Cranberry Bird Feeder
With winter firmly showing it’s presence it’s so important that we feed our native wildlife and in the UK that means birds. We have a few birds that remain all year round and are frequent garden visitors so creating bird feeding stations for them is important for us.
What you need to make a natural bird feeder
Cranberries
Wool
Threading needle (we used a blunt finishing needle)
Making the natural bird feeder
With a bowl full of left over Christmas Cranberries we set about making some natural bird feed to hang in the garden. Tying the end of a piece of wool in a large loop and knot the kids started to thread on the cranberries together.
The large knitting needle I tied on the other end as with toddler hands it was likely to keep coming lose so with the knot in place the kids could easily thread the cranberries onto the yarn.
Working together the two of them thread the cranberries to the end of the yarn and then added another one until they completed the chain. With some help from me we then placed it in the tree for the birds to feed from.
Check back next week for some more winter wildlife feeder ideas
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Cerys
Cerys is from the UK and is a stay at home mum to 2 young children. She blogs at Rainy Day Mum where she shares crafts, cooking, exploring the outdoors and play ideas to make every day fun what ever the weather.
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How funny that we should both be looking at feeding the birds this week. I love your cranberry chain. I will suggest this one to Theo for our table too. Thanks for joining in with Country Kids.
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I love the look of that, I think we will try it next week.
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This is such a lovely idea. I’ve made fat balls but this looks prettier with the deep red.
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what a lovely idea, I love watchign the birds
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Great idea, will have to give this a go
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Wow that is amazing – and with it being all the way across you will really be able to get a good view of the birds feeding.
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What a great idea – it looks fantastic. I think we will have to have a go this at the weekend. I am planning lots of bird related activities as part of the RSPB Garden Birdwatch. Thank you! Popping over from the Country Kids linky x
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what a great idea- its so important to leave food for the birds this time of year too!
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