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DIY Clay Birdfeeder

12 · Apr 22, 2021 · Stephanie Gerber · 13 Comments

DIY Clay Birdfeeder - Hello Glow

Happy Earth Day! After a candy-filled Valentine‘s and Easter, I love a holiday that encourages kids to appreciate and explore their world. We’ve been spotting more and more birds in the back yard and thought it was high time we crafted up a clay birdfeeder for them.

I now have bird seed obsessed kids, happy birds and the fattest squirrels you’ve ever seen.

hanging birdfeeder tutorial with clay

DIY Clay Birdfeeder for Earth Day

To make your own clay birdfeeder, you will need:

  • Oven bake clay
  • Rope
  • Copper tubing piece
  • Small piece of cloth
  • Bird seed

birdfeeder tutorial with kids

First, roll out the clay between sheets of parchment paper till it’s about 1/4 inch thick. This is a good task for the kiddos, as long as they are old enough to not eat the clay.

Then use an oven-safe bowl to shape the clay. You can either put the clay inside the bowl or flip the bowl over and lay the clay on top. Trim the edges with a knife and poke three holes in the bowl big enough for your rope.

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After the clay bakes and cools, attach three pieces of rope to the bowl by knotting one end and pulling the rope through the hole. Slide on the copper tubing piece and knot the other ends of the rope. And after recently learning that oven bake clay is not considered food safe, I lined the bottom of our feeder with a small piece of cloth.

Finally, let the kids fill the feeder (trust me, this will be their favorite part and will involve a lot of birdseed). Hang from a tree branch and enjoy!

DIY Birdfeeder with clay

How are you celebrating Earth Day? If you have any Earth-friendly kids craft ideas, please share!

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  1. Rachel says

    April 22, 2013 at 3:50 pm

    I really love this! I should make one for my Mom for Mother’s Day – she’d love to have something like this in her backyard.

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    • gerbermom says

      April 23, 2013 at 10:57 pm

      That’s a great idea! It would be perfect for Mother’s Day.

      Reply
  2. melissa blake says

    April 22, 2013 at 7:54 pm

    Lovely! xoxo

    Reply
  3. Laicie says

    April 22, 2013 at 8:30 pm

    Aww so perfect for Earth Day — I love it!!

    Reply
  4. [email protected] says

    April 23, 2013 at 10:47 am

    So fun! Your kids are so stinkin cute!

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    • gerbermom says

      April 23, 2013 at 10:56 pm

      Aw, thanks Tonia. They usually hate modeling but I couldn’t get them to stop with the birdseed this time 🙂

      Reply
  5. Vivien says

    April 23, 2013 at 10:58 am

    Love how it turned out!

    Reply
  6. Samantha says

    April 23, 2013 at 11:18 am

    Child-made AND aesthetically pleasing.

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    • gerbermom says

      April 23, 2013 at 10:55 pm

      Yeah, I thought about letting them bust out the paints and then thought, but I like it plain! 🙂

      Reply
  7. Elle sees says

    April 23, 2013 at 1:59 pm

    Perfect for this time of year!!! Love it.

    Reply
  8. helen says

    April 23, 2013 at 4:27 pm

    this is SO cute. love how you can incorporate kids. 🙂

    Reply
  9. Karla says

    March 10, 2015 at 8:08 am

    I love this idea. I was just wondering how much clay was used?

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  10. The Wanderer says

    March 11, 2016 at 10:03 pm

    the bird feeder not only teaches children to care for the birds/environment but they create the feeder itself – well, with help – this triples the value of the concept and makes for a wonderful time shared between parent and children (or grandparent and child)
    LOVE it

    Reply

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