Kids Spring Break Activities : Making A Pine Cone Bird Feeder

Posted by Dexie

My son is on a Spring break for a week. Allow me to scream for a second, "aaaaahhhhh". Hahaha!. Vacations like these need reinforcements. I think we've taught him well(I hope so anyway) coz he came home from school last Friday with 4 books. Something for him to read while he's on vacation. Awesome!. Surely, we will be playing a lot of boardgames and card games as well. One of the fun things you could also do is make pine cones bird feeders. I don't know about you but my front yard is full of pine cones during this time of the year.

For each Pine Cone Bird Feeder you will need:
* A large, open pine cone
* Vegetable shortening, lard or suet
* Oats or corn meal
* Bird seed
* A few feet of string

Tie a few feet of string to a pine cone. 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: add dried fruit (chopped up), chopped nuts, seeds (especially sunflower and millet), and/or suet, which are high-energy bird foods.

Instructions for making a pine cone bird feeder was taken from Enchanted Learning website.

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