For the birds

Have you ever searched for DIY bird feeders before? WOW. There is just so much you can do with such an ordinary task, like feeding some birds in the cold cold winter. I know my Pinterest search resulted in a very long time spent combing through all the beautiful ideas and creations.

That being said, the children and I were on a bit of a mission to make a bird feeder right then and there, so we were limited in supplies to what we could find around the house. 

Needless to say, we didn't get too fancy. But we did crank out a couple of feeders like this

And yes, I do find it amusing to have made them from those two particular bottles. Even though I prefer my diet coke with whiskey in it, but the whisky bottle was glass! we made a couple smaller ones out of water bottles as well. 

It was really satisfying to make these as it was quick and required very little by way of materials. Simply cut a circle out of the bottle on two sides (you could do this about 3 or 4 inches from the bottom of the bottle if you want, just remember that the birds will need to reach and so it can't be too high. Just below that make pin holes big enough to fit some rods or sticks through. We used wooden kabob sticks.  For the larger one in the South Comfort bottle, we cut very small circles about halfway up the bottle. we used a little wooden spoon which we inserted but at an angle. So the handle of the spoon came out a little higher up the other side of the bottle. That way, when we fill the bottle, the seeds slide out on the spoon and the birds can land there to eat.