{"id":6984,"date":"2016-12-18T21:32:28","date_gmt":"2016-12-18T21:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/?p=6984"},"modified":"2018-05-17T09:06:32","modified_gmt":"2018-05-17T08:06:32","slug":"diy-bird-seed-baubles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/diy-bird-seed-baubles\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY Bird Seed Baubles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>DIY Bird Seed Baubles are the perfect Christmas treat for garden birds. Simple to make and a great way for kids to decorate a Christmas Tree in your garden.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6985\" src=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DIY-Bird-Seed-Baubles-600.jpg\" alt=\"DIY Bird Seed Baubles\" width=\"600\" height=\"857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DIY-Bird-Seed-Baubles-600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DIY-Bird-Seed-Baubles-600-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Every December we all head outdoors together as a family to decorate a Christmas Tree. Traditionally we have headed up to our local woods with a few spare baubles and hung them along one of our regular walking trails. \u00a0This year we just didn&#8217;t have the energy for a long hike (it&#8217;s been a long period of bugs, coughs and colds around here). Instead we decided to decorate a tree closer to home instead.<\/p>\n<p>You can&#8217;t get any closer than outside in your own garden. We decided to combine our outdoor decorations this year, with a special treat for the garden birds. It&#8217;s very important to offer birds extra sources of food during the winter months, to help see them through the long cold spells.<\/p>\n<h2>How to make DIY Bird Feeder Baubles<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Supplies<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Strong cardboard<\/li>\n<li>Peanut Butter<\/li>\n<li>Bird Seed<\/li>\n<li>String<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Ahead of the Activity<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I cut out circles of strong cardboard, punched a hole through the top of each one and threaded through string for hanging.<\/li>\n<li>Opened up a jar of Peanut Butter and poured bird seed into a dish.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We began by spreading peanut butter over the cardboard baubles. My youngest doing this very sparingly, whereas her older brothers went for the slap as much on as you can approach.<\/p>\n<p>It was then time to sprinkle over bird seed and press it firmly down into the peanut butter. Freddie is NOT a fan of Peanut Butter and he found this part of the activity pretty gross, which his siblings found hilarious. I just hope our garden birds are fans.<\/p>\n<p>We then flipped them over and repeated the process on the other side of each bauble.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6986\" src=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DIY-Bird-Seed-Bauble-collage.jpg\" alt=\"Kids making Bird Seed Baubles \" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DIY-Bird-Seed-Bauble-collage.jpg 600w, https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DIY-Bird-Seed-Bauble-collage-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DIY-Bird-Seed-Bauble-collage-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DIY-Bird-Seed-Bauble-collage-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By this time we had quite a lot of bird seed covering the table and over the floor, but I tried not to worry about this as headed outdoors to hang our DIY Bird Seed Ornaments on of our garden trees. The kids need a bit of extra practice sweeping up anyway.<\/p>\n<p>We hung our Bird Seed Baubles alongside some shiny shop bought ones as well, to give the tree a bit of Christmas colour.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6987\" src=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DIY-Bird-Seed-Baubles-outside.jpg\" alt=\"Outdoor decorated Christmas Tree\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DIY-Bird-Seed-Baubles-outside.jpg 600w, https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DIY-Bird-Seed-Baubles-outside-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now we are looking forward to watching the birds feasting on their Christmas Treats.<\/p>\n<p><em>These Baubles are just for birds to eat and under no circumstances should kids or adults have a taste.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You might also like to read about our adventure to<a href=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/family-trip-christmas-tree-farm\/\"> pick our own Indoor Christmas Tree.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Keep up-to-date with all off our new activities when you sign up to our newsletter below:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/bfB1Rb\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5087\" src=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Free-Kids-Activity-Planner-2.jpg\" alt=\"Free Kids Activity Planner Arts Crafts Sensory Play\" width=\"600\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Free-Kids-Activity-Planner-2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Free-Kids-Activity-Planner-2-300x50.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/a-z-of-pretend-play\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5495 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Imaginative-play-ideas-square-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"85 Imaginative play ideas for kids\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Imaginative-play-ideas-square-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Imaginative-play-ideas-square-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Imaginative-play-ideas-square-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Imaginative-play-ideas-square.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DIY Bird Seed Baubles are the perfect Christmas treat for garden birds. 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