With outdoor spaces, warm weather and summer come decorating outdoor spaces. One way to enhance decorating ideas is to use unique bird feeders. They can added with very little effort, and add personality and character to any outdoor creation.
They can be purchased at stores, but nothing is more rewarding than seeing elements of homes style and character come through with hand made items. Choosing the right items and colors will also help in matching them to style of home and overall decor of outside spaces. For instance old painted shoes or boots with a bird-feeder inside would be totally wrong for modern homes, but would be perfect for a country setting.
Those with modern settings might choose an elegant cup and saucer style. The cup at the top is the feeder, and the saucer on the bottom is filled with water. Another idea is different colored car headlight lenses on a chain, going from large to small, and possibly using varied colors. The light at top is for decoration, all others are inverted with feed in them.
Discarded license plates made into houses, and hung by chains adds an element of uniqueness to certain homes. Think about household items that can be made into a feeder. Almost anything can be adapted for use. For instance even those things not originally meant for use as a feeder can be used, this includes outside bowls, planters, and stake decorations. Put a little feed in them and they make an instant feeder. Coke bottles filled with feed, and hung to a tree make perfect feeders.
Feed can also be placed inside pine cones and hung from homes or on a tree. Hanging ornaments with places for feed, attached to outside hooks, is also a good idea. Not only will this idea add decoration to homes, it will also serve in feeding the neighborhood birds.
Don't forget about old discarded toys. Toy cars and vans and other toy items make good bird houses. Toys would also work well as a craft that children can be involved in making. Also, girls with small items, such as little tea-sets can use them as bird-feeders. They can be made by attaching them to fixtures and then connecting them to trees. Also remember old grandfather can be used, as can the frames of old gaslights. Just don't forget to remove prior parts before converting to a birdhouse.
And don't throw away the wooden or ceramic planters just yet. Use them and water buckets as a feeder. Glue an old decorative plate to a ground stake and place it next to a tree or a fence and the perfect feeder has been created. Hang a cup from the side for a bit of charming decoration. Spruce up decorations already adorning the yard, such as ducks, pigs or cows and make them into feeders. Even logs can be drilled out, decorated and feed placed inside.
Making unique bird feeders is not difficult or costly. By just using some discarded items around the house, like plates and cups, a bit of creativity, a special feeder will be the result that is perfect for the home. Before discarding items this year consider the next feeder.
They can be purchased at stores, but nothing is more rewarding than seeing elements of homes style and character come through with hand made items. Choosing the right items and colors will also help in matching them to style of home and overall decor of outside spaces. For instance old painted shoes or boots with a bird-feeder inside would be totally wrong for modern homes, but would be perfect for a country setting.
Those with modern settings might choose an elegant cup and saucer style. The cup at the top is the feeder, and the saucer on the bottom is filled with water. Another idea is different colored car headlight lenses on a chain, going from large to small, and possibly using varied colors. The light at top is for decoration, all others are inverted with feed in them.
Discarded license plates made into houses, and hung by chains adds an element of uniqueness to certain homes. Think about household items that can be made into a feeder. Almost anything can be adapted for use. For instance even those things not originally meant for use as a feeder can be used, this includes outside bowls, planters, and stake decorations. Put a little feed in them and they make an instant feeder. Coke bottles filled with feed, and hung to a tree make perfect feeders.
Feed can also be placed inside pine cones and hung from homes or on a tree. Hanging ornaments with places for feed, attached to outside hooks, is also a good idea. Not only will this idea add decoration to homes, it will also serve in feeding the neighborhood birds.
Don't forget about old discarded toys. Toy cars and vans and other toy items make good bird houses. Toys would also work well as a craft that children can be involved in making. Also, girls with small items, such as little tea-sets can use them as bird-feeders. They can be made by attaching them to fixtures and then connecting them to trees. Also remember old grandfather can be used, as can the frames of old gaslights. Just don't forget to remove prior parts before converting to a birdhouse.
And don't throw away the wooden or ceramic planters just yet. Use them and water buckets as a feeder. Glue an old decorative plate to a ground stake and place it next to a tree or a fence and the perfect feeder has been created. Hang a cup from the side for a bit of charming decoration. Spruce up decorations already adorning the yard, such as ducks, pigs or cows and make them into feeders. Even logs can be drilled out, decorated and feed placed inside.
Making unique bird feeders is not difficult or costly. By just using some discarded items around the house, like plates and cups, a bit of creativity, a special feeder will be the result that is perfect for the home. Before discarding items this year consider the next feeder.
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