Easy Bird Feeders for Kids

Birdfeeders will draw birds to your yard. Be on the lookout for some birds you haven't seen up close before! In this article you will find three styles of feeder that you can make yourself. The first and simplest requires an orange.-- a dry sort of old dry one is great. Cut the top end of the orange off and carefully scoop out the orange pulp leaving the white lining. Use an ink pen to punch four holes in the orange peel about an inch from the top edge. Now thread some plastic string through the holes. Pull the threads together above the orange and tie a knot and another above to form a loop. Fill with bird seed and hang from a branch at least six feet from the ground.

You will need a pinecone, string and peanut butter for the next feeder. Lay the pinecone on newspaper. Tie a string firmly onto one end of the cone. Now coat the cone with peanut butter. Pour bird seed over the cone and roll it in the seed on the newspaper. It is a quick and easy meal for your birdfriends and has a natural look that is inviting.

The third, more complicated feeder, requires an orange juice or milk carton. Rinse and dry carefully. Leaving a fill space of at least 3 inches mark the front and back sides with a capital "I" shape. Carefully cut along the lines to form a small door. From the sides of the bottom line of the "I" cut down one inch on each "I", like the corners of a mouth turned down. This makes a small shelf for a bird to stand on.

Now make similar slits at the upper corners to form a flap like a tiny awning above your window. Fold the two doors out, the bottom flap down and the upper flap up. A stick through the carton from one side through the other forms a perch.

Punch a hole through the carton top and use wire to form a branch hook. Fill the base of the feeder and hang it in a tree. Birds will come after a day or two of no people touching the feeders.