Make sure you have enough peanut butter on there to hold the birdseed.
How to make a bird feeder without peanut butter. It is possible to make a bird feeder without using peanut butter. The seeds will stick to the peanut butter and create a tasty outer layer for the birds to eat. You can hang them from the gutters of the house if you do not have trees in your yard or on the balcony or from the window sill if you live in an. Hang the peanut butter bird feeders outside.
Once it s covered press the birdseed into the peanut butter and roll some more. If any of the children in the group have a peanut allergy there will be no allergic reaction when you use suet. See more ideas about bird feeders homemade bird feeders and diy bird feeder. Lay your pine cone on wax paper and tie an 8 inch piece of twine around the base of the pine cone.
It is simple enough to substitute suet for peanut butter. Make sure you roll and pat the birdseed onto the peanut or sunflower butter well to get it as coated as possible. Bird seed crafts bird seed ornaments bird seed favors pine cone bird feeder diy bird feeder homemade bird feeders pine cone crafts bird food squirrel food. Using a spoon or knife spread a thick layer of peanut butter all over the cardboard roll.
We hung ours in a various places outside. An empty toilet paper roll peanut butter and bird seed. For our first bird feeder you only need 3 components. Suet is greasy and messy but that s often part of the fun for children.
Spread a thick layer of suet all over the pine cone using a small spatula. The birds diy pine cone bird feeder gather some pine cones peanut buter bird seed ribbon to make this easy feeder. Scout groups church groups schools and other organizations can make the very same craft without using peanut butter. If you re child isn t good at spreading you might want to help.
To save time make all of your pinecone bird feeders at once and then take them outside at the same time. Roll the peanut butter pine cones in the birdseed. Oct 10 2014 easy to make bird feeders for children s activity. What others are saying.