Easy Bird Feeders

Kids are fascinated by birds. If possible, set up a bird feeder outside your classroom window. Bird feeders can be as simple as stringing Cheerios or old pretzels onto yarn and tying the ends together. Birds love these winter treats.

Try these easy-to-make bird feeder ideas from the KinderNature website.

Pinecone Feeders

Have children pick out a pinecone, tie a string to its top end. Using spoons, children can smear either vegetable shorting or peanut butter onto the pine cone. Roll pinecone into birdseed, place into ziplock back for children to hang on a tree at home.

Drumlin Farm Fruit Bird Feeder

Cut a grapefruit or an orange in half. Core out the fruit inside the peel (kids can eat this part). Punch three holes into the peel’s sides and attach strings so you can hang the feeder. The children can mix the following ingredients together to make a bird pudding: 1 cup flower 4 cups birdseed, 1 cup hot water, 2 cups oatmeal, 1 pound lard or vegetable shortening. Help your kids spoon the bird pudding in the fruit feeder.

Biscuit Bird Feeders

Open a tube of refrigerated biscuits. Have your child poke a hole into the middle of the biscuit. Lay the biscuit into a bowl of bird seed until it’s covered in seed. Lay the biscuit on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake as directed. When it’s cool, tie a string through the hole and then hang your new bird feeder outside. Put close to a window so all can watch the birds devour every bite.

Bagel Bird Feeder

Have the children spread shortening onto one half of a bagel. Push bagel shortening side down into bird seed. Place a string though the hole in the bagel and hang outside.