parts of the feeder. We paint blanks with acrylic paint. You can draw flowers, patterns or an ornament. Now we pierce the top of the bottle from three edges and thread the threads there. We string beads on them and with the help of hooks we connect the structure to the pallet. It turns out a cute feeding trough. Now you need to insert a hook into the lid or thread the loop through the loop.
Owl feeder
This craft looks original, despite the fact that it is done very simply. Do-it-yourself bird feeder from the boxes is made in an hour. We get a cardboard box. No matter what it will be from. You can take a container of milk or yogurt. The main thing is to wash it well. Now you should make a hole. It should have the shape of an arch and be located 6 cm from the bottom of the box. On two sides of the main "entrance" you need to make two additional. Only this time we do not cut the rectangles completely, but leave them attached with one side to the feeder (see photo above). We form wings from the side “ears”. It remains to decorate the feeder. With black marker we draw feathers, beak and eyes. We insert a thick thread in the upper part and hang the product on it on a branch. Do not forget to sprinkle food.
Feeding trough "House"
This craft is not the work of a child, but of an adult. It looks very original, and is done quite simply. You should find a dense cardboard box and paint it white. Now we cut through the windows in the blank. They can be of different shapes and sizes. We cut off the bottom of the box and glue the lining of transparent plastic from the inside. Now you need to make a box-pallet. It can be independently made of thick cardboard or you can use a ready-made lid. We pierce two parts of the product in the middle with thick wire. She will serve as a holder. Pour seeds into the billet-house, turn it over and hang it by the wire to the branch.