Of couse, we had to make pincone bird feeders. All of my kids got excited about this one, so we have lots of pinecone bird feeders haning in our trees right now. (It always suprises me what the older kids think is cool!). In case you've never heard of them, you just take a pinecone, smear some peanut butter on it, and then roll it in bird seed:
Buy bird seed at Walmart, Target, or your grocery store. I bought mine at the pet store and paid ten dollars for it. That afternoon I saw the same size bag of bird seed for three dollars at the grocery store!!
Hang the bird feeders high enough in the tree that only the birds can get them. We have A LOT of stray cats around our home, and unless you'd like to try to explain the whole "circle of life" concept, it's best not to invite the birds within jumping distance of the cats!
And.... it's best to use a small container of peanut butter, because of course no matter what you do bird seed will get in it. (And if you're not quick enough your three-year-old will pour Pine-Sol into it and that will be the end of using it for bird feeders too!)
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