DIY bird feeder made from a juice or milk box

Milk carton bird feeder in the shape of an owl

Birds need our care! And we can show it very easily, namely by making a feeder for feeding the birds. Such feeders also provide an opportunity to observe the behavior of your feathered friends! The first step to making an owl shaped bird feeder from a milk carton is to prepare the necessary materials.

"Feeder-toys"

In fact, treats for birds can be given any shape, for example, stars.

You will need:

grain mixture;
bonding mixture;
sunflower oil;
cookie cutters;
ribbons.

Just as with the wreath feeder, prepare the binder and grain mixtures and mix them. Now take a cookie cutter, grease it with oil and fill it tightly with the prepared mixture. Using a Chinese food stick or any other, make a hole for the ribbon.

Let the decoration dry and thread ribbons through the hole so you can hang them.

Birdseed

In winter, birds are absolutely unpretentious about food and eat almost everything with pleasure. You can pour any cereal into the feeders, for example:

millet;
buckwheat;
oats.

Birds will also be happy with sunflower seeds, only unsalted and unroasted. And even just a piece of stale bread will arouse their genuine interest. You can put a piece of apple and leftover porridge in the feeder. It is important not to overdo it and not to overfill the feeder with food from excess feelings. In the thaw, all this will turn sour, and the feeder will have to be washed, and the wooden one will have to be completely replaced.

Bird feeders are those few crafts that even small family members can make. Often this becomes a family activity, an additional means of communication between children and parents. And how much joy can be seen in the eyes of a child when birds flock to the feeder he has made with his own hands.

What to feed the birds?

Birds must be fed correctly in winter so as not to harm their health. You can often see brown bread, sweet cookies or salted nuts being placed in feeders. Such “feeding” is not at all beneficial for the pichus.

What can you give to birds?

In markets and specialized pet stores you can buy ordinary grains - wheat, oats. Regular sunflower seeds are also great, but of course not fried or treated with chemicals.

In a regular store you can find Hercules oatmeal, the kind that needs to be cooked for at least 10 minutes to make porridge. They can be sprinkled on birds, but small “instant” oat flakes should not be given to birds.

You can and should add finely chopped dried fruits, crushed nuts, and pieces of vegetables to the food.

You can prepare a treat for titmouses in the form of unsalted lard or meat.

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Milk carton

Making a feeder is a simple process that even a small child can easily handle. Get him interested and the child will be happy to make useful crafts under your guidance. You can also use a milk tetra pack as a preparation.

Next we do the following:

The inside of the box is rinsed several times (it is important that no odor remains).
Let's make a feeder for several people: the box is laid on its side and a long hole is cut out in one of its walls, but so that between it and the bottom (one of the side walls) there remains a small side. Instead of one long one, you can cut out several square “dispensing windows”, leaving jumpers between them. It will be more convenient for the birds to eat if you attach a perch made from a thin twig in front of the openings.
We make holes at the ends of the box and pass a wire or nylon cord through them. If the place where you plan to place the feeder is poorly protected from the wind, it is better to attach it to a tree trunk. To do this, we pierce two small holes in the wall located opposite the inlet hole and pass the wire through them.

Milk carton

All that remains is to tie the feeder to the tree with this wire.

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Making a feeder out of cardboard (suitable for children)

One of the simplest feeders. The cardboard version is interesting because it can be made in a place with children and at the same time have a great time with them. This would be a great craft for kindergarten or elementary school. There is a lot of room for creativity here. Cardboard is an excellent option; it is only afraid of direct water. But if you want to play it safe and make the feeder more resistant to moisture, then you can glue the external elements of the feeder with wide tape, especially its upper and lower parts. In a forest or park, such a feeder can easily last all winter and part of spring.

Collage of a cardboard feeder. Photo livemaster.ru/topic/179659-delaem-kormushku-iz-kartona

The set of tools and materials is minimal, and if you don’t have something from this list, you can always find a replacement. So we will need these materials and tools:

A couple of sheets of cardboard (A4 format or more);
Ruler;
Scotch tape (for structural reliability);
Stationery knife;
A rope or piece of nylon rope to hang the feeder;
Pencil or felt-tip pen;
Cardboard glue or glue gun;
Hole puncher.

If such a feeder is going to take the prize as the best craft in your kindergarten, then you will have to work a little in terms of external design. Here our cardboard will give a head start to any Tetra-Pak (this is a milk or juice carton), you can beautifully draw on it and decorate it in every possible way. Undoubtedly, the prize from kindergarten will be yours!

What do you need for work?

To make a feeder from a box, you do not need special materials or tools.

Materials and tools for making a bird feeder

Everything you need can be found at home:

box (any cardboard box, milk box, juice box, shoe box, candy box, cake box);
wire or rope to make a hanging loop;
stationery knife;
scissors;
awl;
scotch;
glue;
office stapler;
paints (optional).

To work, you need to prepare a workplace by covering the surface of the table with film or newspaper.

Forest dining room made of wood

The most common food platforms for winged residents are wooden. A wide range allows you to choose wood to suit your taste. It is easy to process and does not require many tools. An important condition is the resistance of the rock to moisture.

Wood of larch, cedar, and some other species are suitable for blanks. In other cases, it is possible to use roofing felt, which will protect the roofs of small houses and dining rooms from rain and snowfall.

They are made from planks and slats. Planks treated with impregnation or a protective coating will last a long time. The slats are secured with small nails or universal glue.

Sticks and plywood on trees are almost invisible. The finished product from them does not need to be processed. Birch wood produces real works of art. For durability and safety, the craft must be varnished.

There are a sufficient number of sources where it is easy to find the version of the product you are interested in.

A drawing of a bird feeder made of wood with dimensions and photos can be found at the bottom of the article, and you can simply print it out.

The proposed versions are convenient and save time. There is always an opportunity to make changes.

The variety of designs is amazing. Each proposal presented has advantages and disadvantages. Experienced craftsmen invent incredible masterpieces for birds. Elite options are being created. They require experience and skill in working with a jigsaw to decorate birdhouses and living rooms with openwork patterns.

Feeder diagrams are attached to the drawings. They are clear and easy to read. With their help, it’s not difficult to build a small house for birds, or invite them to the table.

To create your own version, you must first think about how to draw a feeder, and then create diagrams on which to make the product. Various ideas appear.

When the future model is selected, the necessary materials and tools are prepared.

Plastic bottles

The most unusual and original bird feeders are made using plastic bottles; you just need to cut holes in them for the birds and fill them with treats, fix them in the garden or near the house, waiting for your feathered friends.

Using ice cream sticks, wooden spoons and spatulas for the kitchen, you can complement such structures with perches for birds, where they can sit for lunch and not injure their paws. It is important to replenish the feeders in a timely manner and not forget about the treat.

Feeder made from a toilet paper roll

A feeder made from a toilet paper roll looks no less cute.

You will need:

peanut butter or other sticky base;
grain mixture;
toilet paper roll;
twine or other rope.

Take the grommet and coat it with peanut butter.

Place the oil-coated bushing into the grain mixture and roll it over the grains until the bushing is tightly covered with seeds.

The feeder is almost ready, all that remains is to let it dry, thread a rope inside and hang it. The feeder can also be simply placed on a branch.

Decorating the product, using it to decorate the site

In addition to its main functions, a bird feeder can also serve as a decorative accessory for a garden plot. By showing creative imagination, you can give these products an unusually original look.

Paper and cardboard products can be decorated with drawings. For this purpose, oil paints should be used. Plastic bottles and eggplants can also be beautifully painted.

Using paints, the container can be imagined as a house with windows and a door. The feeder can be stylized as a wooden frame. Crafts with images of birds and flowers will look beautiful in the garden.

To decorate products, ropes, twine, and burlap are used. Compositions of pine cones, spruce trees, chestnuts, straw, and artistically selected scraps of fabric are placed on top of the craft. Particularly talented craftsmen can decorate their products with forged elements and carvings.

If ceramic dishes act as a feeder, this option can be beautifully played up by using items from one set to create an integral composition.

You can decorate the area using disposable feeders in the form of cardboard figures. These can be stars, Christmas trees, hearts, bears and other molds.

Gelatin or a nutritious adhesive mass based on oatmeal mixed with raw egg and honey is applied to a cardboard base. The figurine greased with “glue” must be rolled in a food mixture of grain, seeds, nuts and bread crumbs.

Next, a hole is made in the figurine for the fastening thread, threaded through it and the products are sent to the refrigerator for 3-4 hours. After hardening, the cheerful and nutritious figures are hung on trees. If it happens on New Year’s Eve, such figurines can act as Christmas tree decorations.

How to quickly make a beautiful feeder:

DIY Bird Feeder Ideas with Step-by-Step Instructions

Even the simplest feeder will provide invaluable help to birds in difficult times. But, if you plan to place a bird canteen in your garden and make it a decorative element, you can familiarize yourself with step-by-step diagrams for creating different types of crafts.

Juice box design

Using a juice box, a jute cord, and a few pine cones, you can create an original house-shaped feeder, which will also serve as a garden decoration.

Materials and tools:

tetra pack packaging with a triangular top;
a skein of jute rope;
cones;
braid;
sushi stick, pencil or branch for making a pole;
dry grass or sponge;
double sided tape;
glue gun with silicone rod;
scissors;
wire.

Manufacturing instructions:

Mark a hole on the box at a distance of 5-7 cm from the bottom and cut it out. You can cut 2 holes on opposite sides.
Glue double-sided tape around the entrance window and along one side of the box.
Starting from the bottom, wrap jute around the entire surface of the box. Cut off the threads covering the window with scissors.
Place a pole wrapped with cord just below the hole. Secure it with silicone glue.
Make 2 holes in the top of the box and thread the wire through. Secure it in the form of a loop.
Start decorating. Cover the window cutout and the place where the pole is attached with tape.
Make a roof for the feeder from dry grass. It is safer to secure it with wire, since silicone glue does not attach to the laminated surface of the box.
Decorate the grass hut with a braid bow and several pine cones.
At the bottom, glue a “fence” of cut short branches onto silicone glue, and secure it with several turns of jute rope.

Feeder from a milk or juice box with a dispenser
From a juice box with a flat top, you can make a structure with a dispenser. That is, as the birds eat the seeds, a new portion will pour out of the dispenser.

Manufacturing instructions:

From the top edge of the box, retreat 6 cm, draw a line along the entire circumference and cut off the top with a stationery knife.
On 3 sides, at a distance of 4 cm from the bottom, cut out square windows, leaving a small visor on top.
Cut a rectangle from thick cardboard with a width equal to the width of the box, and a little shorter in length so that the part can be placed diagonally inside the box. At the bottom of the rectangle in the center, make a small rectangular cutout for pouring out the food. Install the dispenser into the box.
Strengthen wooden slats on the sides of the box with wire, so that later it is convenient to hang the feeder on a balcony or fence.
Pour the seeds into the dispenser on top and close the box with the cut off top part.
If desired, decorate the feeder.

Milk carton design

The milk carton feeder can be made in the shape of cartoon characters. A craft in the form of a minion will look bright and attractive.

To make it, you need to stock up on tetrapack and paints in yellow, blue and black. To make glasses you will need 2 plastic bottle caps.

Manufacturing instructions:

On the front side of the box, using a felt-tip pen, mark a cutout in the shape of a minion's mouth. This will be a rectangle, the sides extending to the adjacent walls of the box. Retreat 7 cm from the bottom.
Paint the box with yellow paint and draw a blue jumpsuit at the bottom. You need to glue 2 bottle caps to your mouth in the form of glasses. Inside the lids, glue eyes in the form of white circles with drawn pupils.
Use black paint to depict an elastic band for glasses and draw hair for the minion.
To make the mouth depict a happy smile, glue teeth made of white cardboard along the top and bottom.
Attach a wire to the top of the feeder for hanging.

A very simple feeder can be created from 2 milk cartons. One box will be used as a feed tray, and the second will become a roof.

To make this feeder, you need to cut off one side of the first box, and cut the second box lengthwise into equal halves, leaving the upper end part uncut. Move the halves apart and attach them to the corners of the bottom tray box.

It is more convenient to fasten structural parts with wire. To do this, make 2 holes in the parts to be joined using an awl, thread the wire and twist the ends. For hanging, a string is threaded through the top of the box.

Candy box design

Candy boxes are a bright material for crafts. From them you can create both a simple structure and a model consisting of several parts.

To make a simple feeder in 15 minutes, you need to have a candy box, as well as:

wire;
rope;
stationery knife;
decor in the form of colorful painted ice cream sticks.

Feeder made from candy boxes
Manufacturing sequence:

Cut the bottom part of the box crosswise in the center, move the parts, putting one half into the other, glue them with tape and secure them in several places with wire.
Mark the middle of the lid and make cuts in this place on the sides of the box. In the places of the cuts, bend the lid at an angle of 90 degrees and secure the cuts with tape.
Connect the roof and bottom using wire fasteners.
Make holes in the upper part of the structure and attach a loop for hanging.
Decorate the feeder with colored wooden sticks, gluing them in random order.

Very often, in kindergartens and schools, children are given sweet gifts in packages in the form of fairy-tale houses. It would be a shame to throw away such a box, but giving it a second life in the form of a useful thing is a great idea.

If the package is thin, you can strengthen it from the inside with cardboard. To do this, you need to open the box and glue sheets of cardboard of the appropriate size. Tape the corners with tape. Make slits for birds in the places where the windows or doors are drawn, making sure that there is room at the bottom of the box for food.

From 2 juice boxes and 1 Raffaello candy box you can assemble a two-story dining room.

For manufacturing you will need the following materials:

2 juice boxes;
Raffaello box;
glue;
rope;
stationery knife.

Assembly steps:

Glue 2 juice boxes together side by side.
Cut out windows in the opposite walls, stepping back at least 4 cm from the bottom. This will be the 1st floor.
Tear off the transparent film from the Raffaello box. Seal the lid with tape.
Glue the candy packaging, lid down, to the wide side of the juice box structure.
The most important thing is to fasten the structure so that it does not collapse. The supporting element will be a cord or rope passed through all 3 boxes and coming out in the middle of the top of the candy package. In this case, even if the glue fails, the structure will remain intact.

Creative feeder

Unusual ideas can come to mind when you come across things that you would hate to throw away. For example, you can make a stylish feeder with a dispenser from a beautiful shoe box and a glass bottle.

For the craft you need the following materials:

durable cardboard shoe box with a separate lid;
wire for fastening parts;
a beautiful bottle (you can use a small plastic bottle);
stationery knife;
awl.

Manufacturing instructions:

Cut the lid in half. This will be the feed tray and the roof.
At the bottom of the deep part of the box, mark where the bottle will be attached. The neck of the bottle should be located at least 3 cm above the tray. Make 2 wire rings that will allow you to periodically remove the bottle to fill it with food.
Attach the lid halves to the main box from the end sides, with the cuts facing backwards. Securely secure it with wire in several places to give the structure stability.

This feeder can be placed on any flat surface. A bright, almost designer version of the feeder is chip boxes, painted in different colors and mounted on a rectangular piece of plywood.

Chip boxes can also be used to make a feeder

For production you will need:

6 medium round chip cans, painted in different colors;
a piece of plywood measuring 15 cm by 40 cm;
2 square plywood blanks, measuring 15 cm by 15 cm for making a roof;
screwdriver and screws.

Progress:

Arrange the cans on the plywood in a checkerboard pattern, 1 piece at a time. in every row.
Secure the containers with the bottom to the plywood, screwing them with self-tapping screws from the inside.
Make a triangular roof out of plywood and attach it to the top of the base.
Install the feeder on a wooden post, screwing it with self-tapping screws. You can hang it on a tree trunk, tightening it with construction clamps. Fill containers with food.

How to design a bird feeder out of a box

The main thing for birds is tasty food. A person usually decorates his product for aesthetics. After all, it’s much nicer to see a beautiful house hanging on a tree than a dirty plastic bottle with a hole.

Don’t get carried away and use materials that can harm birds.

To decorate the feeder you can use:

Indelible safe paints, such as acrylic.
Paper, foil, colored and colorless tape.
Wire, staplers for fastening parts.
Stationery PVA glue. It has good moisture resistance and is safe for animals.

Feeder manufacturing process

The day before, thoroughly wash the inside of the box with a small piece of soap, rinse well and let dry completely. A feeder decorated with self-adhesive paper can be made in three ways.

The first option involves first cutting out all the necessary holes, and only then covering the cardboard with decor. The second method is to cut the product from an already decorated box. And the third - the most accurate - cut holes on the box and self-adhesive separately from each other, and then connect everything. It is the third method that is the most complex, so it is better to consider it in more detail.

Gluing decorative paper

It is very difficult to make an accurate product without correct measurements. Therefore, they need to be given quite a lot of attention. This will help children develop hand motor skills and engage their thinking abilities.

If you cheat, you can cover most of the box with one layer, but it’s better to proceed sequentially. First, one of the sides is measured, markings are made on the back side of the self-adhesive paper, taking into account an allowance of 1 cm. Then the other is decorated. This will make it easier to avoid bubbles.

After marking, the paper is cut and glued to cardboard. During this process, there is no need to rush and peel off the backing all at once . It is better to do this slowly, while carefully gluing the paper. Before processing the corner area of the base, you need to trim them so that there are no overlaps. On the side surfaces, allowances are made on top of the rectangle and on one of the sides.

The upper part of the improvised feeder can be trimmed with foil, creating something like a real roof. But metallic reflections may attract loud crows.

Creating a Feed Hole

One of the sidewalls does not need to be glued immediately. First, you need to cut a hole on the box so that the resulting cardboard circle is solid. It needs to be attached to the back of the self-adhesive paper and circled, creating a hole pattern at the required level.

The second method is simpler, but less accurate. The hole on the box is cut out before gluing the paper , then the slot is duplicated on the decor. To do this, something sharp is pierced in the center of the future entrance for the birds and its final version is beautifully designed.

You can make several holes, but it is better if there is only one. After all, the box is made of cardboard and may not support the weight of seeds and several birds.

Installing the hook and bars

Under the feed hole you need to make a mark of the places where the twigs or sticks will be inserted. These are crossbars for birds; they should be 5 cm higher than the base and 3 cm lower than the window. It should be remembered that for reliable fixation, the perches must be secured in two opposite sides and, as it were, pass through the containers.

After measurements, you need to make a slot using scissors or a stationery knife. It is better to first make a small hole, because then it can be enlarged with a screwdriver to the required size. If the cut is too large, the poles will dangle or fall out completely.

In order to hang the feeder, you need to attach a hook to it. It fits into a slot in the middle of the top of the milk carton. If necessary, this hole can be enlarged with a screwdriver.

If you don’t have self-adhesive paper, you can decorate your creation differently:

colorize;
glue appliqués;
attach twigs;
choose interesting source material.

That's it, all that remains is to check the reliability of the entire structure and add seeds. If you have any doubts about what kind of treat to give your birds, you can ask your nearest pet store for advice. The filled feeder is hung on a tree or some structure specially created for this purpose. There is no need to nail the feeder to the tree, this will damage the plant. It is better to choose a strong branch and hang the feeder by a hook on a strong rope.

DIY bird feeder

For example, making a wooden bird feeder with your own hands is a task for a real master carpenter who knows how to work with wood and special tools, but, fortunately, there are simpler materials that will help you make a very useful craft - a bird feeder. You can make it using an empty tetra pack, cardboard box or plastic bottle; as you can see, these materials can easily be found in every home. You may not really like the idea of cardboard, because under the influence of weather conditions this material will quickly deteriorate, so plastic is rightfully considered the most affordable and practical material. You can use two-liter bottles or five-liter eggplants.

In a harsh snowy winter, the birds that stay with you for the winter especially need support, because now they do not have the opportunity to get food for themselves in the fields, pick up crumbs on the ground - everything is covered with snow. The feeder consists of two parts: a lower container where seeds are poured, and a roof so that snowflakes do not fly inside and rainwater does not accumulate.

If you are lost in the options of which
bird feeder is best, you can look at the photo on our website.
By the way, with the help of such crafts made from waste material, you can expand your child’s horizons, because by hanging a feeder in the yard of your house, you and your children can watch and study the feathered guests. Remember that you cannot use metal elements for the structure; it is not recommended to make grilles out of them, because at low temperatures they will become dangerous for feathered guests. If you do it from wood, then make sure that there are no nails sticking out anywhere or any sharp points. If you have decided how to make a bird feeder from tetra pack, then first you need to wash and dry it, then cut holes, but it is not recommended to make holes opposite each other, because the wind can blow away the seeds. Holes can be cut on two adjacent sides. To make the structure stronger, you can insert wooden sticks into the corners. You can hang the feeder on a tree using a wire or thick thread, which must be threaded from above. Using wire, you can fix the structure on a tree trunk.

Bird feeders from boxes: make your own

If you and your kids are wondering how to make an interesting bird feeder out of a box with your own hands, then first you should familiarize yourself with the options for doing the job. Some of them are suitable for younger children, and some can be handled by older children. The main thing is to remember that working together with children to create a feeder develops creativity, teaches children to care for our little brothers and simply unites the family.

Features of boxes as a building material

By using boxes to create bird feeders, we get a lot of advantages:

•Cardboard material is relatively easy to work with. There is no need to use hammers and nails here. Which is especially good for the safety of children.

• The boxes already have a convenient shape for creating a bird house. All that remains is to slightly modify the size. And be creative in the process of decorating the feeder.

• Foil and laminated cardboard, which is used to make boxes for juice and milk, is resistant to rain, wind and even hail. Therefore, the bird house will not collapse even in winter or wet autumn.

• In addition, the cardboard feeder is lightweight. Therefore, it does not require reinforced fastening. The feeder can be fixed on a wire or rope of small diameter.

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Master class 1: house-dining room made from small boxes

Here you can use liter packets of fruit or tomato juice (wash first) or milk cartons. Such a feeder will be an excellent dining room for sparrows, tits, bullfinches, and swallows. To work you need to prepare:

• One box with a volume of 1 liter or more;

• A stationery knife with a sharp blade (knives can only be used with the help of parents);

• Tree branches 4 pieces with a cross section of about 0.8 cm and a length of about 20 cm;

• A piece of wire or rope 50–60 cm long;

• Pencil or better marker/felt-tip pen;

• Shiloh.

The job is very easy to do. We do the following steps step by step:

• Using a marker at the bottom of the box, mark oblong or rectangular windows for birds on two parallel sides.

• Using a utility knife, carefully cut out the box according to the markings.

• Use an awl to form small holes under the windows. We place them strictly opposite each other on both sides of the window and on both sides of the box.

• We insert twigs into the finished holes, having previously loosened them in diameter. They must go through the box and come out the other side. These will be bird perches.

• We pass the loops for fastening through the holes that were previously made at the top of the house with an awl. We fix them with knots inside.

• All that remains is to pour grain into the feeder and find a convenient place on the tree for the birds’ dining area.

If desired, the box can be covered with colored tape to make the birdhouse bright.

Master class 2: using a box of chocolates

This is the simplest version of a bird feeder. The house will be open. Therefore, even birds larger than sparrows and titmice will be able to fly into it. To work you need to prepare the following tools and materials:

• A box with dimensions of approximately 20x40 cm.

• Stapler or awl.

• Rope, fishing line, wire.

• Colored or transparent tape.

Before you make a bird feeder with your own hands from a box, its lower part (the one where the candies used to be) should be covered with tape on the outside and inside. This will help protect the bird's canteen from rain and snow in winter or autumn. Stick the strips of tape tightly to each other so that there are no gaps. Otherwise, water will seep in there, and the cardboard will simply fall apart over time.

Now, to make a bird feeder, you need to perform several steps:

• Take the lid of the box and bend it in half. Now it looks like the roof of a house.

• Also cover the roof with colored or clear tape.

• Connect the two parts of the future feeder - the tray and the roof - using a stapler. Or make holes with an awl in the lid and tray, and then connect them with threads and ropes.

• All that remains is to place a rope or flexible wire under the roof of the house and connect it at the top with a loop. We'll hang the treehouse on it.

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Master class 3: using juice boxes

To “build” the house we will need two juice boxes of the same capacity. In addition to them, you need to prepare:

• Ruler;

• Marker;

• Stationery sharp knife;

• Rope or flexible wire;

• Shiloh.

We carry out the work step by step in this way:

• Take one box. We put it on the table. Using a ruler and a marker, draw a marking line on one of its sides. We will have to cut out a large enough window so that no more than 1 cm of cardboard remains at the edges, as shown in the photo.

• Using a knife, remove the top of the box according to the markings. Using an awl, we make 10–15 holes in the lower part, so that if something happens, rainwater can flow through them in bad weather. And for now we put this part of the house aside.

• Now we take the second box and place it in front of us on the table. Along the narrow sides of the pack we draw a straight line that divides this surface in half. We will need to cut the box lengthwise into two equal parts without touching its top. That is, the box should open.

• We connect this kind of roof with the previously made pallet. As shown in the photo below. The joints can be connected with fishing line or wire through holes made with an awl.

All that remains is to make a mount for the house and fix it on the tree.

Master class 4: shoebox feeder

To make a bird feeder from a shoebox, you can use one of the following methods. Each of them is simple and interesting in its own way. But remember that cardboard shoe boxes often require additional tape to protect them from street moisture.

• In the first option, we place the shoe box on its edge, closed. Cover it well with tape on all sides. In addition, this finishing will reliably fasten the lid and the main part of the box together. This means that the house will not fall apart.

• Using a ruler and marker, mark the window on the box lid. Apply it in such a way that 2 cm of cardboard remains at the edges on each side.

• Use a utility knife to carefully cut out this part of the box.

• It is also advisable to cover the edges of the window with tape.

• Be sure to make drain holes in the bottom.

• Then at the top (in the roof) we pierce 4 holes in the corners and pass the fastening loops through them. We tighten them inside with knots. And so that they do not jump out from the weight of the feeder, we additionally seal them with tape.

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And another type of bird canteen made from a shoebox will appeal to both toddlers and older children. The job is quite simple to do. To do this, open the box. Its lid will serve as the bottom. So we put it on the table. We install the second part of the box edgewise into the lid, as in the photo. We fasten the joints with a stapler, wire or fishing line.

Attach a wire mount to the top of the house. If desired, the bird feeder can be painted or decorated with tree branches.

After you make your own bird feeder from a juice box, candy, shoe, or milk, always make sure there is food in it. Regularly clean the house of feathers and bird droppings. Watch the birds and enjoy the work done.

Don't forget to use ballast

To prevent the birdhouse from simply being blown away by the wind, it is recommended to place some weighty object on the bottom. An ordinary stone or construction bolts, the total weight of which does not exceed 300 grams, will be sufficient. Otherwise, the bottom of the birdhouse may not withstand the load and will simply tear.

Also, instead of ballast, you can simply tie the product to a branch, if this is possible. This option is even more preferable, since it provides much better fixation of the structure. However, use quality thread that will not break during the process.

Other options for making poultry canteen

All of the above options were the most common. But there are also alternative options. The first is the feeder, which is made from tableware. You can also make a birdbath out of it. It is also very necessary for birds. Such original products are made from a saucer and a cup, and by adding a deep plate, you can get a drinker and a feeder at the same time. Some people manage to make bird food out of old plastic buckets. But the disadvantage of such a dining room is its large dimensions, due to which the structure cannot be placed everywhere. But the disadvantage, oddly enough, is also a significant advantage: large birds can feed, several at a time, and more food can be added.

Exotic options also include tableware made from food mesh or pumpkin. You can use regular compressed food to feed parrots.