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TP Birdfeeder

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Don’t throw away those empty TP and paper towel rolls, you can create wonderful projects up cycling them.

Here is an adorable example using TP rolls. Just gather the materials and the kids and create!

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Here are the Materials you will need:

  • Small branch or sturdy twig
  • Cardboard tubes, cut into strips
  • Cheerios
  • Light Corn Syrup
  • Paintbrush
  • String
  • Bird Seed
  • Wax Paper
  • Hole Punch
  • Scissors

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  • Step One Punch a hole in the top and bottom of each of your cardboard tube strips.
  • Step Two Pour the corn syrup, Cheerios, and birdseed into three separate bowls.
  • Step Three Using a paint brush, paint the outside of a cardboard tube with corn syrup, the more the better! Alternatively you can roll the tube in the corn syrup to coat the outer surface, this is a quicker way to do it.
  • Step Four Dip your sticky tube into the birdseed. If you use a Tupperware container you can put the lid on it and shake the birdseed and tube around to cover the tube. Once covered, place the tube on the wax paper to dry.
  • Step Five Repeat corn syrup and birdseed steps with more tubes.
  • Step Six Cut a length of string and thread a Cheerio on it. Pull string through the bottom hole of one birdseed covered tube. Thread on 5-10 Cheerios then thread the string through the upper hole. You can add more tubes onto this string or move on to another string. Repeat this until you have about 6 strings completed.

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  • Step Seven Now it’s time to start putting the mobile together! Cut three long strings. Tie one string around one branch and repeat with the other two strings/branches. Gather the three strings together and knot at the top. Tie a loop with the excess string. If you don’t use a loop at the top your mobile will overturn if any weight is put on it.  Hang it up in an easy to reach spot.
  • Step Eight Tie your birdseed covered tube strings to the branches. Make sure they are secured tightly.Try not to dangle them too far from the branch or it will be hard for the birds to get to the seed.
  • Step Nine Trim all your excess string and hang the mobile in it’s final position.

Now enjoy watching the birds flutter around it and attempt to eat birdseed off a swinging mobile….if they can’t do it, they will knock the birdseed off the tubes and eat it from the ground. Hey, sometimes design is pretty not practical!

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Published by kelleysdiy

I love creating new ideas. And now that I am happily retired, I have lots more time to create them! Whether its crafts for decorating my home, or up cycling items I find at garage sales, thrift stores, and even on the curb, and turning them into something wonderful. The creative juices flowing in my head are almost always in overdrive....so many ideas! I love sharing my new ideas with all of you! So please follow me and let me know how I'm doing! I hope I can inspire you.....and if I do....send me a pic. I would love to see your creation.

19 thoughts on “TP Birdfeeder”

    1. Love your idea with the birdfeeder. If you can add a small water feature, even a resin birdbath, would really attract the birds. Of course, in my yard some were an accident. My Pom goes to the birds every year, that saying once the birds are in your yard, put hummer and bird feeders that cling onto your window, and you could really enjoy!

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  4. Oh Laura, don’t you love it when that happens. It seems the more I chat with my readers, the more they bring back special memories for me. I love it truly. With my mom, dad, and grandma passed, the thoughts are even more special to me. Thank you so much Laura. You can do this one without even leaving your house to get the materials

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  6. You can use the paper towel rolls to make napkin rings. Just cut into 2-inch wide rounds, wrap in twine and finish with some sort of theme trinket. This is how I did the rings for my Thanksgiving Table. Love the idea of feeding the birds.

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