My son's Cub Scout Den will be making home made bird feeders this week and I wanted to have a practice run before Wednesday night. As an adult, it wasn't to difficult to make, but I can already picture the questions that may arise when the kids start making them. Following are the things you'd need and directions.
Items needed:
- empty and dry 16 to 20 ounce bottle WITH cap
- approximately three feet of twine
- scissors
- tack (I'll explain in directions)
- 6" dowel (these had a diameter of .5 cm and came 12" long. I cut one in half)
- markers, duct tape, or whatever to decorate
- bird seed
Directions:
- approximately 1" up from the bottom, poke a couple holes on the side of the bottle with tack - this is easier than getting the scissors into it.
- on opposite side, do the same
- now, push dowel through the holes on one side and then through the other side, leaving some dole out on both sides
- approximately 1/2" up from dole, poke a couple starter holes, with tack
- cut the bottom, for the bird opening, 1" to either side of the dole
- next cut up, each side, approximately two to three inches
- repeat steps 4, 5, & 6 on the other side
- now, the rope needs to be tied, around the top of the bottle
- tie the two ends together so that it can be hung from a hook or tree limb
- fill with bird seed to the point that it is not falling out of bird feeder
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