This easy DIY wooden bird feeder is made from Popsicle sticks and twine. It is a simple upcycled craft that kids will enjoy making. And then, the whole family can enjoy bird watching in the back yard!
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Popsicle Sticks Are Great For Bird Feeders!
My children’s favorite treats during the summer are ice and yogurt pops. As a result, we end up with an awful lot of wooden sticks by the time September rolls around. In an effort to reuse as much as possible, I give the sticks a good rinse and store them in my art bag for future crafts.
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One project that caught my eye this month was this easy, DIY wooden bird feeder. Bird watching is a favorite hobby at my house and a great learning experience for kids to help identify bird species.
If you too have a stockpile of wooden sticks, check out the instructions to make your own bird feeder. What creative crafts have you made using wooden sticks? Check out GoExploreNature.com for tips on birdwatching with kids.
Popsicle Stick Bird Feeder Materials
The most frugal way to make this upcycled craft is to save your old popsicle stickes. But, you can also buy them new if that is easier. Here are the other supplies you will need to make this simple bird feeder craft:
- 50 wooden Popsicle sticks
- Newspaper
- Glue gun
- 4-inch wooden dowel
- 4 long pieces of twine to hang the bird feeder
- 1-2 cups bird seed
Easy DIY Wooden Bird Feeder Instructions
1. Use a piece of newspaper to cover your work space to help protect your furniture and ease the clean-up. To make the base of the bird feeder, line 10-12 wooden sticks next to each other.
2. Glue 3 wooden sticks perpendicular (about 1-inch apart) to the sticks you’ve lined up on the newspaper and let dry. This will help hold the base of the feeder together.
3. Flip over the wooden base. Start gluing wooden sticks around the perimeter of the base, overlapping the ends of the sticks.
4. Continue gluing the wooden sticks around the perimeter of the birdfeeder until it reaches your desired depth, or about 2-to-3-inches deep. Let glue dry.
5. Take a 4-inch, wooden dowel and glue it to the base of the bird feeder, allowing a couple of inches to stick out the side for the birds to perch on.
6. Along the perimeter of the feeder, thread a piece of twine under all four corners the wooden sticks and tie tightly. Combine the 4 loose ends of twine at the top of the feeder and loop into one knot.
7. Hang the bird feeder on a tree in your backyard, fill it with seeds and watch the birds flock!
More eco friendly craft ideas:
Popsicle stick crafts are fun, but so are a few of these other upcycled craft ideas!
- Golf Ball Lady Bug Craft:Looking for cute lady bug craft ideas? Turn old golf balls into new garden art with a touch of paint and some googly eyes.
- Upcycled Cookie Sheet Memo Board: Turn your old cookie sheet into a cookie sheet memo board.
- DIY Business Card Holder: I decided to upcycle and old mint tin into a DIY business card holder
How to Make This Popsicle Stick Bird Feeder:
Teach your kids how to make bird feeder with icecream sticks. It’s a good lesson in upcycling as well as taking care of animals!
Easy DIY Wooden Bird Feeder
This easy DIY wooden bird feeder is made from Popsicle sticks and twine. It is a simple upcycled craft that kids will enjoy making.
Materials
- 50 wooden sticks
- 4-inch wooden dowel
- 4 long pieces of twine to hang the bird feeder
- 1-2 cups bird seed
Tools
- Newspaper
- Glue gun
Instructions
1. Use a piece of newspaper to cover your work space to help protect your furniture and ease the clean-up. To make the base of the bird feeder, line 10-12 wooden sticks next to each other.
2. Glue 3 wooden sticks perpendicular (about 1-inch apart) to the sticks you’ve lined up on the newspaper and let dry. This will help hold the base of the feeder together.
3. Flip over the wooden base. Start gluing wooden sticks around the perimeter of the base, overlapping the ends of the sticks.
4. Continue gluing the wooden sticks around the perimeter of the birdfeeder until it reaches your desired depth, or about 2-to-3-inches deep. Let glue dry.
5. Take a 4-inch, wooden dowel and glue it to the base of the bird feeder, allowing a couple of inches to stick out the side for the birds to perch on.
6. Along the perimeter of the feeder, thread a piece of twine under all four corners the wooden sticks and tie tightly. Combine the 4 loose ends of twine at the top of the feeder and loop into one knot.
7. Hang the bird feeder on a tree in your backyard, fill it with s
Notes
Make sure you let this bird feeder dry before filling with seed!
Diane is a professional blogger and nationally certified pharmacy technician at Good Pill Pharmacy. She earned her BS in Microbiology at the University of New Hampshire and has worked in cancer research, academics, and biotechnology. Concern over the growing incidence of human disease and the birth of her children led her to begin living a more natural life. She quickly realized that the information she was learning along the way could be beneficial to many others and started blogging and freelance writing to share this knowledge with others. Learn more about her HERE.