We made our own birdseed using dried cranberries, raw pumpkin seeds, raw sunflower seeds, and oats. We also used peanut butter as an adhesive.
We made it into a fine mixture using a food chopper. You can use a mini food processor, but ours is unfortunately out of commission at the moment.
String or ribbon can be used as hangers, but we went green of course and used handles from old gift bags. Here are the kids having a blast making their birdfeeders :)
Gavin spreading peanut butter on his pine cone
Haleybug working on her pinecone
Hi Mama :)
Rolling their pine cones in the birdseed mixture
Ta da! They came out awesome!
Some little girl apparently had other things in mind for these...
This really didn't surprise me...
Now back to our original plan LOL
Now we just have to wait and see what our feathery friends think of them :)
Here is a great site with birdseed recipes, and also a list of what not to feed birds:
