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Make your own Bird Feeder

Tuesday, 9 June 2020 14:31

Keeping the kids entertained is challenging at the best of times, let alone when we’re unable to leave home. Here’s the first of our kids activities – let’s make our own bird feeders!

It’s a really simple way to keep the kids busy and creative for a little while, it won’t cost the bomb, and you can do it with stuff you’ve already got around the house – thanks to the Woodland Trust for this idea!

Things you’ll need:

  • Loo roll or kitchen roll tube
  • Peanut butter (ideally no added salt and sugar – it makes the birds a bit hyper!)
  • String
  • Bird seed

Let’s make it! 

  1. Take your cardboard tube and coat it in some peanut butter.
  2. Roll the peanut buttered tube through a generous amount of bird seed so the whole tube is covered.
  3. Thread some string through the tube and tie on to a branch, or somewhere birds will feel comfortable eating.
  4. Spot some of natures flying friends!

 

Photo courtesy of The Woodland Trust

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