Feed the Birds!

A couple weeks ago, the local farm supply had a kids' workshop, to draw traffic in. The "make and take" was a peanut butter & pretzel bird feeder. Their ploy worked. Today when I saw that there was nothing left of the bird feeder but string hanging in the shrub outside our bathroom window, I went back to the farm supply for bird seed. It is snowing today, supposed to freeze the next few days and remain cold all next week. I want to bring some bird traffic by our house!

This is a totally kid friendly activity, in fact, it was probably invented for them!

Messy, edible, quick, simple;

they can make something while having a snack,

and it can all be done within their 2 minute attention span.

With Rebecca, she was done in a minute and a half.

:)

1. Spread peanut butter liberally on pretzels.

2. "Bury" the gloppy mess in bird seed,

making sure it is completely covered in seeds.



3. Add a string and it's ready to hang.

I attached the string before hand so I wouldn't
have to handle the seedy bird treat.
You could also use a pine cone, if you have a collection of them,
but pretzels get competely eaten.

Looks almost good enough for human consumption!