An easy-to-make Pine Cone Bird Feeder craft. This is a simple project that even young children can help make. (Go to a printable version)
Supplies Needed:
- A large, open pine cone
- Vegetable shortening, lard or suet
- Oats or corn meal
- Bird seed
- A few feet of string
Instructions
1.
Tie a few feet of string to a pine cone.
2.
Cover the pine cone with the mixture below. Roll the pinecone in birdseed and then suspend it from a tree branch outside.
Food mixture: Mix 1/2 cup vegetable shortening, lard or suet with 2 1/2 cups cornmeal or uncooked oats until well blended.
Optional to the recipe: add dried fruit (chopped up), chopped nuts, seeds (especially sunflower and millet), and/or suet, which are high-energy bird foods.
