You can attract birds in nature to your garden making bird feeders from pumpkin and having fun. Fill the bird feeder in a bird bowl prepared with pumpkin, garnished with dry cloves, hang it on your tree in the garden and watch the birds eat. After making bird feeders, which will improve your children’s hand skills, you will have a pleasant time watching the birds eat their food in their own feeder after the completion of the work.
Materials required for making bird feeder out of pumpkin
- Large or small pumpkin
- Drill screw (for holes to be formed in the pumpkin)
- Scissors
- Linen rope
- Small nails
- 1 pack of solid fat
- pot with handle
- Birdseed mixture
- Spoon
Cutting the pumpkin into two
Ask an adult to cut the pumpkin in half to make a bird feeder. Clean the inside part. (You can use the seeds in a mixture of aviary.) You can drill holes to place dry carnations with the help of a piercing tool. It is important to do this with adult support. Place the dry carnations in the holes you create so that they form two parallel strips.
Preparation of a Knitting rope
Cut six pieces of 1 meter long linen rope. Make and tie three pieces. Start knitting the ropes (keeping one of the knotted points will make your job easier). When the first weave is finished, weave the other triple rope and create the hanging loop
Fixing the hanger intersection point
Turn the pumpkin over. Fix the crossing point of the grids you have placed in X position with the nail. This should be done with the support of an adult.
COMPLETING THE MAKING OF A BIRD FEEDER FROM A PUMPKIN TASK
Dissolve a pack of fat in the handle pot until it becomes liquid. Add bird feed and mix until solidified. Carefully place the mixture in the pumpkin with the help of a spoon. Wrap the end of the hanging ropes on a tree branch and tie it with a pair of scissors.
USEFUL TIPS
- You can use a wooden bowl to make a more permanent bird feeder. You should seek help from an adult to puncture the edges. Create your hanger with knitted ropes and fill the mixture of oil and avocado
- You can also fill peanut or garlic nets with a mixture of avocado and hang them on your tree. Please accompany your children as adults to make pumpkin bird feeders. It is made with piercing and cutting tools in bird feeder making. ”
