Kids DIY Pagoda Bird Feeder

When you put up a pagoda-style bird feeder, you are providing song birds with food that they may not find otherwise. This is especially true during the winter months. One way to further act in a beneficial manner is to make a bird feeder with your children using recycled materials that may ordinarily end up in the garbage can, such as a plastic milk jug.

Gallon milk jug
Pen knife
Sandpaper, fine-grain
Nail
Washcloth
Twine
Scissors
Birdseed

Instructions

- 1
  Cut an empty, plastic milk jug in half, width wise, using a pen knife. Discard the top half of the milk jug. This bottom half of the milk jug will become a pagoda bird feeder.
- 2
  Sand the cut edges of the milk jug half using fine-grain sandpaper to remove any sharp or jagged edges. Use small, circular motions with the sandpaper.
- 3
  Poke a hole in the middle of each side using a nail. Position each hole so that it is 1 inch below the top edge. Sand the inside of each side where the hole was poked out to remove any jaggedness.
- 4
  Wipe off the milk jug half using a washcloth to remove any plastic material left behind from the sanding.
- 5
  Cut four pieces of twine to measure 12 inches long each. Tie a piece of twine through each hole of the milk jug half, then tie the other ends of the twine pieces together.
- 6
  Fill the milk jug pagoda bird feeder with 4 cups of bird seeds, then hang it up by the twine.

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