Recycled Tin Birdfeeder
by
Iddle Peeps
(IC: blogger)
This DIY Recycled Tin Birdfeeder craft is an engaging and creative kids activity that embraces the concepts of re-using and recycling as well as appreciation of the outdoors and bird life.
Basic painting, sticking, gluing and scissor skills are used in this activity. The age of the child will determine how involved you will need to be in this activity. My son is almost three and was able to help me tear and glue the coloured strips of paper, whilst I painted the layers with glue. It's a fun way to incorporate vocabulary into the activity- talking about the shapes, where the different coloured strips will be stuck in relation to others, what the birds will think of their bird-feeder, whereabout we would like to hang the bird-feeder and why etc.
Basic painting, sticking, gluing and scissor skills are used in this activity. The age of the child will determine how involved you will need to be in this activity. My son is almost three and was able to help me tear and glue the coloured strips of paper, whilst I painted the layers with glue. It's a fun way to incorporate vocabulary into the activity- talking about the shapes, where the different coloured strips will be stuck in relation to others, what the birds will think of their bird-feeder, whereabout we would like to hang the bird-feeder and why etc.
We use tin cans regularly in our house- especially toddler formula tins... which is what we've used in this craft. It's ideal because it doesn't have any of the sharp edges and the tin also comes with a plastic lid which forms an important structural component of the bird feeder. Large coffee tins would also work well for this.
What you'll need for the recycled tin birdfeeder:
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Published May 6th, 2016 6:28 AM
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Iddle Peeps on May 06, 2016Thanks Barb! We loved making it x
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How did you treat the opposite end? Could you have done the same treatment to both ends by cutting out the bottom, and using the other half of the plastic lid? I really like this project.