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Homemade Outdoor Tree Ornaments

December 22, 2010 by Momstart 2 Comments

More green ideas from Summer, Today it’s about getting in the kitchen and making something fun and useful with your kids.

Get the kids involved and make outdoor tree ornaments. During the winter months when our little woodland neighbors have a harder time finding food use a non-coated, pure cotton thread which is biodegradable but can be used by the birds in nests once the food has all been eaten. Thread popcorn, fresh or dried fruit, citrus peel, and nuts or seeds. Choose foods containing no sugars and no additives.

Another form of bird feeder can be made by taking an apple core spread in nut butter or shortening and rolled in bird seed. If you live in an area with sturdy, woody pine cones you can use that instead of an apple core.

clip_image001 My son helping me make string ornaments

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Strings made by me and my son

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Pinecone made by my son at preschool

 

I love these ideas, in fact, Zoe was able to make a bird feeder at a recent party she attended. One of the party activities was to make bird feeders. They had pine cones, and covered them with peanut butter. Than they tossed them in a paper bag along with birdseed and then they had bird feeders. I was surprised at how little of a mess it made. I expected there to be peanut butter and bird seed everywhere, but there wasn’t!

Thank you Summer for the great idea!

About Summer:

Summer is the President of our Local MOMS Club chapter, she is the mother of two adorable active boys, and is always thinking of ways to help others. She is a friend, a wife, and always busy as all mommies are. She is very active on Facebook, addicted to Geocaching and very interested in organic and green living.

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  1. MomStart says:
    December 22, 2010 at 9:24 pm

    Homemade Outdoor Tree Ornaments http://bit.ly/g2V9YR

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  2. Summer Oleksy says:
    December 23, 2010 at 9:36 pm

    RT @MomStart: Homemade Outdoor Tree Ornaments http://bit.ly/g2V9YR (Go red and GREEN this Christmas with some help from me! Check it out!)

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