It just keeps snowing.
Every time I say to the Teenager, “you probably won’t have any more snow days after this.” Mother nature feels the need to prove me wrong.
But in between being dumped on by the white stuff we’ve had a few mild days. When they come the chirp and chatter of all the little birds can be heard and we love to watch them hopping around in the yard.
Daniel in particular loves them. He’s been wanting a bird feeder for a while so we decided one cold snowy afternoon to make one.
Here’s what you’ll need-
An empty 2 qt. Milk or Juice carton
A sharpie or other marker
Scissors or an x-acto knife
bird seed
About 18 in of thick string/twine. (more or less depending on the length you’ll need)
Optional- a suction cup hook
This is a pretty simple and straight forward project.
The first thing you want to do is to draw two rectangles on opposite sides of the carton. You want to leave 1/2 to an inch clearance around it.
Now if you’re using scissors it’s fairly easy to puncture through the carton and get started cutting. Just be careful with whatever you’re using and cut the rectangles out.
Now you’ll need to poke 2 holes in the top each about 1 in. from the ends of the carton. ( don’t count the pointy part at the top)
Thread your string through the hole pull it through and tie in a double knot. Decide how long you want to it be and then. Repeat on the other side. Trim off any excess.
Now you’re pretty much finished.
At this point if you wanted to embellish it with some stickers or tape you could do that. Daniel liked the orange juice motif.
To hang it you can use a suction cup hook on the outside of your window. It is so cold here though that ours kept falling off. So I opted to tilt in the lower part of the window and loop the string around the window lock. You could also tie it to a hook or tree out side.
Now fill it with bird seed and watch for your birdie friends to come and eat! (the serious case of bed head is optional!)
Sarah Nenni Daher says
What a great way to recycle these! I was just thinking of getting out the bird seed again, and I’m sure the little one will love this project.
Madaline says
So cute. I teach two little boys english here and I think they would love to make this – a baby seagull lives on their roof so I hope it shares with the smaller birds!
Shirley Wood says
Very cool project. Repurposing is always fun. I’m sure the birds love it. Stopping by from Friendship Friday.
Krista says
We love being creative and re-purposing, especially my kids! I love quick easy things like this, it keeps their attention.
Krista says
Oh my boys would be thrilled with a baby seagull coming to visit! For now we’ll have to settle for the really loud blue jay (he’s terrible at sharing too!)
Krista says
It’s super fun and I think the birds are really appreciating it… everything is still so very frozen!
Yael Ben-Ari says
That is a great idea. I have used milk cartons to water my plants and as molds for soap making, but I never saw this idea before.
Yael from Lionmom’s Musings
Krista says
Oh my goodness you just solved a problem for my very good friend! She has just started making soap and was using a loaf pan and not happy with the result, using a milk carton is genius! Thanks for stopping by!
Audra @ Renewed Projects says
That’s awesome hung against the window. What a fun way to observe birds.
Christie says
This is such a neat project! Thanks for sharing it at Bloggers Brags. I’m pinning to the Bloggers Brags Board on Pinterest!
Leslie says
Cute that you can see the birds from either side. I like making little things like these with my little cousins. I think it helps them be creative and it also shows them that beauty of the simple things. Thanks for sharing!
Krista says
Simple little projects like this are so fun and I love creative ways to repurpose!