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This week's crafts feature a wonderfully simple bird feeder and a flower collage- both are perfect for the summer months.

What you need:

  • 1/2 gallon milk carton
  • String
  • Crayons or paints
  • Bird food- seeds, nuts, dried bread, dried fruit

What you do:

  1. 1.  Cut out large windows from all 4 sides of the milk carton, leaving 2 inches, top and bottom.   Color with crayons or paints.

    2.  Poke 2 holes through the top of the carton.  Tie the string through each hole.  Fill the bottom of the carton with bird food.

    3.  Finally, take the feeder outside and hang it by the strings from a tree. Remember to frequently replace the bird food with a fresh supply.

Ideas from you

Adding a perch
From: Martha

My 9 year old daughter and i tried the birdfeeder and loved it! the only problem was that it didn't have perches for the birds. sooo...we took a small dowel and poked it all the way through the carton. it worked great!


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Mosaic Flower Pots
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