How to make a bird feeder from a soda bottle and wooden spoons.
Each year, we use new kinds of bird feeders to feathered winged out in the open.
Family Fun online has directions for a number of easy-to-build feeders that kids can make with some help from an adult. I found this one, that features old wooden spoons to “spoon feed your winged neighbors,” at http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/backyard-bird-feeder-672532.
Supplies:
1 clean 1-liter soda bottle.
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Craft knife.
2 wooden kitchen spoons.
Small eye screw.
Twine for hanging.
Instructions:
Draw a half-inch asterisk on the side of the soda bottle, about 4 inches from the bottom. Rotate the bottle 90 degrees and draw another asterisk.
About 2 inches from the bottom, draw a 1-inch-wide circle opposite each asterisk.
Ask an adult to cut slits on the lines of the asterisk with a craft knife and cut out the circles.
Insert a wooden spoon handle first through each hole and then through the opposite asterisk.
Remove the bottle cap and twist a small eye screw into the top of it for hanging.
Finally, fill your feeder with birdseed, recap it, and use twine to hang it from a tree.