| Sometimes the best thing about having bird | | | | is completely dependent on the width of the tube |
| feeders in your garden is sharing those moments | | | | you are using. On average each piece of dowel |
| of bird watching with your children. It is a | | | | should be around six inches long. This |
| wonderful opportunity to teach them about the | | | | measurement allows the perches to be a few |
| wildlife that flies past your window as well as a | | | | inches long for the birds to sit on. It the tube you |
| nice time to spend sharing something beautiful | | | | use is very wide you will need longer pieces of |
| with your kids. If this is something you want to | | | | doweling. You will also need a small hook which |
| do perhaps you also would like to make some of | | | | has a screw at one end, a hot glue gun or strong |
| the bird feeders with them. Depending on the age | | | | glue, paint, using non toxic is a must and a drill |
| of your kids this can be another sharing and | | | | with a few bits so there are ones that are big |
| learning opportunity. One of the feeders you could | | | | enough for the multiple purposes you will need |
| make is the finch bird feeders. They are a little | | | | them for. |
| more complicated than making the simpler | | | | Take the drill and make holes for the dowel to go |
| platform feeders which are very simple, but not | | | | into. Leave them longer on one side so the bird |
| so hard that you could not construct one. | | | | has a place to sit on the perch then glue them in |
| Since finches are such tiny birds what is used as a | | | | place. Depending on how big the tube is you can |
| finch bird feeder is often a tube bird feeder. The | | | | make at least six perches by alternating them on |
| first thing to do is to find all the materials that will | | | | all the sides. Use the screw hook to attach the |
| be needed. Start with a narrow plastic tube. This | | | | top of the feeder to your tree. If you want to |
| can be something that was used as a medicine | | | | make it more attractive for your garden you can |
| bottle, spice jar or soda pop bottle. Then you will | | | | paint it. This is the simplest way to build finch bird |
| need something to use as perches. The best thing | | | | feeders. You can do this with your children, having |
| to use for this will be doweling. Doweling are round | | | | each of them build one to put outside their |
| pieces of wood. You will want them to be no | | | | bedroom windows, so that they too can they |
| wider than a quarter of an inch. This allows the | | | | watching the birds feed. |
| birds to grab onto them easier. How long they are | | | | |