Make A DIY Butterfly Feeder In 6 Easy Steps

by BrightNest

Encourage butterflies to visit your yard and pollinate your plants by making a butterfly feeder. It's easy! You'll need: A small jar (a mason jar or a baby food jar will work), hammer and nails, string, a sponge, sugar, water and construction paper.
The first few steps are below the photo, but for the full tutorial, visit: http://blog.brightnest.com/2012/06/24/attract-butterflies-by-making-a-diy-butterfly-feeder/

make a diy butterfly feeder in 6 easy steps, First prepare butterfly food by mixing nine parts water with one part sugar Depending on the size of your jar you ll use either a tablespoon or a teaspoon

First, prepare "butterfly food" by mixing nine parts water with one part sugar. Depending on the size of your jar, you'll use either a tablespoon or a teaspoon.

make a diy butterfly feeder in 6 easy steps, Let the mixture boil until the sugar is dissolved and then let it fully cool before putting it in the feeder

Let the mixture boil until the sugar is dissolved, and then let it fully cool before putting it in the feeder.

make a diy butterfly feeder in 6 easy steps, Using your nail and hammer punch a small hole in the lid of the jar You re going to be cutting your sponge and you want your sponge to fit tightly through the hole so keep it small You can always make it bigger as necessary

Using your nail and hammer, punch a small hole in the lid of the jar. You're going to be cutting your sponge and you want your sponge to fit tightly through the hole, so keep it small. You can always make it bigger as necessary.

make a diy butterfly feeder in 6 easy steps, Cut your sponge into strings about one inch wide and then pull it through the hole so there is about a half inch of sponge sticking out from the top of the lid

Cut your sponge into strings about one inch wide, and then pull it through the hole so there is about a half-inch of sponge sticking out from the top of the lid.

make a diy butterfly feeder in 6 easy steps, Remember you want the sponge to stick tightly even when it s wet so you might need to make it larger than you think

Remember, you want the sponge to stick tightly even when it's wet, so you might need to make it larger than you think.

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Bonnie Coslett on Dec 31, 2016
Where do you get the yellow top?

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Mary Holzapfel on May 05, 2017

the diirections don't show the jar in the saucer and what do you do with paper?

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Dorene Valerio on Aug 26, 2017

i live in a Senior complex, we do t have any gardens. How can I utilize this idea without having a garden to put it in?

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Carey Marshall on Nov 27, 2023

If you have the flowers for them to access, they putting a dish with sand soaked with water, the Butterflies will come for a drink and go to the flowers for the nectar. They don't need sugar water when they have access to flowers. Not only do they get the nourishment that they need, but they are also pollinating the flowers. If you don't have flowers nearby to access then they might go for the sugar water. Butterflies need both the flowers and the water access. The sand makes the water more accessible to them. without endangering them to drowning.

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Def89969737 on Apr 01, 2024

The link doesnt work
http://blog.brightnest.com/2012/06/24/attract-butterflies-by-making-a-diy-butterfly-feeder/

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