Feeders made from juice boxes, shoes, milk and candy: manufacturing technology. Master class: feeder “Restaurant for birds How to make feeders from boxes
Angelica Moore
A cold and sometimes rainy autumn has arrived. It became warm in apartments and houses. But our smaller brothers suffer from cold and hunger. So my daughter and I decided to take a little care of them and make a bird feeder. After all, they need our care in cold weather. For the manufacture of we needed feeders: cake box, plastic bottle (maybe milk bottle), rope (for attaching to a tree, wooden stick (for sitting on) birds, tape, decorative paper, scissors, glue gun.
First, we cut a hole in the cake lid with such a diameter that the bottle neck would fit into it
A milk bottle was glued to the bottom of the cake box with a glue gun, in which a “door” had previously been made for birds
We inserted the lower part into the top of the cake box and screwed on the lid, through which we threaded a rope to attach it to the tree.
All that remains is to choose a name for feeders. My daughter wanted it to be " Restaurant for birds"We chose the most beautiful decorative paper and cut out the necessary letters
Then these letters were glued to the resulting feeder. And also ours feeder we wanted to decorate with a bow. " Restaurant for birds"ready! Now feeder can be hung on a tree.
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A bird feeder is a very simple invention that helps our feathered friends in difficult times. Both an adult and a child can make a feeder, because this activity does not require a lot of effort. Baby bird feeders aren't always perfect, but they're always a huge accomplishment for a child!
What to make a bird feeder from?
Most often they use the simplest and most easily accessible things, those that we have at hand, such as a box, plastic bottle, plywood, cardboard, coconut, bag, dishes or something else.
What to put in the birds' feeder? How to attract birds to your feeder?
Each type of bird eats its own type of food, the most common are millet, oats, wheat, sunflower seeds, lard, meat, dried rowan and hawthorn, maple and ash seeds. Try to have a variety of grains in your feeder.
What birds fly to the feeder?
More than a dozen different birds may visit your feeder. The most common species in the city are great tits, sparrows, rock pigeons and hooded crows. If you install a feeder on the outskirts of a city, or even in a village, the species composition will be more diverse - woodpeckers, bullfinches, pikas, jays, magpies.
How to make a bird feeder?
Let's look at several options, among which there will be one suitable for you!
Bottle bird feeder. Canister bird feeder.
Materials: plastic bottle, rope, scissors (knife), adhesive tape (duct tape), rod for the pole.
1) Using scissors or a knife, we make holes in a plastic bottle into which birds will fly.
2) We cover the cut areas with electrical tape or tape so that they are not sharp for the birds.
3) We make a hole in the bottle cap into which we insert a fastening rope.
4) A little below the cuts we make two holes for the pole to make it easier for the birds to get into the feeder.
Video. Make a feeder from a plastic bottle.
Bird feeder out of the box. Bird feeder from a bag.
Materials: a box of milk (can be any box), scissors (knife), rope.
1) Cut a hole for the birds.
2) Make two holes for the rope on which the feeder will hang.
3) Attach the rope.
Video. Bird feeder made from a milk box.
Gelatin bird feeder.
Materials: gelatin, various cereals.
1) Dissolve gelatin in a water bath (Put in a saucepan, which is lowered into another saucepan where the water is hot).
2) Pour in grain to form a thick mass.
3) Place in molds and wait until they dry.
4) Attach a rope so that you can hang it on a tree.
You can make a gelatin feeder in as many different shapes as your heart desires.
Bird feeder made of wood. Bird feeder made of plywood.
Materials: plywood(wooden boards), glue, nails, hooks.
1) Draw a sketch of the feeder on a piece of paper and transfer the markings to the plywood.
2) Cut out all parts of the feeder.
3) Use glue or nails to carefully connect all parts of the feeder.
4) Attach the hooks and open with varnish for a longer shelf life.
Video. Wooden bird feeder .
Bird feeder made of cardboard. Paper bird feeder.
Materials: box, cardboard, stationery knife, glue, stapler, tape, rope.
1) In the box we cut holes of the size we need.
2) To make a roof, you need to take a sheet of cardboard, larger than the top of the box, and fold it in half. Attach it with glue or a stapler or tape.
3) We decorate the feeder, here everyone can choose the color and design at their own discretion.
4) We attach a rope on which the feeder will hang.
Video. Bird feeder made of cardboard.
How to decorate a bird feeder?
You can decorate the feeder in a variety of ways, from simple painting with paints, to various types of additions in the form of balls, cones, ribbons, and molds.
In our article we showed you the simplest ways to make a feeder, but there are also many other options:
Winter. In Moscow, there is a stable minus outside and sometimes you can’t lure a child out into the street with either a carrot or a stick. However, it is necessary to go for a walk and you can motivate him by combining business with pleasure. For example, take a walk and feed the birds.
In the warm season, we happily fed them in the forest, on the pond, and just sitting on a bench. And now, it is even more possible and necessary to feed them, especially small birds. And with this noble mission we will go outside, having first made a simple cardboard feeder.
There is no doubt in choosing cardboard as a material. He is afraid of only one thing - water! And now it’s dry, frosty, and even if it snows, nothing will happen to the feeder. To confirm my words, I will say that three weeks ago my daughter and I already hung several of these feeders and everything is still fine with them.
We will need the following materials and tools:
- Two sheets of cardboard, A4 format;
- Ruler;
- Stationery knife;
- Flat screwdriver;
- Pencil;
- Glue gun;
- Single hole punch.
Cardboard. I used the so-called micro-corrugated cardboard, 1.5 mm thick and A4 size. Such cardboard can be cut perfectly with a knife, pressed through, and finding it at home is not at all difficult! Most boxes are made from it. You just need to find one that is the right size and use it as a donor. In my case, this cardboard was also white on one side, which undoubtedly adds space for imagination. After all, such a feeder can be painted later? ;)
1. Download and print the pattern for the feeder in A4 format. Place it on a piece of cardboard and use a flat-head screwdriver to press down all the lines. There are two important points here:
- All markings on cardboard must be done on its back side, where the corrugation is clearly visible.
- To prevent the pattern from slipping off the cardboard, you can secure it with tape in several places.
2. In places where there will be holes, you need to mark them by piercing the cardboard with a simple pencil. It turns out like this blank with pressed lines.
3. Now, looking at the pattern, you need to cut along all the solid lines, and leave the dotted lines pressed in. Our workpiece will bend along them.
4. With the second workpiece everything is simpler. We simply use the already cut piece as a template. We trace with a pencil, press the same lines with a screwdriver and cut out.
5. So we have two completely identical parts. There is very little left to do, glue them together and make mounting holes.
6. Take a glue gun and glue the walls first on one side and then on the other. By the way, you can use Moment, PVA and second glue.
7. Then, the roof and bottom are glued alternately.
8. Now we make the mounting holes. We simply pierce them with a hole punch in the places where we marked them with a pencil in step No. 2.
9. That's basically all! As you can see, the feeder turned out to be not very large, just for small birds, for whom it is most difficult in winter. The design is modular and can be hung either way. Thanks to the slopes, snow will not linger on the roof. And thanks to the inclined bottom, the food will always fall towards the middle and it will be convenient for the birds to peck at it.
10. The feeder is attached to a branch using two ropes. Why then are there other holes at the bottom of the feeder?
11. What if you want to make not one, but several feeders? If there are several children in the family, then each person can make a feeder, paint it in their own way and hang it in the forest as a beautiful and useful garland! ;) And they are held together with a regular plastic clamp.
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How to make a bird feeder
A bird feeder is an item that every family can afford. This includes communication with living nature, creativity, generosity, and care - everything that parents dream of instilling in their children. But the most important advantage of the feeder is that even a child can make it quickly and easily! Winter is coming, let's take care of our feathered brothers!
There are several of the most popular options for "Restaurants for Birds"
The simplest one is from a cardboard box. It is better if the cardboard is factory-laminated, such a feeder will last a long time.
Option one - shoe box
2:75Take a shoe box. The lower (deep part) will be the “dining room”, and the lid, accordingly, will be the roof. Using scissors, we cut out entrances 5-6 cm in size so that the birds can comfortably get into the feeder. You will also need four wooden sticks, which can be glued with pva or tape into the corners to raise our “roof”.
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The second option is a box of chocolates
The simplest option is a house made from a candy box. The base will be one part of the box, the roof will be two lids of the same size.
The third option is cardboard
You can make a real palace for birds out of cardboard, you just have to give free rein to your imagination.
6:1557One tip: First laminate the cardboard with transparent tape.
Another simple, popular and most durable feeder is made from a plastic bottle. Bottles from 1 to 3 liters are suitable for making a transparent house. You can also make a large bird house from a five-liter bottle.
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The easiest option is a plastic bottle
We take a plastic bottle. We cut out entrance windows on both sides. They can be covered with tape or tape so that the edges are not sharp and it is more convenient for the birds to hold on. Or you can simply run the fire of a candle or lighter along the edges; the edges will melt and become rounded and pleasant to the touch.
10:1533Using a hot knitting needle, we make several holes in the bottom so that water can escape during rains or thaws.
10:196We also make symmetrical holes in the “walls” of the bottle at the bottom for the sticks.
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The feeder can be attached to the tree with a rope or tape using the jumpers between the windows or the lid. To do this, make a hole in the lid and insert a cord. This feeder is easy to hang from any branch.
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Juice or milk box feeder
16:595 16:600Instead of a plastic bottle, you can use milk or juice cartons.
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Wooden feeders
22:559 22:562The most beautiful, solid and creatively diverse option is, of course, wooden feeders.
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They can be made from any tree, from twigs, from drawer slats and plywood. If you don’t have suitable wood, and it’s too early to give a hammer to many people, you can buy a designer feeder in the store.
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Don't forget to feed the birds only correctly! you will learn what you can put in the feeder and what you can’t!
And finally, a few more interesting fantasy options
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In conclusion, I would like to say that making, for example, a garden bird feeder will more than pay off for you. After all, by feeding birds in the garden or at your summer cottage, you thus fight against harmful insects and increase the productivity of your garden several times. And the more feeders you make, the more birds you will attract. Just don’t forget to add food to them in time!
We hope you found this article helpful. Of course, today you can see many beautiful bird feeders on sale. But you and your feathered friends will like the one you make with your own hands more. And if you engage in this useful and noble activity with your children, then this time will be spent with undoubted benefit for them.
46:3384 46:4Bird feeders in winter help save birds from hunger. However, this is not the only reason why it is worth making them.
The beautiful and original feeders themselves can become a unique decoration for your garden.
And the process of their creation instills in the younger generation a sense of responsibility and care for weak creatures.
In addition, this is invaluable time, which allows parents to spend time with their children with interest and benefit.
Wooden bird feeders
There are several types of feeders that can be made from wood. Firstly, these are feeders that look like a base made of plywood or other similar material with sides around the edges that prevent treats for birds from falling apart.
Most often, such a structure is suspended from a tree branch on thick ropes.
But such a feeder has a number of disadvantages. The most obvious thing is that this design does not in any way protect the food poured into it from precipitation and bad weather. It is also quite light and can move or tip over in the wind.
The second version of wooden feeders looks more like a house and has a roof. In such feeders, the food is reliably protected from bad weather. The base of the structure looks the same as in the first version, only there are supports on it that support the roof.
The roof can be either straight or pitched. Any child can make a straight roof, because essentially it is a rectangular piece of plywood, only slightly larger than the base.
A pitched roof has a slightly more complex design, but it is better in that, unlike a straight roof, snow does not accumulate on it and does not have to be cleaned periodically.
There are also original versions of feeders made of wood. For example, a feeder can be made from ordinary logs. To do this you will need a chainsaw, a chisel and a hammer, as well as a chain and rings for hanging.
To begin with, you need to saw off two round pieces of wood on both sides of the future feeder. Then a wedge is cut along the entire log, and longitudinal and transverse cuts are made, not reaching the bark by about 5 centimeters.
This is necessary so that later it will be easier to remove the middle from the workpiece with a chisel. After all the work is done, the previously cut round pieces are nailed on both sides of the feeder.
All that remains is to screw in the rings and attach a chain on which you can hang the feeder.
Feeders made from plastic bottles
Plastic bottles are also used as feeders to feed birds. These can be either 5-6 liter containers or small 1.5-2 liter bottles.
Most often, a plastic bottle is turned into a feeder by cutting out several windows in the body.
Then such feeders are hung horizontally or vertically, depending on the design. For the convenience of the birds, cross perches are installed near the bottom of the feeder.
But sometimes you can find quite original feeders that provide automatic addition of feed. These are the so-called bunker feeders.
Such a feeder can consist of two wooden spoons inserted at an angle into through holes in the bottle. Thus, food from the bottle will gradually pour out onto the spoon.
A bunker feeder can be made from a 2-liter bottle. To do this, just cut the bottle in half, make round holes in the bottom, and turn the top over and place the neck down. The top can be covered with a lid or a disposable plate. You won’t need to add food to this feeder for a long time.
Useful materials for making bird feeders
The simplest feeder you can come up with is a garland of rowan, pine cone or berries. A treat for birds strung on a rope will decorate young trees in the garden. The only disadvantage of such a feeder is that as the food is eaten, the garland loses its appearance.
An interesting solution would be to make a feeder in the form of lumps of grain or seeds. Such decorations can be placed on benches, tables, or simply hung on trees in nets, in which tangerines are usually sold in stores.
They are based on fat or gelatin. The lard is melted and the main food is added to it. Then the finished substance is poured into molds (this can be baking molds or a regular balloon) and placed in a cold place to harden.
The same goes for dissolved gelatin mixed with grain.
If you have coconut shells lying around idle, then they can also be used to make a feeder.
As a result, such a design will be invisible on the tree. Juice or milk boxes are also suitable for making feeders. Their design itself will not differ much from simple feeders made from plastic bottles.
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