Bird Seed Winter Wreath // One of my favorite things to do since moving to Nebraska is watching the colorful birds outside my window. Las Vegas isn't really known has a habitat for pretty birds so I've missed them for several years. Here in Lincoln we have Blue Jays and every once in a while we even have a red Cardinal or two and I adore them! Over the Christmas break my girls and I were thinking of fun things to do and Hannah thought it would be fun to make some type of bird feeder for the birds during these cold months. I thought it would be fun to make a bird seed winter wreath.
Supplies Needed
- Foam wreath form
- Fabric strips
- 2-3 push pins
- 1 jar peanut butter
- 1/2 cup honey
- Parchment paper
- Bird seed mixture of your choice
Instructions
I happened to have a foam wreath form on hand so we decided to us it, but I was worried about the birds pecking at the styrofoam. We decided that we would wrap the wreath with strips of fabric to protect the birds.
The girls and I cut some scrap fabric into 2 1/2 to 3 inch wide strips and wrapped the wreath with them and secured the fabric with some push pins. Next we made a peanut butter and honey concoction. We took one small jar of honey and mixed it with about 1/2 a cup of honey.
The girls and I then place our wreath form on several pieces of parchment paper and started to cover the wreath with the peanut butter spread…
… and then the bird seed.
We found the parchment paper quite helpful when we were placing the bird seed on the sides of the wreath. Once we were finished we place the wreath outside in the cold garage to let it set a bit. Then after a couple of days we added a burlap bow and placed it out in our yard so that the birds could enjoy a little winter treat!
What are some fun winter activites that you like to do with your kiddos? We're actually having a ball living in a place with a real winter so we would LOVE some new ideas!
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We take our orange peels every winter and fill them with PB and seeds. We then hang the halves with twine in the treees! LOVE this wreath
Oh Aimee, I adore that idea. We should give that one a try as well. Thanks so much!
kisses // heather
I love this idea! We love feeding the birds & are blessed with little sparrows, cardinals, blue birds, mockingbirds & various other species. They are so fun & relaxing to watch. Mockingbirds usually nest every summer in whatever plants I hang on our front porch. Maybe your new feeder will attract birds to nest in your yard as well!
That would be fun to have some birds nest in the yard. I can’t wait for the spring!
kisses // heather
Oh I love that idea!! I would love to have a bird seed wreath like that. Unfortunately, we mainly just have a bunch of cactuses (cacti?) in our yard. Not a lot of birds really like to land on those… haha
Love this, Heather! Looks beautiful too : )
Love Always,
Liz
I just had a question… You said "Next we made a peanut butter and honey concoction. We took one small jar of honey and mixed it with about 1/2 a cup of honey. "
Not trying to be difficult… but is it a small jar of peanut butter and a half a cup of honey? I want to try this and I want to do it right.
Thanks 🙂
I think I spotted a typo in the instructions:
Is it supposed to be a jar of peanut butter and 1/2 a cup of honey? I'd like to make one for the birds here… Thanks!
I just tried this here with my 3 year old. A big huge mess. 😀 And our wreath was no where near as pretty as yours… but it was at least fun!