How You and Your Kids Can Make a Simple Bird Feeder

If you want to add a new bird feeder in your backyard, it’s not necessary to drive to the store and spend a lot of money for one. You actually can construct a feeder at your home. It’s simple and quick, and you won’t need that many supplies for it either.

What you’ll want to begin with is a simple one gallon milk jug. Of course, wash it out thoroughly first to make certain there isn’t any leftover residue from the milk inside. Allow it to dry, and once it is dry, then place the cap on the jug and stand it up where you’re going to work in.

On both sides of the handle, cut holes that are approximately 3 inches in diameter. The holes should be fairly high on the jug to ensure the bird seed will not spill out of the container when you are ready to use it.

Below the large holes, you can use a nail to punch a little hole, in which you can insert dowels. The dowels are where the birds can come and perch to eat the food. Just be sure that the perch sticks out a couple inches on each side so birds may easily perch.

Use the nail once more to punch holes in the milk jug neck. Do this an inch or so under the cap of the milk container. Then you will take some wire and run it through the pockets, twisting it together on top. This is what you are going to use to hang up the bird feeder.

Now you are finished making your basic bird feeder. All you need to do is fill it up with some birdseed. Take it outside and use the wire ends to suspend it from a tree or some other type of support in the yard. If you want to attract many different birds, opt for black oil sunflower seeds with your new bird feeder.

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