The bird feeder that's really a pringles packet
If you can't afford a posh bird feeder (or just like the idea of using recycled materials to make something really handy for our feathered friends) Beansprouts blog featured a really cute idea today: it's a bird feeder made out of an old Pringles tube.
If, like most households in Britain you've got one or more of these Pringles (or even Stackers - anyone else remember Stackers?) tubes lying around, you're halfway to making your birdhouse. Oh, and you'll also need a sardine can, so if you don't want to eat the contents yourself, I'm sure you won't have to wait long for a local cat to come along and help you out.
Full instructions on how to make the feeder are here, and I'd add an option of painting up the birdhouse to look pretty. But as Beansprouts blog's Melanie says: "I don't put out birdfeeders to adorn the garden. I put them out to attract the birds, which are more beautiful than any garden ornament."
If you're getting the birdwatching bug, why not take part in the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch, with events taking place all over Britain this month?
I LOVE this - I have been making things from recycled materials for years and wrote a book on it called EcoDeco. This ticks all the boxes and I can't wait to make one!
Brilliant.
Sally Walton
Posted by: Sally Walton | January 4, 2008 10:09 AM