Feed the Birds in the Winter – Wild Bird Food Kids Can Make
During the wintertime, many birds have a tougher time finding the food that they need to survive. The great thing is that kids can do something to help. If you want to get your kids involved in enjoying birds, creating easy bird treats during the winter is a wonderful activity. Here is a look at what you’ll need to do to create these tasty treats for your feathered friends.
Things You’ll Need
There are several things that you are going to need if you want to create these bird treats. You’ll need some bird seed mix for wild birds and several pinecones. You’ll also need some creamy peanut butter, some newspaper, and some twine or string.
Getting Started
First, you’ll want to place the newspaper out on a table. Make sure you cover the table well so you don’t get it dirty. Take the bird seed and pour a nice pile of it out on top of the newspaper.
Now you are ready for a pinecone. Take a pinecone, and use a butter knife to fill up the pinecone spaces with the creamy peanut butter. Once you have the peanut butter on the pinecones, roll the pinecones in the pile of birdseed you have out on the newspaper. Make sure you push the seeds up into all the crevices of the pine cone so there are a lot of seeds on each pine cone.
Once you are done rolling the pinecone in bird seed, you’ll want to take some string and tie it to the pinecone top. Then cut your string, but make sure you leave about six inches of length so you can tie it up later.
Repeat this step with all of the pinecones that you want to make into treats. Once you are done, take the pinecones out and then hang them from trees so the wild birds will find them and have something to eat.
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Thank you for such an informative post. It is interesting how one can come up with such an alternative for bird feeders. However, I personally think that it is still easier to acquire a bird feeder if you are planning to attract the birds and feed them easily. During the winter season, it is advisable that you use Black Oil Sunflower seeds as the bird food, since they are thinner and easier to crack.