What you need:
- Large open pinecone
- Peanut butter OR shortening
- Bird seed
- String
What you do:
1. Tie one end of your string to the base of the pinecone.
2. Tie a loop in the other end of the string for hanging.
3. Fill a bowl with bird seed.
4. Smear your pinecone with a generous amount of either peanut butter or shortening. Roll pinecone in bird seed until completely coated.
5. Your feeder is ready to attract some feathered friends!
super cool!!!!
Always wanted to try this. Thanks for the reminder!!!!!
I did this in Gardening Club at school. It was fun :) (even though im allergic to peanut butter)
I have made this also and yes my four footed friends knocked them down and ran off with them.but it was fun to watch
Pesky squirrels… Haha :)
~Anberlin
Its not really PuppyLuver. Thats why i say peanut butter is better. Its natural.
It’s great that kids with peanut allergies can still make this craft with shortening.
i have heard of that but have never made it.
curious conserver,
tree hugger
I have made this bird feeder before. The birds do like it and so do the squirrels.
That’s great that its not just a silly kid craft but something to help out nature. I do these all the time! They really work. U should probably use Peanut Butter and not Crisco shortening stuff because the Peanut Butter is more natural and the birds think that it is tasty. You will probably get small Woodpeckers, Titmice, Chickadees, and Starlings on that feeder. Maybe even a Jay, Creeper, or Cardinal too.
Strange it says I’m typing too fast I’m going to put this here incase it didn’t post my post. It looks COOL and Moonstar would you mind adding me.
umm… i dont think shortening is good for the birds…
I am totally going to make that! :)
~(*)sparklegirlLT(*)