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How to Make a Bird Feeder


You will need: Plastic bottle, Scissors, Marker Pen, Thin Cane, Wire, Gravel, Bird Seed

In the winter months the birds in your garden can find it difficult to find enough food. You can help them by putting out a bird feeder and if you make it yourself it won't even cost you anything.

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Step 1

Step 1 of How to Make a Bird Feeder

Take a standard 2L drink bottle and mark out and cut circular holes about a third of the way up from the base. Make sure there are no sharp edges.

Step 2

Step 2 of How to Make a Bird Feeder

Just below the holes make two small holes and push a cane through the bottle to act as a perch.

Step 3

Step 3 of How to Make a Bird Feeder

Feed a wire through the screw cap so that you can hang the feeder in your garden.

Step 4

Step 4 of How to Make a Bird Feeder

To give the feeder some stability you can put gravel in the base. Finally, put food up to the level of the circular holes and hang in your garden.

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