It is a good feeling when you see lot of birds perching, hopping, and eating what you have prepared for them. A lot of bird enthusiasts even made their own bird feeders just to capture images of the birds eating the feeds. Actually, there are wide range of bird feeders in many pet stores today, but making your own pine cone bird feeder is a different feeling.
Pine cone bird feeder is considered the simplest craft ideas. If you’re thinking on how to create a pine cone bird feeder, follow the simple instructions that would help you create one.
Find a pine cone that is good enough as bird feeder. Don’t choose deformed, broken, and wet pine cones. With your butter knife, spread the peanut butter on the pine cone. The more you put the peanut butter on it, the more grains would stick to it, and the more birds would be attracted to it. Dust it with bread crumbs, or bird seeds, or both. You can place these bread crumbs and bird seeds on the tray. Roll the pine cone with peanut butter around and over the crumbs or seeds.
After you have done that, try to affix a string on the top end of the cone. Knot it so you can secure it firmly, and make sure that the pine cone will not slip on the thread. When you are done all these things, you can now find the best site or tree where you are going to hang your pine cone bird feeder. Tie the string on the tree securely and firmly. Your homemade pine cone bird feeder is now ready. You would find many crossbills, titmice, chickadees, jays, and grosbeaks attracted to your homemade pine cone bird feeder.
Actually, there are other ingredients like vegetable shortening, corn meal, suet, oatmeal, or lard, which you can try on to your pine cone bird feeder. This is a simple winter crafts for children and they would love having one. This is also a way that you show respect to the nature and other living things as well.
