The things we do for our kids. Katie's bird feeder art project from playgroup fell on the ground today. When it started snowing, Katie insisted that I had to save it from being covered in snow. I decided move it to a different bush.
Now we eagerly await the birds coming to eat from it. Since birds have a hard time finding food in the winter, it's not a bad idea to feed them a little. Cute fun project too. Here's how we did it.
Items needed: Corn syrup, tray of bird seeds, cardboard, popsicle stick, paint brush, ribbon or string
Prep cardboard with a whole for ribbon or string and a slit for the popsicle stick. Paint corn syrup onto one side of the cardboard. Place cardboard, corn syrup side down, into bird seeds. Flip and repeat. Slide popsicle stick through the slit. Tie ribbon/string loop through the whole. Let dry. Hang your creation in tree.
Here is one of our crafts this year for Christmas. We colored our jumbo Popsicle sticks green, though you can buy pre-colored ones, then glued them together to make a triangle. Then used good old Elmer's glue to stick on all our lovely ornaments...pony beads. Katie made three, one is on our tree and two will be gifts. Notice the pattern she created? Like her non-traditional square at the top of the tree? Like I said, my girl is creative!
Here is another craft, more pony beads! This time with a pipe cleaner, which I cut in half so it would be a mini wreath. We also made some full pipe cleaner wreathes. Katie loved this craft. "It's like making jewelry momma."
Here is a craft idea I took off Pinterest. The whole time Katie and I were making our darling bird feeders I wasn't sure if they would come out ok. I was terrified we would have a major Pinterest fail. Fortunately, even though I did not fully follow the instructions, they still came out great! They made fun gifts and the birds seemed to like them (ours are already gone). Here's the link to our "recipe" for the bird feeders. I did quadruple the recipe, so we made A LOT of bird feeders.
