Build a Birdhouse

Here is a great project for a hot summer day. Build a birdhouse! This project has been adapted from the Super Duper Art & Craft Activity Book by Lynn Gordon.

What you need:

• a milk carton, oatmeal container, or any other container that you can re-purpose before you recycle it (note: containers that have a waxy finish, like milk cartons, will hold up better in the weather). Make sure to wash out your container before building a birdhouse with it.
  
• scissors
• ribbon or heavy-duty string (thin hemp rope works great)
• glue or rubber cement
• brown paper bag
• twigs, leaves, markers and anything else you want to use to decorate

1. Cut a bird-size hole in your container about an inch or so from the bottom (see picture above)
2. With scissors or a hole puncher, punch a hole in the top of your container and string your ribbon/rope through the hole. Tie a knot in the string so that you have a loop to hang your bird feeder from
3. Glue pieces of the brown paper bag to the container to cover the labels. Decorate with twigs, leaves, markers, glitter, or anything your imagination can think up
4. fill the bottom inch of the container with birdseed
5. hang it up and watch for birds!