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Orange Bird Feeder DIY

Posted by Maggie on 22 February 2013 in Be Inspired, Make It | 0 comments

This little DIY is fairly kid-friendly and the finished product provides a level of entertainment for kids that is fun for them to watch. And I promise you! It works! Birds will really eat out of these. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to get a picture of the birds that came to mine because the tree I hung the oranges from is quite a distance from my kitchen window–but we’ve seen them there…….and we’ve refilled the oranges about three times in one week! Those sparrows–they’re pigs!

Your supplies:

3-4 Oranges (try and find the big ones in the pile at the grocery store)

Twine

Bird-Seed

Skewers/Ice Pick (Not pictured)

Cut each orange in half.

Scoop out the insides. Kids can definitely do this part over the sink! And it’s messy and juicy and they can eat it and they’ll love it.

Poke a hole with a skewer or something else sharp in either side of the orange.

Thread a piece of long twine through each hole and tie at the top.

Then, fill each of your orange shells with birdseed.

Get bundled up and head outside to hang them on a tree and top them off. Again, this part is great for the kids to do. And sure, they’ll spill bird-seed all over the ground–no big deal–the aviary community doesn’t abide by the five second rule.