![]() (This recipe made these five feeders, plus a large bird seed “cupcake” too).īecause the mixture gets really sticky, we covered the cookie cutters with a layer of parchment and Grae pressed the seeds down into the moulds. You want to make sure that they’re a little bit overfull, so be generous with the seed. Using a teaspoon, Grae filled each cookie cutter with seed, one by one. Next, we covered a tray in parchment paper and laid out our cookie cutters and moulds. We stirred it for a few minutes, making sure that all of the seeds were evenly coated and that there was no longer excess water at the bottom of the bowl. Then Grae poured the bird seed into our gelatine/water mixture. We used a “wild bird” variety, but I think pretty much any type would work as long as the seeds and bits are not too big – I think a finer blend works best in this case. Gracen then stirred the mixture very gently until all of the gelatine was dissolved. Then I carefully poured in a little bit of boiling water (this is one of the only jobs I did for the project). We started off by emptying two packets (not boxes – the above photo is misleading) of plain gelatine into a very large mixing bowl. Here’s what we used for the project… Bird seed, gelatine, boiling water, straws cut into 2 inch pieces, some baker’s twine, and some cookie cutters and pancake moulds. Not only do we have trees sprinkled with pretty bird feeders (thus some very happy birds), but Gracen was able to do almost all of the steps on her own at our butcher block and there was no stove required. Here’s a sample we got late this afternoon.I’m happy to say, our experiment was a success. We can finally hang our Wingscapes Birdcam and hopefully get some more interesting shots than the ground images I’ve gotten over the past months. This system is much more substantial than the shepherd’s hooks we’re now using for our feeders. Since the pipes were not meant to nest this way, the long pole wobbled a bit. ![]() When the pipe was buried with only a few inches above the ground, we slid the long pole into the base. We first hammered one end of the pipe in slightly, to prevent too much dirt entering the pipe from below. We then used a sledgehammer to pound the base pipe directly into the ground. The end-caps were then screwed onto the ends of the arms. Pliers were used to tighten the S-hook around the bolt. They used a drill to cut holes in the end caps and then used the bolts, nuts & washers to secure the S-hooks to the ends of the caps. (My dad’s wearing dark glasses because he just had lens replacement surgery on his eyes.)įirst, the T-section was screwed onto the top of the long pole.īoth 18″ arms were then screwed into the sides of the T-section. Here are Arthur and my dad preparing for the project. Two each: S-hook, nut/bolt, large washer, small washerĪt Home Depot, we had an 18″ piece cut off the 10-foot pipe, and the cut side of the 18″ pipe threaded. One 18″ long, 1/2 inch diameter pipe (“the arm”) One 10′ long, 1/2 inch diameter pipe (“the long pole”) One 2′ long, 1 inch diameter pipe (“the base”) We used black pipes normally used for natural gas and/or plumbing systems. The pole system is based on several feeders my parents have, all made by my dad. First we all went to Home Depot to pick up the materials. Today Arthur and my dad made a bird feeder pole for our back yard.
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