Bird House

I wanted something simple to do with my girls this weekend to keep them busy because daddy was supposed to be working and decided on a bird feeder.

We started with a milk jug,cleaned out.

I used a compass to draw a circle on the side (if you don't have one it's okay because it doesn't need to be perfect).

 And then I cut it out with an exacto knife. I used the opportunity of the big hole to finish drying the corners inside because it wasn't quite dry yet.

Next I let the girls go at it (I told them not to paint the inside because we don't want the birds to accidentally eat the paint): 

While they were busy painting, I took the lid and used an awl to poke a hole through the middle: 

I had to make it a little bigger with the exacto knife, just big enough to fit a string/yarn/ribbon whatever to hang it from. Tie a knot on the underside of the lid. 

Then pull it back up to make sure it won't slip through: 

Now, here's the finished painting by the big Ks: 

 After it dried we put the lid back on and added some seed:

Then I was a little leery of the cut edge of the circle so I took some flower patterned washi tape and covered the edge.

All that's left is to hang it and watch for birds:

(I ended up adding a little nail to keep it from slipping.)

That's all for now,
Jo!