How to make birdseed feeders for gifts or party favors. Perfect for Valentine’s and weddings with this shelf-stable recipe.
We’re pretty keen on maintaining a low-waste (zero-waste) lifestyle. Which is pretty easy most of the time. We’re lucky to live in a community with a number of bulk food stores and places to refill bottles of soap.
However, it’s hard to keep up with these lifestyle choices during holidays and parties. It’s like Halloween, Valentine’s, and birthdays have to be celebrated with candy, throwaway trinkets, and excess packaging.
These homemade birdseed feeders are a fun, crafty, and affordable alternative. We made ours for valentine’s, but they’re perfect for wedding favors and other celebrations. A zero-waste gift that helps to feed songbirds!
Homemade birdseed feeders
Una actually came up with the idea of making homemade birdseed feeders. She’s a real naturalist. So the idea of giving her classmates songbird feeders for valentine’s really was appealing.
She and Brad worked on it together using this recipe and this method. The only trick is that despite following the instructions, our homemade birdseed feeders started to mold after about 48 hours. After a bit of searching, I discovered that there were a ton of websites recommending these recipes, and just as many people dealing with mold issues.
So we refined the technique a bit and created a shelf-stable, mold-free homemade birdseed feeder!
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