The next little outdoor project from our the gardening with kids series is a soda bottle bird feeder. Another great project you can create using things you already have. Now, of course, it doesn’t have to be a soda bottle, but any kind of bottle you have kicking around the house. Check out this fab project:
You’ll Need
- Plastic bottle
- Two wooden spoons (alternatively, you can use chop sticks or skewers)
- Sharpie marker
- Craft knife
- Scissors
- Floral wire
Directions
- With a sharpie marker, draw a small circle on one side of the bottle about 4 inches from the bottom. Cut it out {using a craft knife} and make sure the end of the spoon fits snugly into the hole.
- Directly opposite this hole, cut a slightly larger hole and make sure the big end of the spoon can rest in the hole.
- Repeat this process around 2 inches from the bottom of the plastic bottle, but use the opposite sides of the bottle so your spoons are at a 90 degree angle to one another.
- Fill the bottle with birdseed – this is kind of messy, so, either do this outside on the grass or put down some newspaper for an easy cleanup
- Make a hanger out of floral wire and secure to the top of the bottle
- Hang your bird feeder in a high traffic bird area!
