A Little Help For The Birds

These nest material hangers for the birds are all over the place. We tried our hand at them this week.

Bits of string, ribbon, burlap, jute, and various other nesting items

for the birds to come and choose for their nest making.

We didn't have anything around to use as a basket to hold our nesting material. I have seen onion bags or berry baskets used.

So we made some.

We measured 7-8" strands of jute, about 20 of them.

Taped down the ends and wove one side of our basket. We held the weave together with little dots of hot glue. Then we did it again so we had two sides for a woven jute pouch of sorts.

My 7 year old had fun. The 4 year old lost interest very quickly and moved on to other 4 year old things.

This is mine. My two sides are held together with strips of felt that I folded over the edges. The top is left open for refilling with all sorts of nest making goodies.

Here is my helper's. He wove his two sides together with a long piece of ribbon that also serves as the hanger. The top of this one was left open for re-stuffing too.

Chalk In My Pocket has a great post about their nest material adventure.

I'll be sharing HERE.