Kids and gardens go together like peanut butter and jelly. They’re naturals. And since kids who garden eat their fruits and vegetables, there will plenty of peanut butter left over to share with the birds. No, seriously! When it’s covered with seeds, they will LOVE it! And kids will have fun making it.

What you’ll need:

pine cones
twine or fishing line
scissors to cut twine
peanut butter or vegetable shortening
spatula (or fingers work, too!)
birdseed – sunflower, millet, dried fruit and/or nuts finely chopped

Simply cut your twine to size and tie around the top end of your pine cone. Holding twine aside, coat pine cone with peanut butter, pressing it into the pine cone with a spatula (or your fingers!)

Now roll your pine cone in a bowl of birdseed until well-coated with seed. Shake loose any unstuck seed and hang your pine cone feeder from the nearest tree or wherever your bird friends like to fly.

It’s the perfect accent to a terra cotta birdbath, if you ask me! And a great craft for school gardens.