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Home » Craft » Outdoors » Pinecone Birdfeeders {Tutorial}

Pinecone Birdfeeders {Tutorial}

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Did you know that February is National Bird Feeding Month? Honestly, I didn’t either, but it ties in perfectly with this super easy craft, don’t you think?

I filled the bottom of a shallow pan with some birdseed. I love foil roasting pans for jobs like these (I use them for everything from marble painting to paper making, and we always are able to reuse them dozens of times before they finally lose their shape and need to be recycled. I pick them up at the Dollar Tree where they’re 2/$1). A shallow cardboard box or box lid would also be perfect. The boys loved the sensory aspect of sifting through the birdseed, picking out the corn and sunflower seeds, and sorting the other seeds into different sizes.

We selected a couple of pinecones that we collected on our last nature walk, and the boys got to work covering the pinecones with peanut butter.

(Be sure to sneak huge amounts of peanut butter when you think Mom isn’t looking!)

Once your pinecone is completely covered with peanut butter, place it into the tray of birdseed. We chose to leave the very top of our pinecones un-peanutbuttered for easier handling and ribbon tying later.

Roll the pinecone around in the birdseed until it is completely covered.

Tie on a ribbon, hang it from your favorite tree, and wait for your feathered friends to come and feast!

(Looks like they like the sunflower seeds!)
Oh, and be sure to spend the rest of the afternoon playing with the extra birdseed. It makes a fantastic arena for monster trucks 😉
I think I may need to resurrect the idea of a sensory bin for these guys! They loved playing in tubs full of dry rice and beans when they were toddlers, but I didn’t realize how much fun they still have with stuff like this, just in completely new and imaginative ways!

 

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  1. Hollandra says

    February 6, 2011 at 6:21 am

    we lived in the neighborhood for 4 years, and never once have i ever seen either of those types of birds. weird! my house always got the pigeons-go figure!

    Reply
  2. Little Bean says

    March 13, 2011 at 10:04 pm

    Oh I absolutely love this! I have a toddler that is OBSESSED with crafts…with spring around the corner, this is perfect. Thank for sharing!

    Reply
  3. Anonymous says

    December 20, 2011 at 5:55 pm

    Thank you for the great idea, I’m gonna do this!

    Reply
  4. amy greenberg says

    April 8, 2012 at 6:55 am

    Hi there,
    My name is Amy Greenberg and I am the co-founder of a website called The Grandparents Guide. You can check us out at http://www.thegrandparentsguide.com. I love this idea that you have posted. I would love to use the ideas/images. We would create a direct link to your website, adding you to our FB page and possibly our newsletter, offering you the opportunity to get some exposure from our viewers.
    It would be fantastic if in return, you could let some of your viewers know about us by highlighting us in some way.
    You can email me at amy@thegrandparentsguide.com

    Please let me know if this sounds interesting to you.
    Thanks,
    Amy Greenberg
    Co Founder
    The Grandparents Guide

    Reply
  5. margaret says

    February 21, 2014 at 4:12 pm

    Hi! I’ve featured your bird feeder on a pine cone blog post! Thanks so much!

    http://www.earthwormsandmarmalade.com/2014/02/ammoi-mean-art-with-pine-cones.html

    Margaret

    Reply
  6. Yvette says

    September 26, 2016 at 11:10 am

    besides peanut butter because of allergies could we use?

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    • Heidi says

      September 26, 2016 at 11:18 am

      Hi Yvette,

      Sunflower seed butter (also called Sunbutter) is a great alternative that is more allergy-friendly! 🙂

      Reply
  7. Kym says

    October 8, 2016 at 5:41 pm

    Do you think these are freezable? We gathered many smaller pinecones today from the yard. I want to do the crafty portion now, but perhaps freeze them for later use when the snow is really flying in Ohio!

    Reply
    • Heidi says

      October 9, 2016 at 5:43 pm

      I have never tried to freeze them, but I don’t see why it wouldn’t work. If you give it a try, please come back and let me know how it worked!

      Reply
  8. Mary Coakley says

    April 12, 2017 at 2:51 pm

    Love this idea,your boys did a great job,hope they did not over indulge on the peanut butter,my favourite.

    Reply
  9. Wyatt says

    September 23, 2020 at 10:37 am

    Very cool idea. We will be doing this today. Thank you.

    Reply

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