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