Encourage kids creativity while promoting environmental friendliness.  These 6 bird feeder crafts will get kids excited about nature!

Cardboard Tube Bird Seed Roll

Supplies

• Cardboard Tube
• Peanut butter or nut free alternative
• Bird seed 
• Plastic Knife 
• String
• Scissors

How to make a tube bird feeder Craft

1.  Pour out the bird seed on a paper plate.
2. Spread peanut butter all around the cardboard tube, making sure to cover the entire tube.
3. Roll the tube in the birdseed until it is coated in seed
   
4. Cut a 1-2 foot piece of string
5. Run the string through the tube and tie the ends together
6. Hang it in a tree for birds to enjoy!

Milk Carton Bird Feeder

Supplies

• Emptied, cleaned and dried milk carton
• Exacto knife (for adult use)
• An outdoor space with sticks and leaves
• Glue
• Paint (optional)
• Bird Seed1-2 feet of String

How to make a milk carton bird feeder

1. Prep the cartons by cutting a hole at the top of the carton and treading the string through the hole.
2. Let explore the outdoors and find sticks and leaves to decorate their bird feeder. They will need at least one small stick to use as a landing perch for the birds
3. Have kids draw the hole of their bird feeder, this can be a large circle, a square, etc. The hole should be at least half the carton and should not go all the way to the bottom.  
4. Use an exacto knife to cut out the hole on each carton.  Next use the knife to make a small x cut below the hole.
5. Have the kids stick a small stick through the the x cut.  The stick should be pushed as far into the carton as possible
6. If you are using paint, put it out for kids to decorate. Have them find their nature items and decorate the bird feeder.
7. Fill the feeder with bird seed and put it out for the birds to enjoy

Plastic Bottle Bird Feeder Crafts

Supplies

• Old cleaned and dried plastic bottles
• Exacto Knife (For Adult Use)
• One wooden spoon per feeder
• Bird Seed
• String
• Sharpies

How to make a bottle bird feeder

1. Prepare to up cycle the bottles by cutting a hole about the size of quarter near the base of the bottle.  Directly across from the hole cut a slightly smaller hole.
2. Give each child a bottle and a wooden spoon
3. Have the children push the stick side of the spoon through the quarter size hole and the small hole.
4. Give them sharpies to decorate the bottles
5. Tie the string around the bottleneck.
6. Take the bottle outdoors and fill the bottle with birdseed.  The bird seed should come out the bottom and sit on the wooden spoon.
7. Hang the up cycled bird feeder in a tree and let the birds enjoy.

Cookie Cutter Bird Feeder

Supplies

• Straw
• 2 ½ Cups Bird seed
• Cookie cutter
• Cooking spray
• 2 packets gelatin
• 2 cups of water
• Parchment paper
• String (preferably biodegradable)
• straw or toothpick

How to make a cookie cutter feeder

1. Bring water to a boil
2. Add the boiling water until gelatin is completely dissolved
3. Mix in the bird seed
4. Place the cookie cutter on the parchment paper and spray with cooking spray
5. Take a handful of the mixture and press it into the cutter
6. Once the cutter is filled take a straw or toothpick and press it through the top of the seed mixture.  This will remove a small section that will allow you to string up the bird feeder
7. Let the bird feeder harden oven night.
8. The next day push the bird feeder out of the cutter, string up the bird feeder and hang in a tree for the birds to enjoy.

Pine Cone Bird Feeder

Supplies

• Pinecone
• Plastic knives 
• Peanut butter or nut free equivalent
• Bird seed
• Strings (preferably biodegradable string)

How to make a pine cone bird feeder

1. Give each person a pinecone and a plastic knife.
2. Have them spread the peanut butter all over the pinecone and between the pedals of the pinecone
3. Roll the pinecone in the birdseed until it is well coated
4. Tie a string around the base of the cone and hang it in the trees for the birds to enjoy.

Cheerio Strings Bird Feeder

Supplies

• Cheerios
• Strings (preferably biodegradable string)

How to make a Cheerio Bird Feeder

1. Put out bowls of cheerios around the work space
2. Cut a 1-2 foot piece of string for each child.
3. Have the children tie one cheerio on the end of the string.
4. Have them thread the string through the cheerios leaving a few inches at the top.
5. Repeat until the children have the desired number of strings of cheerios.
6. Tie the strings together and add another string string around the top.  Tie the strings in a tree for the birds. 

More like bird feeder crafts

If you enjoy making bird feeder crafts you may also enjoy up-cycled stilts. This fun craft uses old tin cans to make a fun toy can can make and play with.

Looking for more bird feeder ideas check out Diyncrafts.com. They have over 20 bird feeder ideas!