Birdcake
– Tie the end of a piece of string to a
pencil. Lay the pencil across a heatproof cup with the string hanging down. Mix
seeds in melted bacon fat and then pour in a heatproof cup. Let it harden.
Remove from the cup and hang it on a branch for birds.
Frozen
Bird Wreath – fill a bundt pan with old cereal, oatmeal, rice (it is a myth that
rice is bad for birds!). Then fill the pan with water and freeze it (either in
a freezer or outside if it is cold enough). Then tie ribbon or string around it
and hang it from a sturdy branch.
Toilet
paper roll bird feeder – spread peanut butter all over the outside of a toilet paper
roll. Then roll it in a dish of bird seed. Put string or ribbon through the
roll and hang from a tree.
Heart
shaped bird feeder – toast a piece of bread. Use cookie cutters to cut shapes. Punch
a small hole in it to add string. Spread peanut butter on both sides and press
both sides in a plate of bird seed. Put string or ribbon through the hole once
it hardens overnight and hang from a tree.
Pipe
Cleaner Birdfeeder – String cherrios on a pipecleaner and hang from the trees
for birds.
Ice
ornaments – use
boiled cooled water for a clearer ice. Use plastic molds or different shapes of
dishes. Add enough yarn or string so it hangs over the edge. (you will tie this
to the branch). Fill the dish/molds with the water and add natural decorations
(leaves, berries, etc.) Freeze these either in your freezer or outside. To remove,
did the bottom of the molds in warm water to loosen and remove ice ornament.
Hang from a branch.
Glitter
Glue Snowflakes – get some acetate and have students draw snowflakes on the
acetate with the Glitter Glue. You can make a stencil for students to place the
acetate over and use as a guide. Let dry and then trim. Display on a window or
hang from a tree.
Melting
Ice Science Experiment – make colorful suncatchers
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