| This is a simple project even very young children can do by themselves.
You will need:
Large pine cones
Chunky peanut butter
Corn Meal
Shortening (or
bacon fat, melted suet, etc.)
Bird seed and/or
bread crumbs
Cake
String or yarn
Mix peanut butter, corn meal and shortening. Spread
mixture thickly into the crevices
and all over the pine cone. Pour bird seed and/or
bread crumbs into the cake pan. Dip
and roll the pine cone in the bird seed so that
it sticks to the peanut butter and covers
the pine cone.
Let this harden overnight, then tie a piece of
string or yarn to the very top of the pine
cone. Loop the string under the topmost "leaves"
of the pine cone and tie a knot in the
top. Hang the bird feeder on a tree branch in
the yard, and watch the birds flock in!
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