If you're looking for a great way to make a homemade bird feeder craft that your feathered friends will enjoy out in the yard, then we have you covered with this paper plate bird feeder craft for kids of all ages.
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Making your own bird feeder craft in a fun way using simple items you most likely have at home is an easy project. These easy bird feeders are so much fun to create during the winter months when the birds are more desperate for food.
They are a fun craft to make during the Spring months as the plants and flowers are just beginning to bloom. They are also a good idea if you are looking for a fun activity for Earth Day! We love the idea of celebrating of Earth Day with a simple bird feeder craft repurposing items from home.
Regardless of when you're making it, your easy DIY bird feeders are sure to be a great addition to your yard and attract different types of birds.
Bird Feeder Crafts
I am very thankful that my children have a variety of birds to see in our area. As the weather warms up, more and more birds are showing up in our front and backyard. My children love to help provide creative ways to feed them. This Paper Plate Flower feeder is one of the cutest bird feeders I have found.
DIY Bird Feeders are perfect kid's crafts and a craft that kids will love. While kids are building their fine motor skills, you can use this opportunity to talk about the colors that you use while creating your bird feeder and the types of birds you see where you live. This Spring Craft is a great learning opportunity while having fun.
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Bird Watching
Birds that we typically see in our area are blue jays, red cardinals, robins, grackles, finches, and Mockingjays. Occasionally, we are lucky enough to see Sandhill Cranes fly over our house and land in the creek near us. We love watching it wade through the creek waters and seeing different birds.
You can make these beautiful bird feeders, set them out in your yard, and then you and your children can sit back and bird watch. This fun bird feeder craft is a great way to celebrate the beginning of Spring. Making this craft would be a bright and HAPPY way to start your week.
If you are interested in bird watching, have different times of the day that you go outside to see what birds show up. We mostly have robins and finches come early in the mornings, then a variety of birds show up in the evenings.
I love seeing the finches come out and hop around our yard; they are so tiny and cute! Last Spring, one made a nest in a hanging flower pot I have on my porch. I made sure to keep seeds and water nearby for the momma bird.
Let your kids be as creative as possible with their DIY bird feeder and have fun this spring with beautiful crafts like this!
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Supplies To Make Homemade Bird Feeders
- 2 - 4 inch Paper Plates
- Paint & Paint Brush
- Paint Pens or Markers
- Clean empty fruit cup
- Empty paper towel rolls
- Hot Glue Gun and Hot Glue
- Scissors
- Bird seed
How to Make a Bird Feeder
Paint both plates, 1 dark shade, and 1 light shade, and let dry
For the stem paint the cardboard tube green, and let dry
Cut the plates from the outside down to the outer part of the inner circle to form the petals
Add detail by using additional paint designs, paint pens, or markers
Hot glue the lighter shade plate on top of the darker shade plate
Now hot glue the fruit cup in the center of the flower.
*If you do not have an empty fruit cup container, you can cut the bottom off of a plastic bottle or juice carton as well.
Attach the flower with hot glue on one end of the roll stem
Fill the cup with bird food!
Place your bird feeder projects in the garden and get ready for a lot of birds! Viola, a cute bird feeder craft!
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Paper Plate Bird Feeder Craft
Equipment
- Hot glue
- Paint Brush
Ingredients
Instructions
- Paint both plates, 1 dark shade, and 1 light shade, and let dry
- For the stem paint the cardboard tube green, and let dry
- Cut the plates from the outside down to the outer part of the inner circle to form the petals
- Add detail by using additional paint designs, paint pens, or markers
- Hot glue the lighter shade plate on top of the darker shade plate
- Now hot glue the fruit cup in the center of the flower.
- Attach the flower with hot glue on one end of the roll stem
- Fill the cup with bird food!
- Place your bird feeder projects in the garden and get ready for a lot of birds! Viola, a cute bird feeder craft!
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